Information Operations Newsletter V 12 N 6

Articles in this issue are: 1.         Al-Qaeda’s Online Forums Go Dark for Extended Period 2.         Debate Rages over Hacking Jihadist Websites 3.         Electric Dragons – Airborne Electronic Warfare Capabilities in China 4.         ‘Azerbaijan Actively Joined Information Warfare’ 5.         Cyber War Will Not Take Place 6.         Designer Satellite Collisions from Covert Cyber War 7.         Al Hurra: …

DefDog: Counter-IED Network Analysis – Works for Law Enforcement, Ignored by US Military

When we worked on the Manhunting Project for SOCOM, the US Marshall’s Service said that fugitive hunting was all about network analysis. The IC doesn’t understand network analysis as the bean counters push for numbers….they focus on low hanging fruit and as a result there is always some guy out there ready to step up …

Mini-Me: Hundreds of Thousands Will Go Off-Line in July – With Verification Comment by Winn Schwartau

Huh? FBI: Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In July WASHINGTON (AP) — For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers …

DefDog: UK Guardian Does a Series on the Internet

Day one: the new cold war China’s censors tested by microbloggers who keep one step ahead of state media Inside Washington’s high risk mission to beat web censors Nervous Kremlin seeks to purge Russia’s internet of ‘western’ influences How tiny Estonia stepped out of USSR’s shadow to become an internet titan COMMENT: The real threat …