On Hacking Back

Former DoJ attorney John Carlin writes about hackback, which he defines thus: "A hack back is a type of cyber response that incorporates a counterattack designed to proactively engage with, disable, or collect evidence about an attacker. Although hack backs can take on various forms, they are--­b...

Public AI as an Alternative to Corporate AI

This mini-essay was my contribution to a round table on Power and Governance in the Age of AI. Its nothing I havent said here before, but for anyone who hasnt read my longer essays on the topic, its a shorter introduction. The increasingly centralized control of AI is an ominous sign. When tech...

The federal government’s cybersecurity policies are falling into place just in time to be stalled again

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Last week, the Biden administration released its formal roadmap for its national cybersecurity initiative meant to encourage greater investment in cybersecurity and strengthen the U.S.s critical infrastructure security and more. The...

Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft

I don't have a lot of good news for you. The truth is there's nothing we can do to protect our data from being stolen by cybercriminals and others. Ten years ago, I could have given you all sorts of advice about using encryption, not sending information over email, securing your web connections,...

Fallout Over OPM Breach Report Begins

Wednesday’s bombshell report on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management breaches that exposed sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people has sparked a cavalcade of finger pointing, politicking and squabbling over who knew what first. The scathing report by Republicans on the U.S. Hou...

Vulnerability acquisition platform Zerodium publication of various types of software and digital intrusion method price list-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! 1 1 May 1 8, Zerodium（0day brokers published a variety of from a network of criminals to buy and then resell to the needs of the target software and intrusion methods of the price list. Vulnerabilities platform released a price list Zerodium CEO Chaouki bekrar has said: “0day trading the first...