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Russia is going to test an internet ‘kill switch’ and its citizens will suffer

Russia is planning to disconnect itself from the global internet in a test sometime between now and April. The country says it is implementing an internal internet (intranet) and an internet “kill switch” to protect itself against cyberwar. The question is, would this actually work?

“This, as a single tactic, would not be sufficient,” explained Bill Woodcock, Executive Director of Packet…

Russia is going to test an internet ‘kill switch’ and its citizens will suffer

Russia is planning to disconnect itself from the global internet in a test sometime between now and April. The country says it is implementing an internal internet (intranet) and an internet “kill switch” to protect itself against cyberwar. The question is, would this actually work?

“This, as a single tactic, would not be sufficient,” explained Bill Woodcock, Executive Director of Packet…

So, you got an IoT device for the holidays

IoT devices are at once a grotesquerie for the security- and privacy-conscious, and a delicious, convenient poison. And, chances are pretty good you got one as a holiday gift.

You might say we’re in the heyday of IoT — though a significant number of infosec professionals might be more inclined to call it the apex of the Internet of Shit. They have a point. Even just a glance at recent…

Facebook’s two-factor ad practices give middle finger to infosec

We’ve all encountered security questions asking where we went to school, our favorite color or food, our first concert, and the ubiquitous “mother’s maiden name.” Imagine a world where on one screen you carefully chose Stanford, red, spaghetti and so on, and on the next you were shown ads for Italian restaurants, red shoes, and jobs for Stanford grads.

Seems like an insane violation,…