MUST READ: NYTimes: Cyberwar for Sale

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: January 4, 2017 at 11:57:55 AM EST
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] MUST READ: NYTimes: Cyberwar for Sale
>
>
> MUST READ: NYTimes: Cyberwar for Sale
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/magazine/cyberwar-for-sale.html
>
>      There are three methods, Scarafile explained, for getting the
>    Remote Control System onto a target's device.  Customers can
>    gain physical access to the device and then infect it with a
>    USB stick or memory card. They can beam the R.C.S. in over a
>    Wi-Fi network. Or they can send the customer an email and get
>    him to click on an infected attachment -- usually a file from
>    a brand-name program like Microsoft Word or PowerPoint ...
>
> - - -
>
> I am increasingly considering the possibility that 2-factor
> authentication systems will need to be made mandatory for all users,
> not just optional as is usually the case today at least in
> non-corporate environments. Of course 2-factor isn't foolproof, and
> there is some user hassle factor involved in using 2-factor (though a
> well designed 2-factor system, such as Google's, reduces the hassle
> notably). But it's just too easy to phish accounts that are only
> protected by a simple password. It's probably time to bite the bullet
> on this one.
>
> --Lauren--
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