Cyber

Threat actor zero (TA0)

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Threat actor zero (TA0)

Sam June 27, 2014

When Mandiant came out with the APT1 report the world was shattered into two camps. In the...

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Threat intelligence “know thyself”

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Threat intelligence “know thyself”

Sam June 25, 2014

I worry about the over use of threat intelligence. The idea of intelligence came to the information...

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3 Question interviewers might ask

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3 Question interviewers might ask

Sam June 25, 2014

This is in answer to the three questions that reveal everything from Inc.com by Jeff Haden (@Jeff_Haden)....

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Response to –>Errata Security: PR will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes

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Response to –>Errata Security: PR will be first up against the wall when the revolution comes

Sam June 24, 2014

Forbes.com interviews leaders on “10 Ways to Fix Cybersecurity“. It’s useless — in fact (as I’ll demonstrate...

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Strategic information security

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Strategic information security

Sam June 17, 2014

It’s not only a good idea it is one that most people will never understand making it...

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Reflections on hackers and graduate education

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Reflections on hackers and graduate education

Sam June 12, 2014

This isn’t going to be a long post on how to become a hacker. This is to...

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3 forms of cyber attribution

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3 forms of cyber attribution

Sam June 5, 2014

There are three forms of attribution: 1) Political attribution based on the actors motives and goals. 2)...

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U.S. Bank of Cyber: An analysis of Cyber Attacks on the U.S. Financial System

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U.S. Bank of Cyber: An analysis of Cyber Attacks on the U.S. Financial System

Sam May 14, 2014

The following paper looks at past cyber attacks on the United States financial industry for analysis on...

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Research Note: Security, privacy, insider threats, and espionage

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Research Note: Security, privacy, insider threats, and espionage

Sam May 13, 2014

I am concerned about how this discussion has evolved, and it is influenced heavily by political and...

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Cyber Security versus Information Security

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Cyber Security versus Information Security

Sam May 9, 2014

Over at NovaSec @grecs has a post titled Cyber Security versus Information Security. He acknowledges that there are some...

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