CNO’s Letter to Flag Officers on Navy Values
Adm. J. Richardson, USNI The following is a May 12, 2016 message from Cheif of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson to Navy flag officers and senior civilians on leadership and values in…
Author: CySecBot
Read My Lips: Let’s Kill 0Day
0day is cool. Killing 0day, sight unseen, at scale — that’s cooler. If you agree with me, you might be my kind of defender, and the upcoming O’Reilly Security Conference(s) might be your kind of cons. Don’t get me wrong. Offense is critical. Defense without Offense is after all just Compliance. But Defense could use […]
The Cryptographically Provable Con Man
It’s not actually surprising that somebody would claim to be the creator of Bitcoin. Whoever “Satoshi Nakamoto” is, is worth several hundred million dollars. What is surprising is that credible people were backing Craig Wright’s increasingly bizarre claims. I could speculate why, or I could just ask. So I mailed Gavin Andresen, Chief Scientist of the Bitcoin Foundation, “What the […]
Q&A with Gen. Philip Breedlove
Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal sat down recently with Gen. Philip Breedlove, the top commander of U.S. and alliance forces in Europe, to discuss tensions with…
Validating Satoshi (Or Not)
SUMMARY: Yes, this is a scam. Not maybe. Not possibly. Wright is pretending he has Satoshi’s signature on Sartre’s writing. That would mean he has the private key, and is likely to be Satoshi. What he actually has is Satoshi’s signature on parts of the public Blockchain, which of course means he doesn’t need the private key and he […]
McCain Delivers His Own Foreign Policy Speech
Evelyn Rupert, The Hill Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivered his own wide-ranging foreign policy speech as he took the floor for the weekly GOP address. McCain bashed President Obama’s…
FY17 National Defense Authorization Act
Rep. Mac Thornberry, HASC WASHINGTON – Today, Chairman Thornberry released his proposal for H.R. 4909, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. To view the bill text…
How to Report Your Performance Test Results Like a Pro
Performance tests try to reduce the risks of downtime or outages on multi-user systems by conducting experiments that use load to reveal limitations and errors in the system. Testing usually involves assessing the performance and capacity of systems th…
“The Feds Have Let The Cyber World Burn. Let’s Put the Fires Out.”
I’ve made some comments regarding Apple vs. the FBI at Wired.