cybersecurity
Networks
65,000 Time Warner Customers Exposed To Remote Hacks
11:06AM Rosa Golijan | A vulnerability in their modems and routers has left 65,000 Time Warner customers vulnerable to having their admin menus remotely accessed by evil-doers. Time Warner says they’re aware of, and working on the issue as we type. [Wired] More »
Weapons
Elite Military Hacker Squad Would Stop Wars With Bits, Not Bombs
12:00AM John Herrman | Efforts to drag the US military’s cybersecurity into the 21st century are well underway, but John Arquilla, professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, wants more: a preemptive international hacker force, which would cripple enemies before they even become a problem. More »
Online
President Obama Isn’t Actually Trying To Hijack The Entire Internet
12:20AM John Herrman | It was pretty much the perfect story: The Senate introduced a bill that would let the President take over the entire internet during a crisis. Our online Weimar Republic is crumbling beneath our digital Führer! Minor catch: It wasn’t true. More »
Online
The President May Get Power To Control The Internet
7:10AM Sean Fallon | A revised version of a bill first introduced in the Senate this past spring would give the President power to disconnect private sector computers from the internet in the event of a “cybersecurity emergency.” More »
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