Collaborate Disseminate
In a nutshell, traditional definitions of war linked to kinetic action and physical space are being framed as overly restrictive given a desire by some to engage in offensive attacks online. The head of NSA is asking whether reducing that link and auth… Continue reading US discusses authorizing cyber attacks outside “war zone”
Back in 2015 there was some serious consideration of why Toyota were so often used by terrorist groups the US considered their enemy. Here’s some Japanese rationalization: All of this is to show that any sort of dark alliance between Toyota and t… Continue reading Supply Chain Accountability
The National Army Museum in Chelsea, London has freshly opened a new exhibit for you to see if you can see what you’re not supposed to see: The exhibition looks at the work of [five elite] units as well as the skills and dedication needed to make… Continue reading UK Army Museum Reveals Hidden World of the Special Forces
Russell Wasendorf allegedly stole over $215 million from his customers and falsified bank statements to cover it up. Bernie Madoff was arrested for losing $50 billion while running ponzi schemes. Jeffrey Skilling was initially sentenced to 24 years in … Continue reading Will Facebook CSO Face Jail Time?
I’m putting two opinion pieces by the esteemed Michael Adams together and getting an odd result. In reflecting on “detailed analysis that is being conducted at USCYBERCOM, across agencies and at events like the Cyber Command legal conferenc… Continue reading Cyberspace Intervention Law and Evolving Views
I’ve promised for a while, years really, to write-up the etymology of the word “hacker”. This always is a popular topic among the information security crowd. Although I regularly talk about it at conferences and put it in my presentat… Continue reading Origins of “Information Security”
Although it still is early in the news cycle, so far we know from Tempe police reports that an Uber robot has murdered a women. The Uber vehicle was reportedly headed northbound when a woman walking outside of the crosswalk was struck. The woman was ta… Continue reading Self-Driving Uber Murders Pedestrian
Scientific American has a nice write-up of the theoretical physicist who discovered nuclear fission and was denied credit, yet assigned blame: While the celebrity Meitner deserved was blatantly denied her, an undeserved association with the atomic bomb… Continue reading Meitnerium
A friend recently went through my liquor cabinet and pulled out a mostly-empty bottle of Knob Creek. I had forgotten about it, although in the early-1990s it had been a favorite. It was introduced to me by a Milwaukee bartender in an old dark wooden di… Continue reading Lost History of American Bourbon: Knob Creek
Collecting huge datasets for analysis has since the beginning of time been a good way to find insights. Recently some cousin marriage theories about safety and longevity are being challenged by the power of big data systems: researchers suggest that pe… Continue reading Laws stopped cousin-marriage, not mobility