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with Don Nendell. Donna was rushed to the hospital
and was diagnosed with congenitive heart failure. Don
says she is doing OK, but he is worn out himself with
all the unfortunate events occurring to him. Pray that
everything will work out for the better.
Don is rather difficult to read sometimes, but he
believes in what he is writing. If fact, he is extremely
serious in everything he writes and feels
he is doing everyone a service by his reporting. If you have not read any of his
articles, I suggest you do. They are factual
and eye-opening. Also, don’t forget to say
a prayer for Donna.
call this sign (#) the “hash” mark. So C# in GB becomes
C (hash!) Hash is a culinary dish which can include almost any ingredient and, many times, is nothing more
than a conglomeration of left overs!
The U.S. usage derives from an old commercial habit of using the # to stand for pounds on bills of lading.
This, however, is not the only name associated with this
character. It is also known as the gate,
square, grid, crunch, crosshatch, mesh,
flash, pig-pen, ticktacktoe, scratchmark,
thud, thump, splat, hex, grate, reticule,
and recently the octothorpe.
Recent
Observations
Modulation from C# to F#
Recently, Microsoft has come out with
a new programming language entitled, F#.
According to them F# is a strongly typed, functional-first
programming language for writing simple code to solve
complex problems. The F# language originated in Microsoft Research and has been available since 2007. In the
past five years, F# has continued to grow in popularity,
and Microsoft has detailed how the language has helped
solved complex programming problems in industries as
diverse as banking, insurance and energy.
Because of the above fact, I have reprinted my original “C#” article from this magazine which appeared in
the August 2002 edition.
“I remember the first time I heard a telephone announcement say “hit the ‘pound’ sign.” I pondered for
a moment and realized (because of my musical background) that they must be referring to the “sharp” key
located at the lower right side of the dialing keypad. The
“pound” sign to me always has been the character used to
denote money in Great Britain. (₤) In fact, when I used
the Character Map in Windows to look up how to place
this sign (₤) in my article, Windows referred to it as the
“pound” sign! The # is described as the number sign.
Microsoft has come out on the side of musicians by
calling one of their products C# (sharp.) This naming, I
assume, is a cause of humor in Great Britain because they
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The ‘octothorpe’ name has been rumored to have been invented by Bell Lab
engineers when touch-tone phones were
introduced in the mid-1960s. There are
other stories about the origin of octothorpe, but who
cares? I suppose musicians could call it the D flat key
because D flat and C sharp are enharmonic intervals,
but computer stores would have a hard time knowing
what you wanted if you asked for Microsoft D flat!
The sign also has a darker side to its personality. I
have seen it used many times in cartoons to represent
profanity (@#*%#). Which nasty word it stands for I
do not know - take your pick. Just watch your tongue
the next time you order Microsoft C#.
Seriously, this character is a sign of many aliases,
so I assume it is up to each individual person to call it
whatever he/she wants. Personally, pound and hash are
too “earthy” for me; and I don’t care for gate, crunch,
flash, pig-pen, etc. I like octothorpe! It makes me feel
so elitist and intelligent to say, “use the octothorpe
key,” or “I program in COctothorpe.” I could also say,
“Octothorpe, Octothorpe,” or “Oh, Octothorpe,” or “you
Octothorpe,” and feel better because I have uttered a
disguised profanity that few will recognize.
Guess I had better stick to “sharp” or “pound” if I
want to stay out of trouble!”
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Security Related (S-R) Update Report #29
Part 8, Woe is Me!
By Don Nendell
Dear Reader,
If you are
reading this in a
non-PDF format,
you are missing a
large part of the
whole Report/Review 1 & 2 . You
should, therefore, stop reading
and immediately
follow the steps outlined in the
Footnotes 1 & 2 below. Which BTW
are:
1. “If you are reading this Report/
Review 1 & 2 from directly off of an
Internet search, you could very well be
seeing it in HTML (or text) format.
Yuk! There’s No Graphics there!
To see all the beautiful Graphics in this
Report/Review 1 & 2 - the ones that
we’ve worked so very hard to entertain
you with - you will need to follow the
procedures outlined in 2 below. Enjoy!
