[liberationtech] Reminder: Invitation: ICT in a changing world

2012-05-29 Thread Marcin de Kaminski
Dear all, Enclosed you will find an invitation to the ICT in a changing world conference in Stockholm in a couple of weeks. Registration is open (and free!), please join us in a dialogue about ICT bsns, rules, responsibilities and Internet governance. Best, Marcin ___ Invitation - Conference

[liberationtech] The Great Escape: Has Avaaz Been Lying About Its Role in Syria?

2012-05-29 Thread Yosem Companys
Published on *The New Republic* (http://www.tnr.com) -- The Great Escape: Has One NGO Been Lying About Its Role in Syria? - Simon van Zuylen-Wood - May 27, 2012 | 12:00 am Around 8 a.m. on February 22, Syrian security forces attempting to prop up the Bashar

[liberationtech] Flame | sKyWIper - 'the son of stuxnet' -

2012-05-29 Thread Niels ten Oever
Dear all, I would be very interested in your further analysis on the new cyber espionage software which has been identified as the next generation of Stuxnet which has been named Flame and/or sKyWIper - the son of stuxnet. Further reading here: http://www.crysys.hu/skywiper/skywiper.pdf and here:

Re: [liberationtech] Flame | sKyWIper - 'the son of stuxnet' -

2012-05-29 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
Imho it does not have anything in common with stuxnet. That's a poor's man malware. There just a lot of hype by the AV Vendors and CERTs to claim big discovery and get new budget to fight cyberwar! All news and reports try to make comparison with Stuxnet. There is NO RELATIONSHIP AT ALL with

Re: [liberationtech] Flame | sKyWIper - 'the son of stuxnet' -

2012-05-29 Thread Karin Kosina
Hello, Here's the best QA I've seen on Flame: http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193522/The_Flame_Questions_and_Answers As naif pointed out, this seems to be a very different beast from Stuxnet (and Duqu, for that matter). Bestest, kyrah ___

Re: [liberationtech] Flame | sKyWIper - 'the son of stuxnet' -

2012-05-29 Thread Susanne Fischer
Hello Fabio, is Wired part of the media hype? http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/flame/ They also compare it with Stuxnet. All bullocks? Best, Susanne On 29 May 2012 16:49, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) li...@infosecurity.chwrote: Imho it does not have anything in common with stuxnet.