The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Example of the state of USGOV systems…. Anonymous gain access to FBI and Scotland Yard hacking call BBC news, 3 February 2012 Hacking network Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the FBI and UK police in which they discuss efforts against hacking. The call, said to have taken place last month, …
Is this more of the same as the alleged attack planning on the Saudi Ambassador? Stuxnet Clone Found Possibly Preparing Power Plant Attacks Security researchers have detected a new Trojan, scarily similar to the infamous Stuxnet worm, which could disrupt computers controlling power plants, oil refineries and other critical infrastructure networks. The Trojan, dubbed “Duqu” …
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US lacks serious cyber intelligence Study says US government, business need to kick network security up a notch Michael Cooney Network World, 12 September 2011 There is an urgent need for businesses and our government to develop high-level cyber intelligence as a way to combat the unacceptable levels of online security threats because the current …
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Operation Shady Rat. Sustained, silent, IP theft from 70 organizations across 14 countries. More. What we have witnessed over the past five to six years has been nothing short of a historically unprecedented transfer of wealth — closely guarded national secrets (including from classified government networks), source code, bug databases, email archives, negotiation plans and exploration details …
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Cofer Black Says Threat Posed by Hackers Same as Pre-9/11 Terrorism Public Intelligence Net, 4 August 2011 not to be confused with Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog Ex-CIA official sounds alarm about hackers’ next targets (CNN): The former director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center raised concerns Wednesday about an impending “code war” in …
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We generally say this approach is the same as a sucking chest wound….. Cyberwar Plan Has New Focus on Deterrence By JULIAN E. BARNES and SIOBHAN GORMAN Wall Street Journal, 15 July 2011 The military must move from defending against major cyberattacks to deterring assaults by letting enemies know the U.S. is willing to retaliate …
Why We Need An Open Wireless Movement Call To Action by Peter Eckersley If you sometimes find yourself needing an open wireless network in order to check your email from a car, a street corner, or a park, you may have noticed that they’re getting harder to find. Stories like the one over the weekend …