Again, our web page is: (www.ucs.
org).”
2. “See the actual Reports/Reviews 1 & 2 in the Blue Chips Magazine (BCM) Archives (i.e., begin
your search on left-hand side of
web page) at: (www.ucs.org).
Note. Always choose the top
option, i.e., PDF format for its
beauty.”
3. After a successful debut the past
few months, I am going to present the
News and Views to you once again
in an entirely different format than I’ve
used in the 14-15 years I’ve been doing
these Reviews/Security-Related
Reports for you. Once again, I am going
to list all the URL’s and Titles of all of the
articles/topics/videos I’ve researched
Security Related Report
for this S-R, and then some, that I intend to present to you herein this month.
That list will appear in the Footnotes
5 and 6 and be designated #X), where
X is the order in which it appears in
the Footnotes 5 and 6 respectively.
In this way you can (cherry) pick (i.e.,
highlight it, copy it and paste it in your
Browser Search Window) plus you can
also choose which one(s) appeal(s) to
your sense of urgency and/or security, and thenceforth follow the same
procedure(s) I would go through (i.e., if
you so desire?) so as to bring them to life
and thus sh[r]ed (pun intended) greater
illumination on the subject for you as it
appears here in the BCM. BTW And
just like it always is, month after month,
and although you may not have known,
nor been aware, of it, or not, it’s a huge
list, too! Enjoy! ;-}
Prolog
(Repeat from S-R #28) I’ve
been associated with SecurityRelated (S-R) subjects/topics/episodes/relationships in one form or
another for over 17 years now. I’ve
actually been writing S-R Reports,
et al., for going on 13 years, too
(FYI This is my 129th S-R to date, if
I haven’t lost count, that is). And I
swear, I feel like I’m actually just a
Sprog (i.e., a “Newbie”) after all of
the “Things/Stuff/etc.” I have been
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discovering/uncovering for myself just in these past 3-4 months
of S-R research, plus writing the
last three (3) S-R Reports (i.e.,
Numbers 26, 27 & 28.
See my BCM’s March,
April, 2012, and May
2012 respectively for
those S-R’s 1 & 2).
Folks, it is simply
“God awful fearful
and frightful” what is
currently and/or has
been going on with
the American citizen’s
right to privacy/civil liberties
and/or security ever since before
WWII, even, under the guises of
National Security, War on Ter-
ror, and false aims like Domestic
Security, etc. (See Below). All the
pieces have been properly setup
on the board, and are already in
play, as we speak. And, it is growing worse by the day, I feel, with
no end in sight, apparently; and
strangely enough, it seems, with
the foci, “Right Here, And Right
Now!” (See Below)
Introduction
Page 1.
Before we get started with my usual
monthly diatribe, I’d first like to ask you
all, that’s “ya’ll” (all of “you all”) in Texas
talk, a question:
Have you been to Best Buy,
more specifically the Geek Squad
kiosk, for any repairs lately? Well I
have, and it’s my usual trials and tribulations jumping up and biting me in the
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posterior again It
inveriably, said
always, seems to
happen just as I begin
wrting my S-R Reports/Reviews.
If you have been
following my reporting
for any length of time now,
you already know what is
coming, no, not the drones yet
(See also my April 2012 BCM
S-A Report #26, Woe is Me #6
1 & 2); but they’re coming, you
can count on it
That’s almost on a par with believing that Skype has always been
“secure,” and now most surely
even more so now that it is in Microsoft’s hands to the tune of $8B
US (who itself is holding hands
wth the NSA, and has been openly
since Windows 7 was developed).
Oh yes, we’ll “TRY” to get to that
one a little later.
My beef. I bought an expensive four (4) year protection plan
(Note. important point here) for
my new, funny, now that I think
of it, ;-} Wndows 7 Gateway PC.
I’ve now taken it back two (2)
times: once for the “Trojan from
Hell infection” (BTW They’re the
repair technician’s words, not
mine. Mine are worse and as such,
definitely not printable. See my
January 2012 BCM S-A Report 1
& 2 FYI my favorite “Vipre” TS finally eradicated it after a terrible
siege); and then a couple of days
ago, this time with a “Black Screen
of Death” HDD failure indication.
