Current news articles relevant to the Information Security course

• Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2011, Cyberwar Plan Has New Focus on Deterrence. (Thanks to Annabel Lyon for this link.)
• New York Times, 1/31/13: Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months
• BBC, 1/28/13: US Cyber Command in 'fivefold' staff expansion (BBC)
• New York Times, 2/13/13: Obama Order Gives Firms Cyberthreat Information
• New York Times, 2/19/13: Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.
• International Herald Tribune, 2/20/13: op-ed by Ren� Obermann (CEO of Deutsche Telekom), Uniting for Cyberdefense
• New York Times, 2/21/13: Some Victims of Online Hacking Edge Into the Light
• New York Times, 2/24/13: In Cyberspace, New Cold War. (Thanks to Joanne Gilligan for this link.)
• New York Times editorial, 2/27/13: An Eerie Silence on Cybersecurity
• New York Times, "Room for debate" moderated discussion, 2/28/13: What Is an Act of Cyberwar?. (Thanks to Annabel Lyon for this link.)
• New York Times, 3/4/13: As Hacking Against U.S. Rises, Experts Try to Pin Down Motive
• Huffington Post, 3/19/13: NATO Group To Publish Rules For Cyber Warfare. (Thanks to Nick Davis for this link.)
• New York Times, 3/25/13: Luring Young Web Warriors Is a Priority. It's Also a Game.
• BBC, 3/26/13: Anti-cyber threat centre launched
• New York Times, 3/27/13: Firm Is Accused of Sending Spam, and Fight Jams Internet. Note the description of a DNS amplification attack, as described in class 3.
• New York Times, 3/29/13: Cyberattacks Seem Meant to Destroy, Not Just Disrupt
• New York Times, 4/1/13: Beijing Opposes U.S. Rule on Technology Imports
• Economist, 4/4/13: China and the Internet (special report). See especially Masters of the cyber-universe.
• An opinion piece on CNN by noted security expert Bruce Schneier, 3/16/13: The Internet is a surveillance state. (Thanks to Leonard Bacon-Shone for suggesting this link.)