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. …

Journal: Pentagon as VERY Slow Learner….

Time.com    March 18, 2010 To Battle Computer Hackers, The Pentagon Trains Its Own By Mark Thompson, Washington “More than 100 foreign intelligence organizations are trying to hack into U.S. systems,” Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn warned last month. “Some governments already have the capacity to disrupt elements of the U.S. information infrastructure.” So the Pentagon …

MILNET Headlines, 3 March 2010

Animals at War:  Bomb Dog Suffers from Stress Bad Business:  Microsoft CEO: Google Merits Regulatory Scrutiny Bad Government I:  Politically Correct Killing? Bad Government II:  Obama Now Selling Judgeships for Health Care Votes Bad Government III:  White House Land Grab Bad Government IV:  How Reconciliation Works in Congress Bad Judgment:  JFK tower allowed a kid …

MILNET Headlines, 3 March 2010

Cloud Computing:  Security Concerns Make GSA Rethink Cloud Computing Plan Cyber-Security:  Spain Busts Hackers for Infecting 13 Million PCs Cyber-Security:  The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Darwin I: Flipping off Cops is Legal, Not Advised Darwin II:  Copper Thieves Electrocuted (Photos of Fried Crooks) Homeland Security:  Security Key to DHS’ Initiative to Share Info with Foreign …

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 …

MILNET Headlines, 26 February 2010

Cloud Games:  Microsoft to Open Government-Only Dedicated Cloud Facility Cyber-Security:  DoD Issues Responsible Internet Use Policy Cyber-Security: Microsoft Wins Court Approval to Topple Botnet Cyber-Security: RIAA CEO Tries To Connect China Google Hack With Google’s Attitude US Civil Rights:  Lawmakers Punt Patriot Act to Obama US Civil Rights:  Majority Say Government Threatens Rights US Economy:  …