The first time I took it to the
Geek Squad was their confirmation of a virus/Trojan infection,
duh, and they politely informed
me it would cost $139 to remove
it. Wait just a minute, I’ve got
“Warranteed” protection against
these things, don’t I? Nope! Keep
on reading, it only gets juicier.
BTW it was right then and
there that I swore that I wouldn’t
patronize their stores “ever more!”
But wait, there’s more. Then,
there’s this latest Best Buy fiasco.
I was told that it would take 2-4
days to check it out, and that if it
turned out to be a virus-, softwareet al., related problem, then the
protection plan wouldn’t cover
it - AGAIN. Period.
Q. So what exactly does “it,”
i.e., that expensive “Warrantee”
Protection Plan actually cover
for all that money? Duh? or Huh?
Take your choice? I turned on the
charm, for all that was worth,
and “sweet-talked” (and BTW, accidently (on purpose) left a fiver
laying on the examining table; after all, it’s Vegas, baby, the tipping
capitol of the world, you know) the
lovely young lass into starting the
sick PC’s test(s) a bit early blink,
blink. I went back the second day
and asked her how my sick friend
was doing, and she said that it had
“passed the hard drive” test and
was still about half way through
another test. Say what? If the stupid thing wouldn’t even boot at all,
then how could they test the hard
drive and it passed? So now what
else were they testing the machine
for that they could clobber me
with? (It turns out to be another
HD). Well, it’s been three (3) days
now and I’ve not received even a
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peep from them yet?
Whoa! I’ve just got to get this
down before I explode. As an aside,
I had four (4) 4GB of very, very
special memory upgrade modules I had gotten from my great
friend at Kingston to install, and
I asked her what it would cost to
just “pop” them in while the case
was off. She said with a straight
face, “$40 per module!” Whoa;
$40 x 4 = $160 US (it’s not Russia or China, I don’t think yet). I
wanted so very badly to wish her
well in her next job, because now
I can clearly see why Best Buy is
downsizing plus nationwide closing 50 Big Box stores (See also my
April 2012 BCM S-A Report Woe is
Me #6 1 & 2). I’m still wondering
since my HD “Passed” the test, why
doesn’t it run yet, and what is Best
Buy going to “TRY” to stick me
with this time? Stay tuned! I will
say with certainty, “Caveat emptor, read the fine print on “any” of
these guys!”
UPDATE: After calling them
(after 3 days now) I learned that
the “wrong HDD was set to boot
up the PC. Yes, I agree, that’s what
it looked like, or possibly a HDD
failure, or even a virus/Trojan
again, but I hadn’t reset it in the
BIOS? (See graphic)
UPDATE 2: Its back again, ugh!
Q. So, how then did it get that
way during my absence from the
house, because it was working
when I left to go to BINGO with
Donna, and it was not when I got
back home? Gremlins, or what?
We continue. Then, after the
agent was able to finally boot to
Windows 7 again, the NIC card
wouldn’t work, even though it was
enabled in the BIOS. The agent
later told me he reinstalled the
NIC driver and everything was
all “Hinky Dory, Again, By Jove!”
AND SO IT IS! BEGONE GREM3
LINS!
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Nothing new here, Again,
Same-o, Same-o, how-some-ever:
1. Techlicious: Millions of
LinkedIn & eHarmony Passwords
Stolen by Josh Kirschner, Techlicious, June 8, 2012. Professional networking site LinkedIn and dating site
eHarmony confirmed yesterday that
millions of user passwords have been
stolen from their databases and posted
on the Internet. If you are a user of
either of these services, it’s critical that
you change your password immediately
on these sites, as well as any other sites
for which you use the same password,
especially for email, banking or other
sensitive data. The breach was identified
when the hacker(s) posted the list of 8
million encrypted passwords to a hacker
forum for help with breaking the encryption code. Sophos security is reporting
that more than 60% of the passwords
have already been cracked. The breach
was identified when the hacker(s) posted
the list of 8 million encrypted passwords
to a hacker forum for help with breaking
the encryption code. Worse, while the 8
million passwords posted represent only
a small portion of the total users of the
sites, some security experts suspect that
the hacker(s) may have access to the full
password list and only posted those that
they were having difficulty cracking.
