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Why Latin America Needs to Prepare Now for Election Meddling
The Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 U.S. elections caught the world by surprise. This wasn’t because election interference of that kind hadn’t happened before—it had, just ask the Ukrainians—but simpl... -
Another Cryptocurrency Target for U.S. Regulators: Tether
Bitcoin and its ilk have gotten a lot of attention recently as the speculation bubble bursts. The negative attributes and uses of cryptocurrency are substantial: Bitcoin is known to facilitate money laun... -
Fitbit, NotPetya, RSA and China
Anonymity does not equate to privacy or security! “An interactive map posted on the Internet that shows the whereabouts of people who use fitness devices such as Fitbit also reveals highly sensitive info... -
Summary: Kaspersky Lab Files for a Preliminary Injunction Against DHS
On Jan. 17, cybersecurity and software vendor Kaspersky Lab filed for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) order designating the company’s software as an “informa... -
A Cyber Solarium Project
In the midst of the holidays, readers may have missed an interesting op-ed published in the Washington Post on Dec. 25 about Russia’s continuing online information operations against the United States. -
Cybersecurity: Time for a New Definition
Or maybe we need a new definition of cyberinsecurity. Whatever it is, the current U.S. government definition is outdated. But I should start at the beginning … -
Congress’ Grilling of Tech Companies in 2017 Foreshadows the Debates of 2018
Three congressional committee hearings in late 2017, with representatives from Facebook, Google and Twitter, were high-profile examples of the tide of public opinion changing against the major tech compa... -
FBI Director Christopher Wray's Remarks on Encryption to the International Conference on Cyber Security
FBI Director Christopher Wray spoke on Jan. 9 to the International Conference on Cyber Security. The text below is his speech as prepared for delivery. Raising Our Game: Cyber Security in an Age of Dig... -
Elections are a Cybersecurity Problem
My good friend, Herb Lin, has suggested that “election interference is not a cybersecurity issue.” His point, with which I completely agree, is that Russia's meddling in the 2016 election was not the pro... -
On Spectre and Meltdown
I wrote about the Spectre and Meltdown attacks for CNN and my blog. The piece begins: This is bad, but expect it more and more. Several trends are converging in a way that makes our current system of p... -
Election Hacking, As We Understand It Today, Is Not A Cybersecurity Issue
At a Senate intelligence committee hearing in November on Social Media Influence in the 2016 U.S. Elections, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said about Russian interference in the 2016 election, “What we're talkin... -
Assessing the Bipartisan Secure Elections Act
On Dec. 21, all eyes were on the Republican bill to cut taxes. Yet a bipartisan group of six senators also had their eyes on the far less sexy (but still important!) topic of election hacking. They quiet...
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