Author Archives: Luke Pelican

Law of War in Cyberspace Pt. 2

The second part of NPR’s series on the Law of War in Cyberspace, focused on viewing the Internet as a weapon.

A Very Short History of Content Regulation

Jillian York over at ONI has a brief piece which features ONI’s Rob Faris discussing the evolution of content regulation on the Internet.

Suspected cyber skirmishes as South China Sea dispute continues

Agence France-Presse on the Japanese government’s suspicions that cyber attacks on government websites in the past week may have been conducted by Chinese hackers.

Stuxnet worm a weapon against Iran’s nuclear program?

Robert McMillan on the growing speculation that the sophisticated Stuxnet worm  may have been specifically designed for critical targets within Iran.

A wi-fi stroll in the Central Park

Telecompaper reports on a deal Time Warner and Cablevision struck with the City of New York,  in which the two provide wi-fi access in city parks in exchange for the city renewing the companies’ franchises.

Cyber Jihad?

Kevin Coleman of Defense Tech reports on the use of a worm by Tariq ibn Ziyad, a “cyber jihad group,” to wreak havoc on several US companies last week.