Surviving Cyber War: A Primer on DDoS
By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest
Just as markets do a better job of regulating good and bad business practices in rapidly evolving economies, the self interested protection of the security community may be the best response to the scourge of Internet pestilence. Viruses, worms, spam, spyware, and botnets have all changed the Internet and the way organizations use it for profit.
State Department Sends ISAlliance to Estonia
From The Internet Security Alliance
In Estonia the State Department has arranged for a series of meetings/lectures and discussions for Mr. Clinton. In addition to visiting the NATO Center Mr. Clinton will meet with representatives of the Estonian government, private sector entities, law enforcement, university and primary education professionals.
Fighting DDoS Attacks at the ISP Level
By John M. Salomon, Information Security Consultant
I asked one of the sales guys from a major international backbone provider why they didn’t allocate a small portion of these IPs as tarpits? His response: ”Our mission isn’t to save the Internet.” Honestly though, it should be, it’d be in everyone’s interest to minimize capacity used by worms and bots and free bandwidth that could be used productively for other purposes.
The Cyber Shot Twittered Around the World
By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest
Unlike Russia, who to this day has successfully denied participation in cyber attacks on Estonia, Lithuanian, and Georgia; or China who vehemently denies their massive cyber espionage activities, the US has pretty much lent its support to a communication vehicle that is writing a new chapter in the history of cyber warfare.
ISR News: FBI’s First Overseas Cyber Agent
Excerpts From MSNBC
After wide-scale attacks on private and public computer systems in 2007, Estonia has led international efforts to fight cybercrime. Estonian authorities have said they believe Russia was behind the attacks.
