The “Internet of Things” (IoT to the cognoscenti) has been around for a while, but is gaining prominence now as almost every technology-based product that can be integrated with Internet access is in fact being integrated for Internet access. The reasons for doing this are not always compelling…but ‘smart home’ tech has been around for decades (remember the X-10 home…
DetailsIn 1999 two colonels in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) published their treatise, “Unrestricted Warfare” which details asymmetric strategies for defeating opponents that have technological or numerical superiority over your own forces. Cyberwarfare is explicitly called out, identifying the internet and computers in general as a new, fifth domain of warfare (in addition to land,…
DetailsGeolocation by IP address provides a way to visualize Internet attack data collected at honeypots and other sensors. This method generates some interesting active graphics, but it’s not clear that you can really do much with it beyond marvel at the industry and persistence of attackers. Your supposed location and your actual location may vary…
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