Cyber - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:56:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Cyber - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 12 Signs You May Be Building a Cyber Weapon https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/05/29/12-signs-you-may-be-building-a-cyber-weapon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-signs-you-may-be-building-a-cyber-weapon https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/05/29/12-signs-you-may-be-building-a-cyber-weapon/#respond Wed, 29 May 2013 15:27:52 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/cyber/12-signs-you-may-be-building-a-cyber-weapon.php Among the most coveted pieces of information in the malware business are so-called zero-day vulnerabilities, weaknesses or flaws in computer software for which there is effectively no defense from exploitation. The market for zero-days has been booming as security...

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NSA Official: "Almost Immoral" for Government Not to Protect Companies’ Cyber Networks https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/05/22/senior-nsa-official-almost-immoral-not-to-protect-commercial-networks-from-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senior-nsa-official-almost-immoral-not-to-protect-commercial-networks-from-attack https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/05/22/senior-nsa-official-almost-immoral-not-to-protect-commercial-networks-from-attack/#respond Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:15 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/nsa/senior-nsa-official-almost-immoral-not-to-protect-commercial-networks-from-attack.php In a rare public appearance, a senior intelligence official who has worked on the front lines of securing Defense Departments computer networks said it would be "almost immoral" for the DOD to focus on protecting itself and not apply that expertise to...

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How the Navy Sees Cyber War https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/05/01/how-the-navy-sees-cyber-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-the-navy-sees-cyber-war https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/05/01/how-the-navy-sees-cyber-war/#respond Wed, 01 May 2013 16:48:32 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/cyber/how-the-navy-sees-cyber-war.php If you want an idea of what "cyber warfare" means to the US Navy, check out this short video about the Tenth Fleet, home to the Navy's cyber warriors. It's a bit melodramatic--though not so bad on production values. But...

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UK Wants to Train Kids to Become "Cyber Jedi" https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/29/uk-wants-to-train-kids-to-become-cyber-jedi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-wants-to-train-kids-to-become-cyber-jedi https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/29/uk-wants-to-train-kids-to-become-cyber-jedi/#respond Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:37:36 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/cyber/uk-wants-to-train-kids-to-become-cyber-jedi.php The United Kingdom is embarking on a national program to train the next generation of cyber warriors to protect the country's infrastructure.  From the Guardian: "The UK is now so short of experts in cybersecurity, they could soon command footballers' salaries......

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Google’s Eric Schmidt: “The Internet is, in fact, pretty safe.” https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/26/googles-eric-schmidt-the-internet-is-in-fact-pretty-safe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=googles-eric-schmidt-the-internet-is-in-fact-pretty-safe https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/26/googles-eric-schmidt-the-internet-is-in-fact-pretty-safe/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:03:52 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/cyber/googles-eric-schmidt-the-internet-is-in-fact-pretty-safe.php The executive chairman of Google says the most significant threats in cyberspace won't come from individuals, because the kinds of attacks that a national government worries about are too expensive to be pulled off by one person.  "Governments are going to continue to do what...

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Germany Wants to Require Companies to Report Cyber Incidents https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/15/german-proposal-would-require-companies-to-report-cyber-incidents/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=german-proposal-would-require-companies-to-report-cyber-incidents https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/15/german-proposal-would-require-companies-to-report-cyber-incidents/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:45:10 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/cyber/german-proposal-would-require-companies-to-report-cyber-incidents.php As the House considers cybersecurity legislation this week, it's illuminating to compare how the United States proposes to protect critical infrastructure vis a vis other Western powers.  The approach in Germany-- a country with which the US has deep...

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Upcoming Books: Pussy Riot, Casablanca, and a JFK Conspiracy https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/11/upcoming-books-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=upcoming-books-1 https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/11/upcoming-books-1/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:27:00 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/books/upcoming-books-1.php Here are some upcoming titles that have caught my attention in the past few months. Pub dates given if available. Untitled book by Andrew Cockburn (Times Books)  The author of Rumsfeld, and future father-in-law to SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis,...

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How to Fight a Cyberwar . . . in 1997 https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/03/22/how-to-fight-a-cyberwarin-1997/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-fight-a-cyberwarin-1997 https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/03/22/how-to-fight-a-cyberwarin-1997/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:36:48 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/nsa/how-to-fight-a-cyberwarin-1997.php A newly declassified issue of a technical journal published by the National Security Agency opens a fascinating window into how the United States first started to grapple with the complexities, the risks, and the potential advantages of cyber warfare.  The journal was published in...

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Obama Administration Puts China on Notice for Cyber Spying https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/03/11/national-security-adviser-tom-donilon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-security-adviser-tom-donilon https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/03/11/national-security-adviser-tom-donilon/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:25:59 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/cyber/national-security-adviser-tom-donilon.php National Security Adviser Tom Donilon today called Chinese cyber espionage of US business information "a growing challenge to our economic relationship with China" and "key point of concern and discussion with China at all levels of our governments." In the...

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Deputizing Companies in Cyber Defense https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/03/08/the-obama-administration-is-about/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-obama-administration-is-about https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/03/08/the-obama-administration-is-about/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:21:23 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/dead_drop/surveillance-state/the-obama-administration-is-about.php The Obama administration is about to pull US telecommunications companies even deeper into the ongoing cyber conflict with China.  Foreign Policy reports that in the coming weeks, the National Security Agency, in concert with the Homeland Security Department and the FBI,...

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