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GAO report on cybersecurity in Air Traffic Control is outright scary

The fact that the modern aircraft can be controlled from the ground is not widely publicized but known. There was though a lot of controversy, including among specialists, about how much of control could be intercepted by unauthorized 3rd parties. Well, now the extent of the problem is confirmed officially. The U.S. Government Accountability Office ...

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Sony 2014 network breach, the most interesting question remains unanswered

The November 2014 breach of security at Sony Corporation remains the subject of conversation throughout the end of the year. Many interesting details have become known while even more remains hidden. Most claims and discussions only serve to create noise and diversion though. Take the recent discussion of the antivirus software, for example. Sony Corporation ...

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Facebook “joins” Tor – good-bye, privacy!

Multiple publications are touting the announcement by Facebook of a Tor-enabled version of the social networking website as nothing short of a breakthrough for anonymous access from “repressed nations”. They think that the people around the world who wish their identity and activity online to remain hidden will now have a great time of using ...

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Strategy towards more IT security: the road paved with misconceptions

The strategy towards more IT security in the “Internet of Things” is based a little more than entirely on misconceptions and ignorance. The policy makers simply reinforce each other’s “ideas” without any awareness of where the road they follow is leading. As I listened on in the K-ITS 2014 conference, it became painfully obvious that ...

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