31 July 2014 – “BBC News from Elsewhere”
Armenia: Citizens Urged to Write Wikipedia Entry Each. Armenians are being encouraged to each write a Wikipedia entry in order to bolster the quality and quantity of articles in the Armenian language and to promote Armenian culture. The national campaign, titled “One Armenian, One Article,” has gained momentum since its launch in March with more than 125,000 articles at this time.
28 July 2014 – “BBC”
Russia Offers $110,000 to Crack Tor Anonymous Network. Russia is offering 3.9m roubles, or $110,000, to anyone who can identify users of the Tor network in order to “ensure the country’s defense and security.” The contest is only open to Russians and there is a 195,000 rouble fee to participate. Russia has over 210,000 Tor users, making it the country with the fifth largest amount of these users in the world.
24 July 2014 by Andrea Peterson – “The Washington Post”
StubHub Wasn’t Hacked. But Its Users Were. Recent reports of ticket resale Internet company StubHub being hacked are misleading. Though their user’s data was compromised, this was not another case of criminal infiltration of the retailer’s data. Instead, user data was obtained through various malware on the customers’ PCs. StubHub’s systems themselves were not compromised in this recent incident, though the company did notify the authorities who were able to track the six individuals who are alleged to be responsible for this incident.
15 July 2014- by Andy Greenberg- “Wired”
Meet ‘Project Zero,’ Google’s Secret Team of Bug-Hunting Hackers. Google has put together a team of renowned vulnerability researchers who will work to find and secure vulnerabilities in software and protocols not made or overseen by Google. This effort intends to improve cyber security for all users of the internet by reducing the size of the “attack surface”.
16 July 2014- by “Waqas”- “HackRead”
Israel’s Channel 10 TV Station Hacked by Hamas. Hamas has attacked the satellite uplink used by Israeli channel 10, in a broadcast signal intrusion incident. This is the second such attack, the first being against channel 2. The signal intrusion was used to replace regular programming with images of recent Palestinian casualties.
9 June 2014- by Nathaniel Hartley- “Crowdstrike Blog”
Hat-tribution to PLA Unit 61486. Crowdstrike has attributed a number of hacking attacks on the US and European defense, aerospace and satellite industries to a Chinese military unit. Among the evidence presented are identities of major actors in the group and likely facilities which house their operations.
1 July 2014- by Dinei Florencio, Cormac Herley, and Paul C. van Oorschot- “Microsoft Research”
Password Portfolios and the Finite-Effort User: Sustainably Managing Large Numbers of Accounts. Microsoft researchers have published a paper, to be presented at the USENIX Security 2014 conference in San Diego from August 20-22nd, on optimal strategies for individual password management. The paper goes directly against conventional wisdom regarding the reuse of passwords, arguing that the reuse across multiple sites can be a successful individual strategy so long as those sites are of low importance.
On Thursday, July 24, The WIP hosted a Twitter chat “Women in Islam: Myth vs. Reality.” Join the conversation from 9:30 am – 10:30 am PDT on Twitter. #LocalVoicesTalk.
You can view a recap of the discussion here.
There will also be a workshop on Twitter best practices immediately before the event at 9:00 am in the DLC. All interested parties are encouraged to attend.
The idea for “Women in Islam: Myth vs. Reality” was inspired by two CNS fellows from Pakistan – Maria Syed and Nidaa Shahid. Both fellows wrote this summer for The WIP addressing the common misperceptions in the West of women in Pakistan. After sharing the topic with CNS fellow Abdulmajeed Ibrahim of Nigeria, the topic grew to address common misperceptions in the West about Islam. The vision for this conversation is to engage Muslims and Non-Muslims to cultivate better cross-cultural understanding.
Please join us at 9:30 Thursday morning, July 24 using #LocalVoicesTalk
Bios of participants:
Maria Syed @SyedMarias – Maria Syed is currently a visiting fellow at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, MIIS. She is a researcher at Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Pakistan and has over six years of research experience. Her areas of interest include Pakistan’s security and governance issues, political economy, The Middle East and North Africa region with special focus on The Arab Spring.
Nidaa Shahid @NidaaShahid – Nidaa Shahid is a visiting fellow at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at MIIS. She is a Radio Journalist from Pakistan. She has been working for the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) which is the official radio channel of Pakistan for the past five years. Apart from that she is also an MPhil Graduate in Defense and Strategic Studies with a focus on Media Studies, Information Warfare and Psychological Warfare.
Abdulmajeed Ibrahim @abdulmj1 – Abdulmajeed Ibrahim is a visiting fellow at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, MIIS. He is a Regulatory Engineer at the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Abuja. He has been working there for five years. He is experienced in Nuclear Security, Safeguards and Nonproliferation. His interests include Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament. He hopes for a World free from Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The Women’s International Perspective @thewip – Based on the campus of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, The WIP is a global source for women’s perspectives. The WIP reports news, world opinion, and commentary through our Feature Articles, Byline Portal, Current Headlines and community blog. Our mission is to provide quality articles from the unique perspectives of women, accessible worldwide, and free to readers.
17 July 2014- by Michael Riley- “Bloomberg Businessweek”
How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq. A review of an incident, still not wholly resolved within the public domain, wherein hackers of possible Russian origin gained access to the operating code for the NASDAQ. They may have also been in a position to gain preferential access to confidential financial information. One motive mentioned is the possibility of newly stood-up Russian stock exchanges needing access to NASDAQ’s operating code for their own use.
14 July 2014- by Kevin Rawlinson- “BBC News”
Apple hits back at China over iPhone privacy claims. Apple has responded to claims by researchers in China that the IPhone IOS 7 threatens Chinese national security through the “Frequent Locations” feature, which collects location data of users. Apple responded that the function can be turned off, and that all data is stored on the phone. Apple also stressed that they have “never worked with any government agency from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services”.
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