Category Archives: Current Events

Cyber Squirrel 1 Dataset Released

Posted on 2021-01-19 by Space Rogue

Cyber Squirrel 1 has existed for nearly eight years now. Eight years of cataloging power outages caused by squirrels but also birds, snakes, raccoons, rats, slugs, sharks, jellyfish, etc… The overall data paints a pretty bleak picture of the fragility … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cult of the Dead Cow

Posted on 2019-06-03 by Space Rogue

TL, DR: It’s a good story, not a history book. If you are looking for a good story with a message, read it. If you are looking for a nuanced description of what was happening in history, look elsewhere. The … Continue reading →

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Revisiting L0pht testimony – 20yrs later

Posted on 2018-05-23 by Space Rogue

Here is a copy of my introductory statement from the May 22, 2018 briefing where L0pht revisited its historic Senate testimony of twenty years earlier. (supporting links at the end.) Good Afternoon, I’m Space Rogue. Twenty years ago, out of … Continue reading →

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In the Beginning There was Full Disclosure

Posted on 2015-01-12 by Space Rogue

Two of the largest companies in the world are bickering with each other about how best to protect users. I won’t get into just how historically hypocritical this is for both Microsoft and Google or how childish it makes them … Continue reading →

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Four Unnamed Sources

Posted on 2014-12-15 by Space Rogue

Or: If a pipeline explodes in the desert and there is no one there to hear it was it really a cyberwar attack? No one questions the importance of keeping abreast of current trends and developments with regards to information … Continue reading →

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Another BIG hack that wasn’t

Posted on 2013-10-28 by Space Rogue

No time to do a full analysis but the basics are a story out of Israel of a tunnel that was hit by a sophisticated cyber attack that caused a… traffic jam. The story went out on the Associated Press … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of Hype, Take 2

Posted on 2013-08-22 by Space Rogue

I almost wasn’t going to write about the supposed cyber attack at the New York Times last week as reported by Fox Business because I just haven’t had the time but after the NASDAQ went down today and everyone and … Continue reading →

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Fitness and Discipline for Cyber Warriors

Posted on 2013-07-14 by Space Rogue

“More PT Drill Sergeant, more PT! We like it, We love it, We want more of it!” There is a basic tenant in most of the worlds military forces that regardless of what your actual job or rank is, whether … Continue reading →

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Book Review: This Machine Kills Secrets

Posted on 2012-09-20 by Space Rogue

Book Review: This Machine Kills Secrets By: Andy Greenberg Penguin Group 2012 ISBN 978-1-101-59358-5 *Page references have been taken from the electronic iPad version I’ll admit I haven’t finished the whole book yet but the way the book portrays some … Continue reading →

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Emails From Michael In Iran

Posted on 2012-07-23 by Space Rogue

If publishing unsourced emails claiming to be from Iran is a newsworthy event then I guess we should all copy Mikko and do the same thing. A few years ago I received a chain of emails from ‘Michael’ that started … Continue reading →

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