UNODC: Open Ended Expert Group on Cybercrime

From tomorrow on, UNDOC invited for an Open Ended Expert Group on Cybercrime in Vienna. I am really interested in seeing hoe these discussions will go. If – by any chance – you are there as well, please ping me and we will have a chat.

Otherwise, I will see what I can blog about. . . . → Read More: UNODC: Open Ended Expert Group on Cybercrime

Cybercrime as a Service–Our Future?

It is not really surprising that the criminals will leverage the economy of Cloud Computing for their illegal purposes. Especially activities, which consume a lot of processor power will be moved to the Cloud – like any other business.

Some way back, there were discussions on how to leverage GPUs to crack passwords: Graphics Cards . . . → Read More: Cybercrime as a Service–Our Future?

Targeted Attacks: The Biggest Risk in 2011?

Since quite a while, I am saying that targeted attacks are the risks, which really keep me up at night.

BBC just posted a similar article: Cyber-sabotage and espionage top 2011 security fears

I think that this is a real issue and very hard to fight!

Roger

Publishing Secret or Sensitive Information

With a lot of interest I followed the media on the latest Wikileaks’ publication of sensitive documents from the US Government. At least here in Europe, there is a huge debate whether this publication is really problematic for the United States. A discussion I do not want to comment here, as I am not able . . . → Read More: Publishing Secret or Sensitive Information

Turkey signed Cybercrime Convention

We are huge supporter of the Convention on Cybercrime by the Council of Europe. The reason for this is that we are convinced that there is a need of a certain level of harmonization across the Globe regarding cybercrime laws.

Today I learned, that Turkey signed the convention yesterday. This is a great achievement and . . . → Read More: Turkey signed Cybercrime Convention

Russia to revise Cybercrime Legislation?

You know that I am propagating the adoption of cybercrime legislation, which is aligned across the Globe. Something, which is absolutely necessary if we want to fight Cybercrime. Basically we are asking governments to consider the Cybercrime Convention (aslo known as Budapest Convention) by the Council of Europe.

Now it seems, that Russia is considering . . . → Read More: Russia to revise Cybercrime Legislation?

The Botnet Superhighway

An interesting analysis by the Malware Protection Center: The Botnet Superhighway

Roger

Stuxnet talks – do we listen?

Stuxnet is a severe threat – that’s something we know for sure. But if we look at it – what do we really know? What can we learn?

Let’s start from the beginning. As soon as Stuxnet hit the news, it was interesting to see, what was happening. There was a ton of speculation out . . . → Read More: Stuxnet talks – do we listen?

UNHCR and Microsoft to help refugees

No, this is not yet another announcement – this is a picture of today’s reality. UNHCR just published a website called Protecting and Empowering Refugees, where the results of the partnership between the UNHCR and Microsoft is shown in a pretty impressive way. . . . → Read More: UNHCR and Microsoft to help refugees

“Freedom of speech” does not mean you can say everything!

Sometimes I feel that people think the Internet is a room, where the laws of our society do not apply anymore… I read an article this morning on Swiss news called Drei Monate Haft für Beleidigungen auf Facebook – and here is an English version of it: Jail for French Facebook user.

Sometimes I . . . → Read More: “Freedom of speech” does not mean you can say everything!

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