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Monday, October 15, 2012

News - China busts 700 cybercriminal gangs

China busts 700 cybercriminal gangs. Article by Liau Yun Qing. ZDNet Asia. October 15, 2012.
China's Web policing campaign has led to the arrest of 8,900 suspects!

Saturday, October 13, 2012

News - Cyber Defense Initiative 2012

SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2012 will take place in Washington December 7 - December 16, 2012.

Comments: Among the courses, the intervention of John Strand will teach how to attack the attackers, how to implement offensive countermeasures. There is no legal framework for such offensive activities, but "Well, to be honest, you will need it someday"...and "the old strategies of security have failed us and will continue to fail us unless we start becoming more offensive in our defensive tactics". That is what we call escalation of violence. Is this the unique solution to the current asymetry that provides advantage to the attackers? Might the State let private actors launch counterattacks against foreign actors?

Conference - R&D for cyber defence and for combating cyber crime

EDA (European Defence Agency) proposes a one-day workshop on R&D for cyber defence.
The workshop will focus on technologies. Are they the only solution for combating cyber threats?

News - Entretien avec le général Boissan, "père de l'Arme" des Transmissions

Le site Secret Défense propose un entretien avec le général Boissan, intitulé "Les transmissions doivent construire leur place dans la cyberdéfense".
L'arme des transmissions développe ses capacités de cyberdéfense (c'est-à-dire celles de LIO, celles de LIA ne relevant pas de ses missions).