In the zero days series is to take pieces of itand elain theundamentals and the platonic ia is that everybody from my mom and dad t congress, um, and peop around the country can undstand and so maybe start the process of coming up with ways for us to defend cyberspace better. Hos wel if look at cyberace the United States rinow, how wouldou debe surityverall . Much as we would deribe, maybe, crime or breakins in a neighborhood . Guest well in the spirit of the explanatory mission we have, you cant really talk about cyberspace in the United States. A computer user in washington, d. C. Or in wichita or San Francisco is effectively working shoulder to shoulder with a computer user in beijing or in moscow. Theres literally no seconds of difference in space and time in cyberspace. So i thought id point that out. As for the security, the reality is that, um, its almost remarkable how vulnerabl comp sysms are. And cyberspace, um, is not what most people think it is. Most people now equate cybe
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Hackers give to a vulnerability and software that allows a bad guy into a computer system. These gaps take a lot of forms. They have not been previously discovered. So there is no way to block them. When a hacker has a zero day, with the right tools and school bills, they cant. Into a system and take control. With the right tools and skills, they can take over system. How would you describe this series . It is really the mission that we were looking into Cyber Security and cyber war. The pentagon had declared cyberspace the environment of people and machines and networks as a new domain of war, and get we realize that maybe one in 1000 people really understood what cyberspace was and the degree and depth of the vulnerabilities. So what we are trying to do with the zero day series is take pieces of it and explain the fundamentals and the platonic idea is that everybody from my mom and dad to congress and people around the country can understand, and so maybe start the process of coming
We want to introduce to you Robert Oharrow who is an investigator reporter at the Washington Post and has been writing an occasional series on cybersecurity threats for that newspaper. Mr. Oharrow welcome to the communicators. Guest thank you for having me. Host what is a zero day . Guest a zero day is the name that hackers give to a gap or vulnerability in the software that lets a bad guy into computer system. These gaps take a lot of forms. They have not been previously discovered and so there is no way to block them. When a hacker has zero day with the right tools and skills, that hacker can break into a system and take control. Is zero day also known as an oh day. Host how would you describe the series you have been writing for the post . Guest its really the mission i should probably describe. We were looking into cyberin cybersecurity and cyberwar. The pentagon had declared cyberspace the environment of people and machines and networks as the new domain of war and yet, we realize