Cyber and the Law
The past year has proven to be a contentious and disruptive time for the technology sector. The threat of home grown terrorism combined with the […] More
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The Rise of Hypersonic Weapons
A hypersonic missile launched from mainland China could strike a U.S. carrier group located anywhere in the South China Sea in under 20 minutes. That’s […] More
Forewarned is Forearmed: Confronting Adversaries in Cyberspace
The risk of attack or theft from cyber-enabled actors has been made extremely clear to both private businesses and governments. The last few years have […] More
Malicious Cyber-Actors in the Financial Services Industry
Observers around the world were shocked when news broke about a major bank heist in Bangladesh. This was no ordinary robbery though – this time, […] More
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Insider Cyber Threats: A Pressing Problem Facing Business
There are two different types of insider threat: negligent and malicious. Negligent insiders are people who give attackers access by mistake. For example, the employee […] More
Russia, China, and Cyber Espionage
In the wake of a series of hacks against government and private networks, it is clear that Russia and China are among the most active […] More
The Blurring Line Between Cyber and Physical Threats
Every day, the line between cyber-threats and physical threats grows thinner – blurring the crucial distinction between attacks on networks and attacks on materials objects. […] More
Black Hat Day 2: Trust No One
If my first day at Black Hat was all about insider threats and ransomware, my second was focused on attackers. I had the opportunity to […] More
Black Hat Day 1: Threats Big and Small
The Cipher Brief’s Luke Penn-Hall is currently attending Black Hat, a premiere information security conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Here’s his update from Day 1: […] More
Trust but Verify: The United States, China & Economic Espionage
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack raised the threat of Chinese cyber-espionage in a way that the American people had never seen before. American […] More
The Clash over Social Media Data
The clash between the tech industry and the federal government over data access has become an enduring part of the national narrative about countering violent […] More
The Problem with Proxies
When it comes to cyber attacks, one of the biggest problems is correctly determining who, exactly, is attacking you. This is called attribution, and it […] More
Federal Cybersecurity One Year After the OPM Breach
One year ago, on July 10, 2015, Katherine Archuleta resigned her position as Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in the face of […] More
One If By Air, Two If By Sea: Unmanned Surface Vehicles
The speed at which drones went from classified military platforms to ubiquitous consumer products is staggering, and the next chapter in that proliferation is starting […] More
A Tale of Two Bears: The DNC Hack
On Tuesday, it came to light that the Democratic National Convention’s (DNC) network had been breached by not one, but two different hacker groups that […] More
City Life: Living Smarter, Not Harder
Nearly everyone has, at some point, had to deal with long, terrible commutes caused by traffic congestion at rush hour. Or maybe you have endured […] More
Review: Eye in the Sky
A group of terrorists leave their car to enter the home where they will plan their next attack, observed only by a hummingbird perched on […] More
How Secure are Radiological Materials?
You would think that radioactive isotopes, even those used for commercial purposes, would be tightly monitored and controlled. You would also be wrong. Radiological materials […] More
More Effective, Less Secure: The Cyber-Threat to Medical Devices
Like a slow-motion tsunami, the Internet of Things (IoT) is continuing to wash over an ever-greater portion of our lives, and now, our bodies. The […] More