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Perspectives of a Security Maverick written by Kenneth F. Belva
Cloud Computing Security at Newsweek
January 26, 2010 – 6:00 am
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Daniel Lyons will publish an op-ed on the insecurity of cloud computing in Newsweek‘s February 1st, 2010 issue. The main thrust of the article can be summarized as such:
But there is one big, glaring problem with cloud computing, and it just got laid bare in Google’s recent problems…
The Google / China Hack: What you won’t read elsewhere
January 14, 2010 – 6:00 am
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Google may leave China after a major hack. That’s the headline. Yahoo! even joined in denouncing the attack. Google and the mainstream media give the impression that the compromise is the reason Google will leave. It seems unlikely to me: the hack is the straw that may break the…
Network Solutions “Hacked Account” Demonstrates Incompetence
January 7, 2010 – 5:00 am
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When in doubt, claim the account was hacked. That appears to be the reasoning of a Network Solutions Technical Support Representative. Normally I do not write about other companies but this is an interesting case. As professionals we view being hacked as something we defend against. While some…
US Drones Hack: It’s The Same Old Story
December 18, 2009 – 11:00 am
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CNN reports that Iraqi insurgents were able to hack and view live feeds from US Spy Drones. The vulnerability was a non-technical one. The article summarized the issue as thus:
The official said that many of the UAV feeds need to be sent out live to numerous people at one time, and encryption was…
H1N1 Threat Overblown? Information Security Relevance? A Logic Proof