Failing again. Failing better.
Earlier this month, Wired’s Danger Room blog covered the computer virus infecting the U.S. drone program (my commentary is here and here). Danger Room continues to cover what, to me, is increasingly looking like a cover up of sloppy cyber security and its consequences. Danger Room reported here that officials at Creech Air Force Base…
Last week I discussed an article by Noah Shachtman of Wired’s Danger Room that examined a virus infecting U.S. drones. It looks like there might be other vulnerabilities facing the program as well. Cyberwarfare expert Jeffrey Carr first looks at unencrypted mission control data feeds. Not only are the video feeds unencrypted (as mentioned in…
Recently, Wired’s Danger Room blog (@dangerroom) has posted two stories that demonstrate each technological evolution in warfare is but one bit of a cat and mouse game between enemies. In this case, American technological innovations are often met with creative responses by insurgents. The first story discusses a recent video by Ansar al-Islam that shows…