Table of references with links (mostly free) below the line.
Mini-Me: NSA-RSA Debacle Gets Worse
07 Other Atrocities, 09 Justice, 10 Security, 11 Society, Corruption, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency, Military, Officers Call
Huh?
Researchers Break RSA 4096 Encryption With Just A Microphone And A Couple Of Emails
As if it wasn’t enough that the NSA paid RSA $10 million to adopt an algorithm that wasn’t entirely secure, researchers have now demonstrated that they can break even RSA 4096 bit encryption with little more than a few emails and a microphone. And that microphone can indeed just be one in a smartphone sitting on the desk.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of Science discovered that they could steal even the largest, most secure RSA 4,096-bit encryption keys simply by listening to a laptop as it decrypts data.
To accomplish the trick, the researchers used a microphone to record the noises made by the computer, then ran that audio through filters to isolate the vibrations made by the electronic internals during the decryption process. With that accomplished, some cryptanalysis revealed the encryption key in around an hour.
Well, no, pace Engadget it is a little more complex than that. You can’t just listen to a computer and break the algos just like that.
OSINT Literature Review, Name Association, Lessons Learned
IO Impotency
Tough love, this is.
Lessons Learned from a 22 Year Fight:
01 Steele’s biggest mistake was in not ensuring OSS conference presentations were indexed in Conference Proceedings. Core value of presentation at International Studies Association (Intelligence) is that papers presented there are indexed and visible.
02 International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, American Intelligence Review, and SIGNAL not indexed. Materials published there are not visible.
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Stephen E. Arnold: IBM’s Watch Goes Shopping — Big Data Heuristics Hit a New Low
IO Impotency, IO Sense-Making, IO Tools
December 22, 2013
To what pressing issue is IBM now applying Watson’s superior (artificial) intellect? Why, to shopping, of course. Business Insider reports, “IBM’s Jeopardy-Winning Supercomputer Will Power a ‘Cognitive, Expert Personal Shopper’ App Next Year.” Writer Dylan Love was especially taken by one app on the horizon from a firm called Fluid Retail.
He quotes IBM Watson Solutions VP Stephen Gold:
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Penguin: NSA Paid RSA for an Embedded Back Door Into Products Sold — Time to Indict Hayden & Alexander — and File RICO Charges Against RSA
03 Economy, 10 Security, 11 Society, Commerce, Ethics, Government, IO Impotency, IO Privacy, Military, Officers Call
Can you spell treason? How about racketeering? This would seem to call for the indictment, conviction, and loss of pensions for the top NSA deciders, and enough RICO lawsuits to put RSA out of business. Shame!
Exclusive: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer
EXTRACT:
Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show that the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for generating random numbers to create a “back door” in encryption products, the New York Times reported in September. Reuters later reported that RSA became the most important distributor of that formula by rolling it into a software tool called Bsafe that is used to enhance security in personal computers and many other products.
Jean Lievens: Mark P. Mills on Big Data 10 Technology Trends and Related Ethical Questions
Advanced Cyber/IO, Ethics
The 10 Most Fascinating And Provocative If Not Alarming Technology Trends
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If you want to fire up your neurons here at year-end, I recommend reading over the now annual release of “emerging ethical dilemmas and policy issues in science and technology” from the University of Notre Dame’s Reilly Center.
(Full disclosure, I’m on the Center’s Advisory Board – and though I wish I could take credit for it, I had no input on the list.)
Even though the list from Notre Dame is more provocative than IBM’s, each and every technology has already been demonstrated or deployed. So while for the uninitiated some of the following may seem like science fiction, there is the old adage that “truth is stranger than fiction.” In fact, much of what’s on this list has inspired novels and movies. And the Reilly team has helpfully provided links to articles and resources to dig deeper into each domain’s state of affairs.
Following, the Reilly top 10 along with a sampling of their associated ethical questions posed.
Jean Lievens: 7 Ways Big Data Could Revolutionize Our Lives by 2020 — Comment by Robert Steele
Cultural Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, IO Impotency
7 Ways Big Data Could Revolutionize Our Lives by 2020
TEXT SUMMARY:
1. Websites and Apps will be safer.
2. Everyone could have access to higher education.
3. Landing a job will become easier.
4. Roads will be safer.
5. We'll predict the future for smarter business.
6. We'll predict the weather and protect the environment
7. Healthcare will be more efficient, effective & customized
