Targeted Attacks: The Biggest Risk in 2011?

Since quite a while, I am saying that targeted attacks are the risks, which really keep me up at night.

BBC just posted a similar article: Cyber-sabotage and espionage top 2011 security fears

I think that this is a real issue and very hard to fight!

Roger

Publishing Secret or Sensitive Information

With a lot of interest I followed the media on the latest Wikileaks’ publication of sensitive documents from the US Government. At least here in Europe, there is a huge debate whether this publication is really problematic for the United States. A discussion I do not want to comment here, as I am not able . . . → Read More: Publishing Secret or Sensitive Information

Turkey signed Cybercrime Convention

We are huge supporter of the Convention on Cybercrime by the Council of Europe. The reason for this is that we are convinced that there is a need of a certain level of harmonization across the Globe regarding cybercrime laws.

Today I learned, that Turkey signed the convention yesterday. This is a great achievement and . . . → Read More: Turkey signed Cybercrime Convention

Russia to revise Cybercrime Legislation?

You know that I am propagating the adoption of cybercrime legislation, which is aligned across the Globe. Something, which is absolutely necessary if we want to fight Cybercrime. Basically we are asking governments to consider the Cybercrime Convention (aslo known as Budapest Convention) by the Council of Europe.

Now it seems, that Russia is considering . . . → Read More: Russia to revise Cybercrime Legislation?

Stuxnet talks – do we listen?

Stuxnet is a severe threat – that’s something we know for sure. But if we look at it – what do we really know? What can we learn?

Let’s start from the beginning. As soon as Stuxnet hit the news, it was interesting to see, what was happening. There was a ton of speculation out . . . → Read More: Stuxnet talks – do we listen?

Responsibility of ISPs for the ecosystem?

If you like Scott Chaney’s suggestion he made at ISSE this week called Collective Defense – Applying Public Health Models to the Internet he raised very good points about the different roles the participants in the Internet Health Ecosystem have to play. Into that, the following article fits in fairly nicely: Comcast to notify subscribers with infected PCs . . . → Read More: Responsibility of ISPs for the ecosystem?

The Future of Cybercrime

If you do not know this blog, it is definitely worth looking at it from time to time: Paleo-Future.

There I found a prediction on cybercrime dated 1981:

It describes the impact of computers in the “future” – say today. If you click on the picture, you can see the original.

There is . . . → Read More: The Future of Cybercrime

Success against Cybercrime

I just read this article E-crime unit arrests suspected phishing gang, which shows that we are making progress in fighting cybercrime. Very good news

Roger

Raid against Piracy

There seem to be policy organizations being serious about fighting piracy! Hungary, actually with 41% pirated software “not even that bad”, seems to be really serious. But before, let me just take those 41% up for a second: This means that 41% of the work you do is stolen. I think a significant negative impact . . . → Read More: Raid against Piracy

Notebook searches at a country border

I guess you still know the discussions a while ago where it was made public that notebooks can be searched without suspicion when you cross the border to the US. Actually the truth is, that this can happen everywhere as far as I understand. To be clear: I am not a lawyer, I am an . . . → Read More: Notebook searches at a country border

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