When I do public speaking, I often rant about how distracted we are by high profile attacks like Stuxnet even though few of us are responsible for protecting nuclear centrifuges. The vast majority of attacks are using our own computing resources to compromise our infrastructure. Our identities are being stolen, and we’re spamming and DDoS’ing […]
At the Defcon conference in Las Vegas last week, kids aged 8 to 16 were exposed to the world of hacking. Some may fear indoctrinating a new generation of Anonymous and LulzSec members, but young minds can expand the horizons of technology and computer security to effectively combat hacking collectives such as these. The kids […]
I just came across a post from The H telling us that US government warns of potential Stuxnet variants. Of course, concern about the availability and possible portability of the code is hardly a new concern, but it turns out the article refers to a "Statement for the Record" to the (deep breath) United States House […]
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