8 November 2013: Dr. Dorothy Denning, Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School and a leading authority in cybersecurity matters presented a talk entitled, “Active Cyber Defense.”
Month: November 2013
Terrorism, War, and Cyber (in)Security
José de Arimatéia da Cruz has published an article in the Small Wars Journal regarding Cyberterrorism.
Speaker Series – Mikhail Yakushev : 7 November 2013
7 November 2013: Mikhail Yakushev, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Center for Political Studies in Moscow, presented on “The Challenge of Cybersecurity: Prospects for Global Governance on the Internet.” The event was jointly sponsored by MIIS’ Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) and MIIS CySec.
MIIS Cyber GRA Attends East-West Institute’s Fourth Annual Cyberspace Cooperation Summit in Palo Alto
5-6 November 2013: MIIS Cyber Research Assistant and Website Manager Dan Gifford attended the East-West Institute’s Fourth Annual Cyberspace Cooperation Summit in Palo Alto California. Events centered on building cooperation, capability and and strengthening conceptions of Cybersecurity issues on an international basis.
Red October(?) Evolves, Hits Finnish Foreign Ministry
The Red October RAT (Remote Access Tool) which has been extensively analyzed by Kaspersky appears to have continued its development. The Finnish Foreign Ministry has disclosed that they were the victims of a penetration attack going on over four years. The tool used in the attack was specifically described as “not Red October”, however there were similarities. The research and analysis of the attack is ongoing, but it appears to have first been detected earlier this year. The attack targeted data traffic between the Ministry and the EU, and the Finns have rather nebulously said that they believe “China or Russia” is the originating actor.