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Election Threats and Disrupting Chinese Espionage

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Election Threats and Disrupting Chinese Espionage

In this episode we discuss the recent report for Microsoft that details Russian, Chinese, and Iranian attacks on individuals and organizations tied to our presidential campaigns and the recent move to revoke the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese grad students and researchers

Russians Targeted Tesla Gigafactory in Ransomware Plot

Russians Targeted Tesla Gigafactory in Ransomware Plot

Scot Terban is back to discuss the plot, common points of vulnerability, and what you can do it, like a Tesla employee, you find yourself in the middle of a Russian criminal plot.

Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy

Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy

Australian journalist Stilgherrian, returns to Covert Contact to discuss Australia's recently released 2020 cyber security strategy.

Online Security: Avoiding a Personal October Surprise

Online Security: Avoiding a Personal October Surprise

Infosec professional and security blogger Scot Terban joins me to discuss the recent LinkedIn spying case, the degrading environment in social media, and strategies for improving your personal security.

Red Team: How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy

Red Team: How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy

Red Team: How to Succeed By Thinking Like the Enemy

Election Security: We Aren't Ready

Election Security: We Aren't Ready

Iowa was, to be sure, a mess but it only hints at the chaos that is almost certain to come.

Blogs of Law: United States v. Matish

Blogs of Law: United States v. Matish

I’ve found mentions of my work in the strangest places but this has to be one of the strangest. A federal judge has ruled that the FBI can gain access to a suspect’s computer without a warrant and he has citied one of my blog posts in support

‪Exclusive: The Elaborate Hack that Will Prevent the CIA/NSA from Monitoring Your Communications‬

‪Exclusive: The Elaborate Hack that Will Prevent the CIA/NSA from Monitoring Your Communications‬

Look, we all know that the NSA is interested in you. You tweet really edgy stuff like “Obummer sucks!!” and “Fight NSA Spying!“ You were also totally all over that UN internment camp they’re setting up in Alabama depsite the lamestream media’s best attempts to cover the whole

DARPA's "Hack-Proof" Drone

DARPA's "Hack-Proof" Drone

First, “Hack-Proof” is an aspiration not a destination. It’s a term that is thrown about very casually and at great risk, especially when the media is involved. I am more comfortable operating under the assumption that all systems have attack vectors. Some are just more secure than others. That

Hacker OPSEC with The Grugq

Hacker OPSEC with The Grugq

The Grugq is a world renowned [http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/23/shopping-for-zero-days-an-price-list-for-hackers-secret-software-exploits/] information security researcher with 15 years of industry experience. Grugq started his career at a Fortune 100 company, before transitioning to @stake, where he was forced to resign for publishing a Phrack article on

Crikey: How the FBI Hacked users of Tor – with a Blogs of War mention

Crikey: How the FBI Hacked users of Tor – with a Blogs of War mention

I wrote a short piece, Tor and the Illusion of Anonymity, that got a lot more attention than I expected it to – including being referenced in a federal case on the subject.

Ali-Reza Anghaie and Scot Terban on InfoSec, Hackers, China, and Cyber Hype

Ali-Reza Anghaie and Scot Terban on InfoSec, Hackers, China, and Cyber Hype

Ali-Reza Anghaie is a Consulting Security Engineer and Senior Analyst with Wikistrat. His varied work in engineering and security has taken him to numerous universities and Fortune 500 companies in the Defense, Energy, Entertainment, and Medical fields. You can follow Ali-Reza on Twitter [https://twitter.com/Packetknife] and Quora [https:

Blurring the Lines Between Hacktivism and Terrorism

Blurring the Lines Between Hacktivism and Terrorism

Dr. Clint Arizmendi is a Research & Analysis Officer at the Land Warfare Studies Centre. The views expressed are his own and do not reflect those of the Australian Department of Defence or the Australian Government. As the IDF and Hamas conflict unfolded, observers witnessed more than the world’s first

Satellite Hacking: Where Cyberwar Meets Spacewar

Satellite Hacking: Where Cyberwar Meets Spacewar

Space: the new cyber crime frontier [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/space-the-new-cyber-crime-frontier-8194801.html] touches on some important, and quite reasonable, concerns about vulnerabilities in our space architecture such as space junk, general overcrowding, and so on. However, one concern (the sexiest one from a headline grabbing perspective

Did China Compromise NASA Satellites?

Did China Compromise NASA Satellites?

So word is out that an upcoming congressional commission annual report will reveal that unnamed (but let’s face it, Chinese) hackers gained access to a satellite station in Norway and completed “all steps required to command the satellite” – the satellite being the Terra AM-1. Apparently another satellite was also

Quick Thoughts on Wikileaks

Quick Thoughts on Wikileaks

Update 03.07.2017: The original post (below) was written in 2010 as a critique of Wikileak's stated mission. I didn't use this rather quick take to explore alternative theories about the organization's true motivation or inspiration. Now, several years later, it doesn't take George Smiley to recognize that Wikileaks