Hillary exposed for what she thinks of Sanders supporters during the primary, and it's not flattering. Thanks to hackers who are doing, surprisingly, good work.
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October 1, 2016
September 7, 2016
Pelosi to Ryan: Lay down your weapons
Um, no to this hypocritical, laughable demand:
WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, sent a letter on Tuesday to Speaker Paul D. Ryan urging him to bar Republicans from using hacked documents in the campaign, arguing that “defending our democracy is more important than any advantage or disadvantage in this election.”
Why would Ryan agree to not use every tool available to the GOP when Pelosi had no qualms about using the most nefarious tactics available when she could? No Nancy, Ryan won't agree to it for fear of being called Nancy himself.
Pelosi has even framed the notion incorrectly. Democracy demands that inappropriate activities be not only brought to the public's attention but also questioned rigorously. Who else is going to do that? The liberal media? Excuse me while I laugh.
How about instead we wait until the GOP comments are spoken to see what's in them Nancy?
June 17, 2015
Canada hacked by Anonymous
So this happened. Today Government of Canada websites and even emails were hacked in a denial of service attack in protest of Bill C-51 - Canada's recent anti-terrorism law.
Anonymous left a message.claiming responsibility.
So, yeah. Via Globe and Mail;
A cyberattack crashed federal government websites and e-mail on Wednesday afternoon, Treasury Board President Tony Clement said.He said it was a denial-of-service attack on the gc.ca domain server, which rendered many federal government websites inaccessible and left many government e-mail accounts unusable.
January 14, 2010
American Cyber Shortfalls
Everyone surely realizes that there are holes in national security - the border, international travel and shipping are prime examples in the news quite often. These areas need to be addressed. But they are not alone. Back in June, Google carried a story about the U.S. Military preparing a counter-espionage entity designed to fight the most obvious method of attacks from the likes of China. The big question is, what took this so long?
In the article back in June, it points out that the U.S. military has realized the importance of cyber security. Good. google itself seems to be waking up about the issue now too. Also good.
As a country with the greatest vested interest in keeping secrets (both military and commercial), you'd think someone, somewhere would be all over this. The Chinese are stealing technology via cyber attacks, they are infringing on copyrights and patents, and the Iranians are waltzing out of the country with technology for nuclear reactors. It's beyond disgraceful.
This is not however about affixing blame, rather it's about fixing only. National security and cyber security more specifically is a bi-partisan issue. It's not a liberal versus conservative thing. It's not about blaming the military or even politicians. But this should have been a no-brainer - it's mission critical stuff.
What is evident is that spying on America is not new. Certainly not to the Chinese. What's needed is a concerted effort to fix the problem before there's nothing left to defend. All of that stimulus money, supposedly to preserve the economy and preserve jobs could be better spent by (1) not spending all of it and (2) the stuff that does get spent could be used to get a rigorous program in place to provide counter cyber-espionage. Train and then employ a couple of hundred thousand cyber experts as a line of defense (never mind first line, a line period) against these sorts of incursions.
While you are at it, how about beefing up port security, airport security and maybe building a border wall that would prevent people from backpacking into the country? Not liberal enough? Hey, at least it would help employ some people.
This is really a matter of national security and it's something that should be on everybody in the country's radar. The world is not a completely friendly place full of unicorns and rainbows. There are those who want their piece of America and they do not mean to do well for America in the process. It's yours to defend and every day more isn't done, the greater the risk. I hate to sound like a paranoid lunatic, but there is plenty of room for concern on this issue. Plenty indeed.
NOTE: Much of the text originally slated for this post was wiped out by a weird Blogger edit and immediate autosave. I'm not saying the Chinese had something to do with it, just that it's sure coincidental that it happened on this particular post..........
In the article back in June, it points out that the U.S. military has realized the importance of cyber security. Good. google itself seems to be waking up about the issue now too. Also good.
But for me it raises a number of troubling questions. Why the delay? Why now? How much damage has already been done? If Al gore invented the Internet (/sarcasm) why did the U.S. allow itself to fall behind the likes of China and Russia in an area the country not only invented but completely owned?WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US military announced a new "cyber command" designed to wage digital warfare and to bolster defenses against mounting threats to its computer networks.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates formally established the command -- the country's first -- that would operate under US Strategic Command, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
The command will begin operating in October and be fully operational in October 2010, Whitman said.
The move reflects a shift in military strategy with "cyber dominance" now part of US war doctrine and comes amid growing alarm over the perceived threat posed by digital espionage coming from China, Russia and elsewhere.
