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TDL-4 Rules–Industrial Era Governments Helpless

New Botnet, Now 4.5 Million Machines Strong, is ‘Practically Indestructible’ Today in cyber threats: more than four million Windows PCs have been commandeered by a botnet that cybersecurity experts are calling nearly “indestructible.” Known as TDL-4 (it’s the fourth iteration of the malicious program), this particular little nuisance hides in places security software rarely checks …

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Congress Cuts Front End of Information Operations

Lawmakers slash budget for Defense Department’s information ops By Walter Pincus Congress is slowly but surely trying to get the Pentagon to cut back on its overseas information operations, most of which end up being done by contractors. The latest hint has come from the House Appropriations Committee, which has sliced about $125 million from …

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Dr. Russell Ackoff (P): Reflections on IC and DoD + Design RECAP

Doing the Right Thing for IC and DoD Dr. Russell Ackoff (P) The President wants $400B shaved off security over 12 years. The DNI thinks he is excluded from that number. Possibly, but that’s only because the President hasn’t yet come up with a similar number for intelligence. $80B for all intelligence is too much, …

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Event: 12-14 Sep Greece European Intelligence & Security Informatics Conference EISIC 2011

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS Phi Beta Iota: This is one of the very few legitimate international events focusing on Open Source Intelligence with integrity.  Highly recommended.  Intelligence & Security Informatics Including Open Source Intelligence Athens, Greece, September 12-14, 2011 http://www.eisic.org, http://www.eisic.eu Co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society ——————— Call for Participants ——————— Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) …

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Seth Godin: Organization, Movement, or Philosophy?

Organization vs. movement vs. philosophy An organization uses structure and resources and power to make things happen. Organizations hire people, issue policies, buy things, erect buildings, earn market share and get things done. Your company is probably an organization. A movement has an emotional heart. A movement might use an organization, but it can replace …

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Crazy, Maybe True: US/Israel Role in Japan Disaster — State Eco-Terrorism, Nuclear or HAARP Trigger, Supplementary “Camera Bombs” from Israeli Security Company — Germany Being Blackmailed Also?

Phi Beta Iota: The world is in an interregnum, between “rule by secrecy” and lies from power as the norm, and a very ugly baby Web 4.0 in which bottom-up truth struggles to emerge.  We will have a great deal of baby poop to deal with, but over time, public intelligence in the public interest …

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