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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Fog of Cyber War

ForAllSecure

” What Schmidt was referring to was an incident when a common backhoe severed a strategic Sprint communications line in the United States. Mikko had read some of my reporting on Netsky, which Skynet backwards, a virus also known as Sasser, was a typical virus-of-the-day back in 2005. It’s really a cute story.

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Cell Phone Security and Heads of State

Schneier on Security

There are two basic places to eavesdrop on pretty much any communications system: at the end points and during transmission. The NSA seems to prefer bulk eavesdropping on the planet's major communications links and then picking out individuals of interest. Both approaches have their benefits and drawbacks.

Security 101