InfoBore 11

The internet seems to have woken up after a long, boozy weekend and noticed, amongst other things, that the North Koreans seem to have been busy. Loads of good stuff here:

The Cost of DDOS Attacks – Cord Blomquist, Technology Liberation Front

Is It Past Time for the Cyber Coordinator Appointment? – Jeff Carr, IntelFusion

MyDoom Dabs Spotted on Mega Cyberassault – John Leyden, The Register

Benefits and Uses of Second Life By the US Navy – Dusan Writer

Oh No My Parents Joined FaceBook: Where Lame 20 Something’s Blindly Blather Like the Idioterati – Sam Liles, Selil Blog

Lazy Hacker and Little Worm Set Off Cyberwar Frenzy – Kim Zetter, Threat Level

China Riots: Twitter and YouTube Frustrate ‘Censorship Attempts’ – Daily Telegraph

Chinese Censorship of Internet ‘Unacceptable’: EU – AFP

Cyber Arms Talks in the Works? – Kevin Coleman, Defense Tech

Cops to Step Up Use of Phone and Net Records – Chris Williams, The Register

Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds – Roderick Jones, MetaSecurity

Press and Privacy: Secret Spies – The Guardian

Cyber Warre – Thomas Rid, Kings of War

Semper Cyber: A Motto for a New Military Command – Sam Liles, Selil Blog

The Whole World Is Watching – Liz Losh, VirtualPolitik

Summer 2009 Issue of PD Magazine is Available – Matt Armstrong, MountainRunner

Cyberattacks Jam Government and Commercial Web Sites in US and South Korea – Choe Sang-Hun and John Markoff, New York Times