Archive for December, 2006

Games for Security Geeks

For those who know me personally, will know I have barely any time for games. I always say that us network security geeks shouldn’t be playing games, leave that to the smelly game design kids (j/k with ya guys). Well, here are a couple games I do approve of playing, The Evolving Threat from IBM/ISS, […]

Economic Espionage to Benefit a Foreign Government

A new case in my coverage of espionage stories, the Houston Chronicle is reporting this time a Chinese engineer working in Silicon Valley is indicted on 36 felony counts, including economic espionage to benefit a foreign government and various military export control regulations.
Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 42, a Chinese national with Canadian citizenship… Prosecutors say […]

F-35 Finishes Taxi Tests

The JSF (I like JSF better than F-35 Lightning II), has completed all its taxi tests this week. I had the incredible opportunity of interning at Pratt & Whitney, the manufacturer of the F-135 turbofan.. and I have to say I’m a fanboy. I love these two aircraft, and can’t wait to see the JSF […]

Verizon, .002 cents != .002 dollars

Yikes, the reps at Verizon need to be trained in elementary mathematics. George Vaccaro definitely has more patience than I do.
Best quote in the audio clip at ~15:33

Andrea: What do you mean .002 dollars?
George: Do you recognize that there’s a difference between one dollar and one cent?
Andrea: definitely
George: Do you recognize that there’s a difference […]

Lots of “Insiders” Lately..

I’ve noticed a lot of discussion around news(some new, some old) articles this week related to “increased insider threats”.
To quote my own Slashdot post:
“Viktor Cherkashin, a former KGB officer states in his book Spy Handler, people most often commit treason based on personal needs that need to be resolved, right now. Most commonly financial reasons, […]