Author: infossl

Narrowly Constructing National Surveillance Law

Posted on By infossl
nationalsecuritypolicy, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Orin Kerr has a new article that argues for narrowly constructing national security law: This Essay argues that Congress should adopt a rule of narrow construction of the national security surveillance statutes. Under this interpretive rule, which the Essay calls a “rule of lenity,” ambiguity in the powers granted to the executive branch in the … Read More “Narrowly Constructing National Surveillance Law” »

Sophisticated Targeted Attack Via Hotel Networks

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adobe, hacking, hotels, kaspersky, malware, Security technology

Kaspersky Labs is reporting (detailed report here, technical details here) on a sophisticated hacker group that is targeting specific individuals around the world. “Darkhotel” is the name the group and its techniques has been given. This APT precisely drives its campaigns by spear-phishing targets with highly advanced Flash zero-day exploits that effectively evade the latest … Read More “Sophisticated Targeted Attack Via Hotel Networks” »

The Future of Incident Response

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businessofsecurity, incidentresponse, Security technology

Security is a combination of protection, detection, and response. It’s taken the industry a long time to get to this point, though. The 1990s was the era of protection. Our industry was full of products that would protect your computers and network. By 2000, we realized that detection needed to be formalized as well, and … Read More “The Future of Incident Response” »

Friday Squid Blogging: Dried Squid Sold in Korean Baseball Stadiums

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Security technology, squid

I’m not sure why this is news, except that it makes for a startling headline. (Is the New York Times now into clickbait?) It’s not as if people are throwing squid onto the field, as Detroit hockey fans do with octopus. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Dried Squid Sold in Korean Baseball Stadiums” »

Testing for Explosives in the Chicago Subway

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bombs, searches, Security technology, securitytheater, warontheunexpected

Chicago is doing random explosives screenings at random L stops in the Chicago area. Compliance is voluntary: Police made no arrests but one rider refused to submit to the screening and left the station without incident, Maloney said. […] Passengers can decline the screening, but will not be allowed to board a train at that … Read More “Testing for Explosives in the Chicago Subway” »

How the Internet Affects National Sovereignty

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academicpapers, internetandsociety, nationalism, power, Security technology

Interesting paper by Melissa Hathaway: “Connected Choices: How the Internet Is Challenging Sovereign Decisions.” Abstract: Modern societies are in the middle of a strategic, multidimensional competition for money, power, and control over all aspects of the Internet and the Internet economy. This article discusses the increasing pace of discord and the competing interests that are … Read More “How the Internet Affects National Sovereignty” »