SOPA: war on the internet continues
The US Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is more than just the latest skirmish in the battle against online copyright infringement. It's another episode in the war on the internet itself.
The Full Tilt
Stilgherrian delivers an undiluted dose of criticism and analysis of the ways digital technology is changing our world and the spin that goes with it. Mostly in words -- sometimes in audio or video formats -- always cynical. Incorporating the Patch Monday podcast.
Stilgherrian
Stilgherrian is a freelance journalist, commentator and podcaster interested in big-picture internet issues, especially security, cybercrime and hoovering up bulldust. He studied computing science and linguistics before a wide-ranging media career and a stint at running an IT business. He can write iptables firewall rules, set a rabbit trap, clear a jam in an IBM model 026 card punch and mix a mean whiskey sour.
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Everyday malware is everyday criminals
Forget about Stuxnet, advanced persistent threats (APTs) and zero-day threats, says leading malware researcher Alex Kirk. Worry instead about everyday crimeware.
Bell Labs' high-bandwidth future
Bell Labs may have been absorbed into Alcatel-Lucent and ditched basic physics research, but it's still producing breakthroughs in optics, quantum computing and social computing.
Security: PGP to Android, NFC and beyond
Jon Callas has been at the centre of computer security since the olden days of the 1990s. On today's Patch Monday podcast he talks about the future. Cloud, smartphones, Android, the lot.
Cybercrime 2016: a view of the future
In just five years, malware construction kits will be so easy to use, and embedded processors will provide such easy targets, that a disgruntled paper boy might hack your refrigerator.
Identity theft? It's easy!
Identity theft is easy to commit, as Welsh comedian Bennett Arron discovered. He explains just how easy on this week's Patch Monday podcast.
Early Jobs: innovative, underground, illegal
Steve Jobs might now be known for such mainstream technology as the iPhone, iPad and Macintosh, but his first creation with hardware genius Steve Wozniak was illegal.
Adobe's long battle with security flaws
Adobe has taken a few security hits lately, from the Flashback Mac Trojan and another zero-day exploit in Flash Player to malware-laden PDF files being the hacker's weapon of choice. So what gives?
Cyberwar: back to basics
Cyberwar has been big news this year, from Stuxnet to claims that China has a massive cyber warfare capability. But what is it, exactly?
Fighting malware at SophosLabs
For a organisation that analyses 180,000 new malware samples every day, SophosLabs is a remarkably peaceful place. The fight against cybercrime is a well-rehearsed routine.