Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Stuxnet versus the Iranian nuclear program. Jonathan V. Last December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 Last week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledged that Iran’s uranium enrichment program had suffered a setback: “They were able to disable on a limited basis some of our centrifuges by software installed in electronic equipment,” […]
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Stuxnet Worm Still Out of Control at Iran’s Nuclear Sites, Experts Say By Ed Barnes Published December 09, 2010 | FoxNews.com Iran International Photo Agency, via AFP Aug 21: The first fuel is loaded into the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s nuclear program is still in chaos
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DECEMBER 6, 2010 We should think of cyberattacks as guided missiles and respond similarly—intercept them and retaliate. By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Not many people realize that all of our nation’s air, land and sea forces rely on network technologies that are vulnerable to cyberweapons, including logistics, command and control, fleet positioning and
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NOVEMBER 30, 2010 WikiLeaks: Liberals Grow Up The Obama administration is taking a hard line on secrecy. Why did it take so long? By BRET STEPHENS So WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is guilty of “a reckless action which jeopardizes lives.” That’s according to John Kerry, on this week’s unauthorized release of a huge tranche of
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WASHINGTON TIMES Stopping the Next Stuxnet by Austin Bay October 20, 2010Can a worm bust a hydroelectric dam, on command? The cyber-warrior scenario goes something like this: If the worm is a computer worm (or other digital malware) infecting a dam’s computer system, it might be possible to use the malicious code to take control
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TECHNOLOGY NOVEMBER 5, 2010 Security Fears Kill Chinese Bid in U.S. By JOANN S. LUBLIN and SHAYNDI RAICE Sprint Nextel Corp. is excluding Chinese telecommunications-equipment makers Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. from a contract worth billions of dollars largely because of national security concerns in Washington, according to people familiar with the matter. A
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Beijing spying feared in telecom proposal Chinese firm would make parts Washington Times November 5, 2010 by Eli Lake EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: John Tkacik, who was the chief intelligence analyst on China for the State Department during the Clinton administration, said the employee ownership of Huawei does not diminish the company’s close ties to
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Computer worm creates an opening for copycats By Shaun Waterman The Washington Times Sunday, October 10, 2010 **FILE** In this photo from Nov. 30, 2009, released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency, the reactor building of Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen just outside the port city of Bushehr, 750 miles south of
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Annals of National Security The Online Threat Should we be worried about a cyber war? by Seymour M. Hersh November 1, 2010 s Some experts say that the real danger lies in confusing cyber espionage with cyber war. On April 1, 2001, an American EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance plane on an eavesdropping mission collided with
