Letting your guard down is never an option.
10 years later: cyber-attacks are a serious threat
The Shadow Warriors is a genre-busting novel of suspense, incorporating international locales (Singapore, Hong Kong, Boston, Brussels and Germany), technology (software agents) and the derring-do at a German university. The story is framed by an outbreak of information warfare. Emma Lee Davis, a web security consultant, must dredge up a painful summer in her past to discover a means to end the info-war that has disrupted civilization.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
The FBI and Cybercrime
The FBI Investigates Cyber Crime
Here is another link to some testimony: Cyber Crime On Social Networking Sites
My Facebook Account was hacked and a "message" sent out to my friends trying to lure them to a website with the promise of a photo of them. I had to email everyone and warn them not to visit. This was embarrassing and I was even "defriended" by a few. It also took up a lot of my time, and I had to change not only my Facebook password but all my email passwords. Major pain in the ass, quite frankly. These hacks seem to have died out a bit lately. Maybe Facebook has beefed up their security.
A manuscript that I'm currently trying to sell has facial recognition software playing a big part. I made "my" software ahead of the curve in that it can recognize many faces at one time. The software agents I devised for The Shadow Warriors have probably come to pass. What do you think? Are software agents alive and well and cruising through networks and running amoke?
Here is another link to some testimony: Cyber Crime On Social Networking Sites
My Facebook Account was hacked and a "message" sent out to my friends trying to lure them to a website with the promise of a photo of them. I had to email everyone and warn them not to visit. This was embarrassing and I was even "defriended" by a few. It also took up a lot of my time, and I had to change not only my Facebook password but all my email passwords. Major pain in the ass, quite frankly. These hacks seem to have died out a bit lately. Maybe Facebook has beefed up their security.
A manuscript that I'm currently trying to sell has facial recognition software playing a big part. I made "my" software ahead of the curve in that it can recognize many faces at one time. The software agents I devised for The Shadow Warriors have probably come to pass. What do you think? Are software agents alive and well and cruising through networks and running amoke?
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
The Coming Cyber Wars
Today's Boston Globe has an interest op-ed page about cyber warfare and what the U.S. government admits and does not admit. All the gurus on this topic agree that the cyber war will be a "when" not an "if" scenario, and of course industry is lagging behind any meaningful readiness. As a result, the government may have to intervene to keep electric grids and the whole infrastructure safe(r).
Most people are unaware of this whole concept. Scary, really. If you want to read about the kind of war I'm talking about in an earlier time, a "what might have been" scenario, it's just as frightening today as it was for the fictional participants then. And just as puzzling. Who knew? And today? Who is ready? Maybe the U.S. government, perhaps other governments, and perhaps no one is really ready. Read about it here…
Most people are unaware of this whole concept. Scary, really. If you want to read about the kind of war I'm talking about in an earlier time, a "what might have been" scenario, it's just as frightening today as it was for the fictional participants then. And just as puzzling. Who knew? And today? Who is ready? Maybe the U.S. government, perhaps other governments, and perhaps no one is really ready. Read about it here…
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Infowar Monitor
There are quite a few information web sites that cover Info war. Here is another one. Infowar Monitor
I began writing about Information Warfare almost sixteen years ago, after a trip to Singapore. The International Computer Security Conference used to be held there at Raffles Center. The book rose like a genii from the trip. Who knew?
I began writing about Information Warfare almost sixteen years ago, after a trip to Singapore. The International Computer Security Conference used to be held there at Raffles Center. The book rose like a genii from the trip. Who knew?
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