That might sound like breaking news from 1983, but this time we’re not talking movie plots, we’re talking business. Specifically how Chinese cyberespionage could affect Hollywood’s bottom line. The Hollywood Reporter asked me to talk about that impact in a guest column, out this week. Here’s some of what I said: Hollywood might be blinded… Continue Reading
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Up the Ladder We Go
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, Security Programs & PoliciesOnce again, Ellen Nakashima of The Washington Post has broken a cybersecurity story: A new intelligence assessment has concluded that the United States is the target of a massive, sustained cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening the country’s economic competitiveness, according to individuals familiar with the report. The National Intelligence Estimate identifies China as the country… Continue Reading
Corporate Network Defense: When Seconds Count, the FBI is Years Behind
Posted in Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Data Breach, Security Programs & PoliciesThe Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima wrote another cutting-edge article on innovative approaches to network defense. I’ve blogged before about honeytokens, deceptive files that leave hackers with false data while flagging the intrusion to defenders. The article suggests that their use is growing, as other defensive techniques prove ineffective: Brown Printing Co…began planting fake data in… Continue Reading
Prosecuting Cyberespionage – Justice’s New Strategy
Posted in Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, Security Programs & PoliciesThe National Security Division of the Justice Department may be getting on the cyberspace attribution/retribution bandwagon — and in the process, reshaping US strategy for deterring cyberespionage. First, they are creating a new liaison position in US Attorney offices across the country — the National Security Cybersecurity Specialist, or NSCS (rhymes with “discus meniscus” for you… Continue Reading
The Hackback Debate
Posted in Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesThe vulnerability of computer networks to hacking grows more troubling every year. No network is safe, and hacking has evolved from an obscure hobby to a major national security concern. Cybercrime has cost consumers and banks billions of dollars. Yet few cyberspies or cybercriminals have been caught and punished. Law enforcement is overwhelmed both by… Continue Reading
China-US “Proxy” Cyberwar Negotiations?
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, InternationalOver the past three years think tanks in China and in the US have been conducting what could be called “proxy” negotiations on cyberwar and cyberespionage. The China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations and the US Center for Strategic and International Studies are establishment institutions, with just enough independence from their governments to make the talks… Continue Reading