US officials say China has built up a sophisticated cyber warfare program and that a spate of intrusions in the United States and elsewhere can be traced back to Chinese sources.
The officer widely expected to lead the command is Lieutenant General Keith Alexander, the director of the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA).
Alexander has described cyberspace as the new military frontier that could shape the future of national security, comparing it to sea or air power.
As a country with the greatest vested interest in keeping secrets (both military and commercial), you'd think someone, somewhere would be all over this. The Chinese are stealing technology via cyber attacks, they are infringing on copyrights and patents, and the Iranians are waltzing out of the country with technology for nuclear reactors. It's beyond disgraceful.
This is not however about affixing blame, rather it's about fixing only. National security and cyber security more specifically is a bi-partisan issue. It's not a liberal versus conservative thing. It's not about blaming the military or even politicians. But this should have been a no-brainer - it's mission critical stuff.
What is evident is that spying on America is not new. Certainly not to the Chinese. What's needed is a concerted effort to fix the problem before there's nothing left to defend. All of that stimulus money, supposedly to preserve the economy and preserve jobs could be better spent by (1) not spending all of it and (2) the stuff that does get spent could be used to get a rigorous program in place to provide counter cyber-espionage. Train and then employ a couple of hundred thousand cyber experts as a line of defense (never mind first line, a line period) against these sorts of incursions.
While you are at it, how about beefing up port security, airport security and maybe building a border wall that would prevent people from backpacking into the country? Not liberal enough? Hey, at least it would help employ some people.
This is really a matter of national security and it's something that should be on everybody in the country's radar. The world is not a completely friendly place full of unicorns and rainbows. There are those who want their piece of America and they do not mean to do well for America in the process. It's yours to defend and every day more isn't done, the greater the risk. I hate to sound like a paranoid lunatic, but there is plenty of room for concern on this issue. Plenty indeed.
NOTE: Much of the text originally slated for this post was wiped out by a weird Blogger edit and immediate autosave. I'm not saying the Chinese had something to do with it, just that it's sure coincidental that it happened on this particular post..........
April 1, 2009
Cornficker Worm on April Fool's Day
April Fools day. The day the Internet was to stand still.
I don't know if my computer has been zombified but I don't see anything unusual. So, this is just like Y2K when the nuclear missiles were all supposed to launch and the world was supposed to end. Or like global warming was supposed to melt the earth within a few years?
Look there's are serious issues around cyber-security and national cyber-security especially considering the Chinese are deliberately working on cyber-warefare methods and plan for it to be part of any future foreign conflict they are involved in. But the hysteria around Cornficker is just the latest example of over-hype. It may be better to be safe than sorry, but usually patches and anti-virus updates are prepared in time and panicking never helps anything.
Just my two cents on that.
(CNN) -- A computer-science detective story is playing out on the Internet as security experts try to hunt down a worm called Conficker C and prevent it from damaging millions of computers on April Fool's Day.
This piece of computer code tells the worm to activate on April 1, 2009, researchers at CA found. The anti-worm researchers have banded together in a group they call the Conficker Cabal. Members are searching for the malicious software program's author and for ways to do damage control if he or she can't be stopped.
They're motivated in part by a $250,000 bounty from Microsoft and also by what seems to be a sort of Dick Tracy ethic.
"We love catching bad guys," said Alvin Estevez, CEO of Enigma Software Group, which is one of many companies trying to crack Conficker. "We're like former hackers who like to catch other hackers. To us, we get almost a feather in our cap to be able to knock out that worm. We slap each other five when we're killing those infections."
The malicious program already is thought to have infected between 5 million and 10 million computers.
Those infections haven't spawned many symptoms, but on April 1 a master computer is scheduled to gain control of these zombie machines, said Don DeBolt,
director of threat research for CA, a New York-based IT and software company.
What happens on April Fool's Day is anyone's guess.
I don't know if my computer has been zombified but I don't see anything unusual. So, this is just like Y2K when the nuclear missiles were all supposed to launch and the world was supposed to end. Or like global warming was supposed to melt the earth within a few years?
Look there's are serious issues around cyber-security and national cyber-security especially considering the Chinese are deliberately working on cyber-warefare methods and plan for it to be part of any future foreign conflict they are involved in. But the hysteria around Cornficker is just the latest example of over-hype. It may be better to be safe than sorry, but usually patches and anti-virus updates are prepared in time and panicking never helps anything.
Just my two cents on that.
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