REPORT: Economic Impact of Cybercrime and Cyber Espionage

McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies have issued a new report called, “The Economic Impact of Cybercrime and Cyber Espionage.” The report finds cybercrime and cyber espionage costs the US over$100 BILLION a year and over a half-million US jobs: . . . . If the workers displaced by cyber espionage do […]

DICE Roundup 22 July

[buzzsprout episode no longer available] – – – – – – Additional Information: CSIS warns travelling officials of ‘honey trap’ dangers abroad (Globe and Mail) Canada’s spy agency has quietly warned travelling government officials they might be drugged, kidnapped or blackmailed after being enticed into a sexual “honey trap” by an attractive stranger. Foreign intelligence […]

2013 Targeting US Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry

The 2013 edition of the DSS annual publication, Targeting U.S. Technologies: A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry, is out. Click here to read the report (.pdf) Executive Summary In fiscal year 2012 (FY12), the total number of industry reports to the Defense Security Service (DSS) concerning attempts by foreign collectors to obtain illegal or […]