Scott E. Chandler, Lexington Institute After 35 years in aerospace, I find myself passionate about defense acquisition reform because the stakes are high, the challenges are deep, and the…
The PhotoMiner Campaign
In this report we will share our research on the PhotoMiner?s timelines, infection strategies, C&C servers and provide tools to help detect the malware.
TRADOC G-2 Call for Papers
U.S. Army TRADOC, SWJ Blog To provide information on the upcoming Mad Scientist Conference to be held at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, Washington DC from 8-9 August…
Senate Armed Services Committee NDAA 2017
SASC, U.S. Senate The NDAA authorizes funding at the level of the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request, and includes $602 billion of discretionary spending for national defense – $543…
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…
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 […]