Cyber in the News  

Navy Cyber Education

September 16, 2013:Cyber Engineers Meet for Hacking-Fest!

September 15, 2013: Cyberspace is the New Frontline.

September 13, 2013: Is the Internet Killing Young Minds?

September 13, 2013: Schools are Focusing on the Wrong Gender.

September 12, 2013: USNA ranks second in the nation in category: "Graduates who earn the highest salaries". 

September 10, 2013: The Good News: We are ranked Above USMA!  The Bad News: It's in the Liberal Arts Category!

August 30, 2013: The STEM Shortage is a Myth.

August 30, 2013: A sudo hack found in the Apple Mac.

August 30, 2013: The Secret to Doing Well in EC310.

August 29,2013: USNA Stumbles!  USMA is Ranked #4, USAFA is Ranked #11 and USNA is Ranked...

August 22, 2013: Americans Lack Skills, so US Hires Foreign Cyber Defense Firms. 

August 18, 2013: Baby Cyber Warriors are Being Taught that 3 x 4 = 11.

August 16, 2013: What the Academies are Doing.

August 12, 2013: Military's Grade in Cyber Education: F.

August 9, 2013: A Curriculum Locked in a Time Warp.

June 8, 2013: Oops... We Need to Add Economics to EC310!

Bad, Bad NSA

September 16, 2013: Recent Events have Demoralized Cyber Warriors.

September 7, 2013: Entire Tech Industry Soiled by NSA.

September 6, 2013: Google Races to Shield Data from NSA.

September 6, 2013: Bruce Schneier: NSA Has Undermined the Fabric of the Internet.

September 5, 2013: SSL has Fallen.

September 4, 2013: NSA Hacks Routers, not User PCs.

August 24, 2013: Snowden (you know- the high-school dropout awarded a TS clearance) Bypassed NSA's Internal Oversight

August 23, 2013: LOVEINT.  NSA Officers Spied on Love Interests.

August 22, 2013: FISA Court Concerned with NSA's Repeated Misrepresentations.

August 21, 2013: NSA has Capacity to Spy on 75% of Internet Traffic.

August 16, 2013: The Prospect for Abuse becomes Reality.

August 16, 2013: We Should Not Give Up Privacy.

August 15, 2013: The NSA Spied on Americans Thousands of Times a Year... for Years.

August 15, 2013: Terabytes and Terabytes... All Illegally Harvested

August 14, 2013: NSA, Meet IRS.  IRS, Meet NSA.

August 13, 2013: Everyday, the NSA Touches More Date than Google.

August 9, 2013: Good God!  Can the NSA Store Everything?

August 9, 2013: A Senator Weighs In.

Good, Good NSA

September 4, 2013: The NSA Speaks: Here is What We Do--and Why.

September 4, 2013: Get a Grip People!  All Countries Spy on Each Other.

August 29, 2013: A Look Inside the CIA/NSA/NRO Secret Budgets.

August 19, 2013: NSA Selection Filters are Stunningly Accurate.

August 16, 2013: We Need NSA Surveillance.

August 14, 2013: If We Did Then What We Do Now, 9/11 Could Have Been Avoided.

August 1, 2013: These Programs Exist for a Reason.

Cyber War is Coming!

September 18, 2013: Nightmare Cyber Attack Scenarios (not for the faint of heart!).

September 12, 2013: Experts Wonder if a Cyber Attack Could Lead to Human Extinction.

September 12, 2013: Brazilian (really?) Hacker Knocks out NASA.

September 9, 2013: China and the US are both Cyber-Attacking.

September 6, 2013: A Better Option Against Syria: Cyber Attack.

August 30, 2013: US Conducted 231 Offensive Cyber Operations in 2011.

August 28, 2013: Syria and Iran May Launch a Cyberwar.

August 28, 2013: NY Times Knocked Out by Hackers.

August 22, 2013: Crytopalypse!  Is RSA About to be Cracked?

August 22, 2013: In Russia, It Pays to be a Hacker.

August 21, 2013: Attack on the Androids!

August 15, 2013: Is a Massive Attack on the Electrical Grid in Our Future?

August 13, 2013: Cyber War Needs Rules.

August 7, 2013: Hey, It's Gonna Happen.

August 6, 2013: China IS Attacking the US Critical Infrastructure.

August 1, 2013: Infrastructure Hacking is Easy!

July 31, 2013: YOU Need to be Afraid!

Cyber War?  What Cyber War?

September 9, 2013: Cyber War Will Not Take Place.

August 16, 2013: Don't Buy the CyberHype.

August 11, 2013: A Kitty in the Toilet is Not Cyber War.

Iran

August 18, 2013: So, Who Spilled the Beans on Stuxnet?

China

September 17, 2013: Hidden Lynx: Chinese Hackers for Hire.

August 19th: Hacking?  We are Shocked, SHOCKED, that You Would Suggest Such a Thing!

Syria

September 7, 2013: Syria Hackers Can't Launch Cyberwar.

September 6, 2013: We're Bombing Syria!! Wait--We're Not!  Wait--Don't Open That Email!

August 30, 2013: Syrian Hackers Rely on Spear-Phishing.

August 28, 2013: 30-Year-Old Lone Hacker is Successfully Waging War on Syria.

August 28, 2013: Syria Shows the Limits of Cyber.

Technological News

September 17, 2013: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Internet Explorer (of interest to the two people still using Internet Explorer).

September 17, 2013: Grim Future for Internet Security.

September 15, 2013: Tech Industry Reply to Snowden Revelations: Yawn.

September 15, 2013: Terrorists Love Gmail!

September 13, 2013: Google: Spying is No Big Whoop.

September 13, 2013: USB Condoms (please note that USNA did not choose the name!)

September 4, 2013: Hacking Automobiles.

September 4, 2013: Schneier Speaks: Trust the Math.

September 5, 2013: Using Your Heartbeat as a Password.

September 5, 2013: Let There be no Doubt: Google Reads Every Gmail Email.

August 31, 2013: Your Phone is Blabbing Your Location.

August 27, 2013: Privacy Experts Give Up on Perfect Privacy.

August 24, 2013: Email is not Secure.  Period.  But Here's What You Can Do.

August 20, 2013: Nerds Need to Rescue Internet Privacy!

August 19, 2013: Why Doesn't the Military Use 3D Printing?

August 16, 2013: Google Goes Down for a Minute and Web Traffic Drops 40%.

August 16, 2013: Fun Hacker Quiz.

August 14, 2013: Jamming Your Personal Space.

August 14, 2013: Google is Reading Your Gmail.

August 14, 2013: If You Don't Want Google to Read Your Mail, Do This.

August 12, 2013: The Threat of "Big Data".

August 12, 2013: A "Star Wars" Defense System for the Internet?

August 3, 2013: The FBI is Learning from Hackers.

August 3, 2013: Google Enables the Surveillance State

July 23, 2013:  Has Your Smartphone Been Hacked?

GO NAVY!

September 6, 2013: 82-Year-Old USNA Grad Adds Another Degree!

August 19, 2013: Chair Force Replies: You Need Me!

August 12, 2013: Really, Do We Need and Air Force?  I Mean, Really?

August 12, 2013: Really, Does the Army Need All Those Generals?  I Mean, Seriously?

April 19, 2013: Gack!  Oh, God, Please Not Again!!??


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