#netwar

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- More Netwar pics

- Some memes

- Nono... he has a point. (MEME 4)

- My Polish dad: "Ptak!" Me: (MEME 7)

The discussion on netwar last time and the in-class game on how to shut down the metro system in Paris interested me in reading more about this type of conflicts in the information era. There is a basic difference between netwar and cyber war. Cyberwar is considered to be high intensity information-oriented conflict at the military level, which conducts military operations according to information collected. Netwar refers to low-intensity contingencies and operations other than war, and nonmilitary modes of conflict (and crime). While cyberwar belongs to the military end, netwar figures at the societal level[1].

  We also discussed that the ‘netwar’ uses network forms of organization and related doctrines and technologies, conducted by small groups without a central and command and hierarchical, which are principle measures of traditional wars. These groups vary from the military-related and crime adversaries (like transnational terrorist groups, WMD proliferation networks) to the non-state actors (like revolutionaries and activists), who both know how to take advantage of the structure of the networks. I’m a little more amazed at the latter actors, who actually created such a norm as ‘social netwar’. Social netwar is an organizational and technological phenomenon, and is more likely to occur more often as the presence of activist NGOs and the development of ICT keep growing as well. In fact, social netwar is the result of the evolution of network forms of organization, which results from the computerized information revolution. Since communications is one of the key assets of NGOs, they are thus hungry for the new information technologies, as well as the communication infrastructure (for example internet access). Although internet connectivity and bandwith are available all over the world, good access to the internet is partly limited in poor and developing countries. This is a noteworthy factor that could affect the consistent activities of NGOs with limited budgets.

  These aspects of netwar, especially social netwar might be an interesting variable to explore for the ICT Index (well, not ours, but may be next year), involving such factors as the non-state actors, ICT infrastructure or knowledge (ICT literacy for example). However, we should as well be aware that in a netwar, most of the ‘battles’ may take place in cyberspace, yet the overall outcome of the war still depends on real world, with the real people’s will.

  Anh Pham

These are the talks that I'm planning to go to.  As you can see, there are some places where there are multiple talks listed for a time slot.  Anyone who has gone to DEFCON knows that you can't always get what you want. The ones in bold are the "must see", if possible.  I will be updating this list often as I get closer to the CON and as speakers and times shift around. Obviously I probably won't

If you want more info on a talk, you can find the speaker list here

THURSDAY

10:00 Breaking Wireless Encryption Keys DaKahuna

11:00 Intro to Digital Forensics: Tools & Tactics Ripshy, Hackaja

12:00 The Cerebral Source Code Siviak

13:00 DEF CON 101

14:10 Introduction to Lockpicking and Bypassing Physical Security Dr. Tran

15:00 HF Skiddies Suck, Don't Be One. Learn Some Basic Python Terrence "tuna" Gareau

16:00 Hacking the Hackers: How Firm is Your Foundation? LoST

FRIDAY

10:00 Should the Wall of Sheep Be Illegal? Track 2

10:00 Making Sense of Static - New Tools for Hacking GPS Track 3

11:00 Socialized Data: Using Social Media as a Cyber Mule- Penn & Teller Thor

11:00 Before During After Gail Thackeray Dead Addict Track 1

11:00 Can You Track Me Now? Government And Corporate Surveillance Of Mobile Geo-Location Data track 3

12:00  Shared Values, Shared Responsibility  General Keith B. Alexander Commander, US Cyber Command Track 1

12:00 Can You Track Me Now? Government And Corporate Surveillance Of Mobile Geo-Location Data(pt 2) track 3

12:00 Cortana: Rise of the Automated Red Team Penn&Teller

12:00 The Open Cyber Challenge Platform Project Linda C. Butler  Turbo Track

13:00 Owning One to Rule Them All - Penn&Teller

13:00 The Art of Cyberwar Track 1

14:00 Changing the Security Paradigm: Taking Back Your Network and Bringing Pain to the Adversary Shawn Henry P&T

14:00 Scylla: Because There is No Patch for Human Stupidity  Turbo track

15:00 An Inside Look Into Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Technical Security Controls  Track 1

15:00 How to Hack VMware vCenter Server in 60 Seconds Turbo Track

17:00 DivaShark - Monitor Your Flow Robert Deaton  Turbo Track

SATURDAY

10:00 Defeating PPTP VPNs and WPA2 Enterprise with MS-CHAPv2 P&T

10:00 Twenty Years Back, Twenty Years Ahead: The Arc of DEF CON Past and Future Track 1

10:00 World War 3.0: Chaos, Control & the Battle for the Net Track 2

11:00 Hacking Humanity: Human Augmentation and You Track 1

11:00 Exploit Archaeology: Raiders of the Lost Payphones track 4

12:00 Meet the Fed Panel One: Law Enforcement   track 2

13:00 The End of the PSTN As You Know It Jason Ostrom, Karl Feinauer, William Borskey P&T

13:00 Hardware Backdooring is Practical Jonathan Brossard  Track 3

13:00 Hellaphone: Replacing the Java in Android Track 4

14:00 Q&A With the Men (and Women) in Black Priest Track 2

14:00 Off Grid Communications with Android - Meshing the Mobile World m0nk, Stoker Track 4

15:00 Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The NSA and the Constitution track 2

15:00 Exchanging Demands Peter Hannay Track 4

16:00 Black Ops Dan Kaminsky

17:00 The Darknet of Things, Building Sensor Networks That Do Your Bidding track 4

SUNDAY

10:00 OPFOR 4Ever Track 3

12:00 Looking Into The Eye Of The Meter