I thought Limewire was synonymous with virus. Does a defense contractor who is stupid enough to P2P software on the same PC with state secrets need a security clearance? Data about Obama's helicopter breached via P2P? | Security – CNET News: "What appears to be a defense contractor in Bethesda, Md., had a file-sharing program [...]
National Insecurity
Jan 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
So the new Obama administration comes in and is bewildered by the lack of modern computers in the White House . Their reaction was naive at best. Many of the staffers who were complaining probably never heard of TEMPEST. And what's the deal with whining to the press that they don't have Macintoshes? (see Staff [...]
Yet Another Incompetent Government Computer Security Story
Aug 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Even old school hackage can pwn a government agency (see Hacker breaks into FEMA phone system): This type of hacking is very low-tech and "old school," said John Jackson, a St. Louis-based security consultant. It was popular 10 to 15 years ago. Telecommunications security administrators now know to configure security settings, such as having individual [...]
Your Information is Never Safe
Mar 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The recent discovery that data thieves infiltrated Hannaford Bros' network and stole more than 4 million credit card numbers (see Data thieves steal credit card data from supermarket chain). According to articles related to this incident, Hannaford had some controls in place, like not associating names with account numbers. This incident is proof that basic [...]
No Privacy for Women
Mar 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment
One of the most disturbing court rulings I've seen was handed down today in Oklahoma: Court Drops Case of 'Peeping Tom' in Target; Says Victim Was Not in Private Place. The state Court of Criminal Appeals voted 4-1 in favor of Riccardo Gino Ferrante, who was arrested in 2006 for situating a camera underneath the [...]
Electronic Jihad, Terrorism, and the Media
Dec 3, 2007 By Leave a Comment
My day job has been keeping me from maintain this blog, dammit. My last posting was about the Electronic Jihad program and the amount of hits I received. Following up on that article, I started researching the report following November 11. The media consensus is that it all of the threats and warnings related to [...]
Al Qaeda's Script Kiddies Coordinate
Nov 2, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Back in July, I wrote about Electronic Jihad. It's a user-friendly cyber-attack application written for and by Muslims (I know, boggles the mind) for the purpose of launching Internet attacks on specified targets. DEBKAfile, a sometimes unreliable intelligence news source, reported on October 30 that Al Queda is attempting to coordinate a November 11 cyber [...]
Get Ready for More Chinese Antics
Oct 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I've been busy making Web sites and doing my real job, so I held off blogging until I could catch up. Money first, blog second. During this time, there were numerous stories about China. It seems to me the Chinese government has acquired enough wealth and stability that it can finally begin to show the [...]
USF Students and the National Security Connection
Oct 4, 2007 By Leave a Comment
As I reported when these guys were first arrested, there was a connection to previous terrorist shadiness at USF. I have been off of blogging for a couple of weeks because of a tremendous work load. In the meantime, much more information has come out. As Michelle Malkin has summed up, CAIR is still trying [...]
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