Ultimos Posts 1. 25/11/2009 14:29 - Tort law on negligence If any lawyers want to contribute to this, please do. In my post Shodan: Another Step Towards Intrusion as a Service , some comments claim "negligence" as a reason why intruders aren't really to blame. I thought I would share this case from Tort Law , page 63: In Stansbie v Troman [1948] 2 All ER 48 the claimant, a householder, employed the defendant, a painter. The claimant had to... 2. 25/11/2009 12:30 - Review of martin libicki's cyberdeterrence and cyberwar Amazon.com just posted my three star review of Martin Libicki's Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar . I've reproduced the review in its entirety here because I believe it is important to spread the word to any policy maker who might read this blog or be directed here. I've emphasized a few points for readability. As background, I am a former Air Force captain who led the intrusion detecti... 3. 25/11/2009 08:26 - Shodan: another step towards intrusion as a service If you haven't seen Shodan yet, you're probably not using Twitter as a means to stay current on security issues. Shoot, I don't even follow anyone and I heard about it. Basically a programmer named John Matherly scanned a huge swath of the Internet for certain TCP ports (80, 21, 23 at least) and published the results in a database with a nice Web front-end. This means you can put y... 4. 24/11/2009 12:02 - I'm surprised that your kung fu is so expert This story is so awesome. Hacks of Chinese Temple Were Online Kung Fu, Abbot Says A hacker who posted a fake message on the Web site of China's famous Shaolin Temple repenting for its commercial activities was just making a mean joke, the temple's abbot was cited as saying by Chinese state media Monday. That and previous attacks on the Web site were spoofs making fun of the temple,... 5. 23/11/2009 19:25 - Control "monitoring" is not threat monitoring As I write this post I'm reminded of General Hayden's advice: "Cyber" is difficult to understand, so be charitable with those who don't understand it, as well as those who claim "expertise." It's important to remember that plenty of people are trying to act in a positive manner to defend important assets, so in that spirit I offer the following commentary. Thanks to John Bambanek's... | Estadisticas Posicion del Blog en Nuestro Ranking Hits Semanales Hits Mensuales |