ADMIN: Malware Defeated, Google Helped, Lessons Learned

We have eradicated the Malware that snuck in with a comment. It was a two-step process. 1) Delete all comments and then Close Comments. 2) Find the infected file that reactivated itself each time an unsecured computer visited Phi Beta Iota–evidently the robots are resident everywhere. We should have reacted to Google’s warning signals sooner. …

MILNET Headlines, 1 March 2010

Cyber-Control:  How Britain is using classical music as a form of social control Cyber-Control:  Major ACTA Leak: Internet and Civil Enforcement Chapters Cyber-Hype:  Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet Cyber-Security:  New Era for Internet Security Cyber-World:  Striving to Map the Shape-Shifting Net Homeland Security:  Dirty Bomb Recovery Plans Lacking Media:  Understanding the participatory …

Journal: To “Win” the Cyber War, Start with a Brain

ADM McConnell has it right, although he’s understating a key aspect of the problem.  Let’s postulate that we have abundant technical capability.  The core of the problem, IMHO, lies with lawyers and legislators who will not permit effective utilization of the technical capability.  While easier said than done, particularly in terms of domestic and international …

MILNET Headlines, 10 February 2010

Afghanistan:  AT THE BORDER OF PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: THE GRAND GAME AGAINST TERRORISM Afghanistan: Who Are We Fighting For, Anyway? After Eight Years, Strategy Is Still Unclear Counterinsurgency:  COIN Metrics: What Not To Measure Cyber-Future:  Hacker ‘Mudge’ gets DARPA job Cyber-Security:  America’s Cyber Scam Cyber-Security:  Cyber Warriors Innovation:  Pure Water for Haiti, Afghanistan: Just Add …

Journal: Apocalypse to Viet-Nam–Worth a Look

Afghanistan: Mullah Omar Ready to End Al Qaida Ties (Video) Apocalyptic thinking and the signs of the coming apocalypse by sheikh IMran N. Hosein Book announcement: how enemies become friends Book Reviews, Books by Ronald Crelinsten by Tim Stevens Conflict in N Dimensions Excellent blog by Tim Stevens Cyber-War and Critical Infrastructure I Cyber-War and …

Journal: The Greening of the Pentagon’s Strategy

Climate change may be an “accelerant of instability” in future conflicts, and the U.S. military needs to plan for possible environmental catastrophes and resource wars, according to the Pentagon’s soon-to-be-released master strategy document. Among other things, the draft QDR suggests the military will have to start planning for operations in which rising sea levels, an …