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• Nasdaq Hack Points to Shortfall in Data Breach Reporting

  Following the recent carbon trading market hack, it was no surprise to hear that a Nasdaq hack has followed suit. Nasdaq has been the target of regular penetration attempts in recent years. The good news is that a subsidiary service was compromised and n...

• We Already Have an Internet 'Kill Switch'

  Killing the Internet is easy. Or, more specifically, killing specific portions of the Internet is easy. Indeed, government intervention in Egypt has demonstrated that when push comes to shove, taking control of a nation's Internet access is perhaps easier...

• Carbon Trading Market Hacked for $40 Million

  In yet another demonstration of organized crime in the cyber-world, the carbon trading market is in a mess due to a recently discovered wave of cyber-attacks. In the EU, trading has been suspended in all registries. The carbon trading market, which had a...

• Sony Cries 'Fraud' to PS3 Jailbreakers

  It is perfectly legal to jailbreak a device such as an iPhone in the US, but according to Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), it is fraud to jailbreak a PS3 PlayStation. For the uninitiated, jailbreaking is a hacking or cracking process that allows devices running, ...

• Attribution: Finger-Pointing in Cyber-Crime

  When it comes to investigating cyber-attacks and cyber-crime, the “what” is useful, but the “who” and “where” are most important -- and still elude even those most able in cyber-investigation. Signs abound that the Internet is buckling under ...

• Hacker Deploys Cloud to Smash Passwords

  With the emergence of cyber-weaponry, recent military data breaches, and hacks of commercial PC hardware and chips, perhaps it is time to rethink military computing. We know when another Black Hat Conference is just around the corner. It seems to follow ...

• Military Computing: The Achilles Heel of Defense

  With the emergence of cyber-weaponry, recent military data breaches, and hacks of commercial PC hardware and chips, perhaps it is time to rethink military computing. At a recent conference I attended, most presenters plugged their own USB thumb drives in...