Terrorist groups are not all completely dumb “You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war” — Napoleon There is a strong and persistent narrative from some areas of the national security community that maintains that “terrorists became more OpSec savvy after the Snowden leaks, particularly with […]
Archives for June 2016
Legends and Vetting after Facebook
Some quick comments after reading the UK undercover manual. Creating a legend used to be fairly simple. Establish a pattern of behaviour (e.g. Donnie Brasco hanging around bars acting shady), establishing a backstopped story (e.g the KGB Illegals living in various countries for years before moving to their final targets), and/or having people that will […]
Cyber Security Motivations Guessing Game
Can we determine what drives infosec and does it matter? There was a discussion on Twitter about what motivates media attention to infosec, and what does it reveal about the industry, countries, markets and players? This talk was sparked by @agelastic asking why media attention to APTs is so one sided via both volume (Western media) […]