Rick Redman, a security consultant for
Kore Logic Security told Ars Technica,
“It’s pretty obvious that whoever the bad
guy was cracked the easy ones and then
posted these, saying, ‘These are the ones
I can’t crack.’”
2. Email Communication to
LinkedIn Users (06/09/2012)
We recently became aware that
some LinkedIn passwords were compromised and posted on a hacker website.
We immediately launched an investigation and we have reason to believe that
your password was included in the post.
To the best of our knowledge, no email
logins associated with the passwords
have been published, nor have we received any verified reports of unauthorized access to any member’s account
as a result of this event. While a small
subset of the passwords was decoded
and published, we do not believe yours
was among them.
The security of your account is very
important to us at LinkedIn. As a precaution, we disabled your password, and
advise you to take the following steps to
reset it. If you reset your password in
the last two days, there is no need for
further action.
1. Type www.linkedin.com/settings
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directly into your browser 2. Type in
your email address and press Sign In,
no password necessary 3. Follow the onscreen directions to reset your password
Note: Do not reuse your old password when creating your new password.
If you have been using your old LinkedIn
password on other sites, we recommend
that you change those passwords too.
We appreciate your immediate attention
to resetting your password and apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you, The LinkedIn Team
(Source: Footnote 6, 37)
Just as interesting,
and just as crazy
1. This INSANE Graphic Shows
How Ludicrously Complicated
Social Media Marketing Is Now
by Charlie Minato Business Insider,
May 17, 2012, Digital marketing is
confusing - really confusing - as this
insane graphic shows (below). Trying
to navigate through the various new
social media categories, blogs, sharing sites, and social media firms is an
absolute mess. The depiction of the
digital marketing landscape was shown
at a Buddy Media event marking the
launch of the social marketing software
agency’s new suite of measurement
tools. FYI If you look very closely, Pinerest isn’t in the graphic for some strange
reason? (Read more at: http://www.
businessinsider.com/social-mediamarketing-landscape-complicated2012-5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_
medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed
%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+
Insider%29#ixzz1veYY7ZnF). (Source:
Footnote 6 61.)
2. Google Chrome Just Passed
Internet Explorer To Become
The World’s Most Popular Web
Browser by Seth Fiegerman Business
Insider May 21, 2012, After months
of chipping away at its lead, Google
Chrome has finally overtaken Internet
Explorer to become most popular web
browser worldwide. Chrome’s share of
the market rose to 32.8% in the week
ending May 20, while Internet Explorer’s share of the market dropped to
31.9%, according to new data from StatCounter, via TheNextWeb. This marks
the first full week that Chrome has
beaten Explorer. Google’s browser had
previously topped Explorer for a single
day back in March. Mozilla’s Firefox is
the third most popular browser with
just more than a 25% of the market.
Read more at: (http://www.businessinsider.com/google-overtakes-internetexplorer-as-most-popular-browser2012-5?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_
medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Fee
d%3A+businessinsider+%28Business
+Insider%29#ixzz1vebV5ZTi) (Source:
Footnote 6 21.)
3. In Four Years, Most Cars
Will Work With Smart Phones by
Matthew de Paula, Forbes, May 18,
2012. y 2016 most cars will have smart
phone integration, according to a new
report from Juniper Research, a wireless technology research firm based in
Hampshire, U.K. Aftermarket systems
offered by companies like OnStar will
help grow the sector to $14.4 billion in
four years and give 92 million vehicles
Internet connectivity.
This technology will not only allow
satellite-based navigation and streaming music from the Web, for example,
but it will also open up a whole new
market to telematics services currently
only offered through automaker-specific
subscription plans like GM’s OnStar
and BMW Assist. These sophisticated
satellite-linked systems can automatically dispatch emergency services to the
scene of an accident, help law enforcement agencies locate stolen vehicles, and
even disable them in some cases. The
Chevrolet Spark offers a stereo upgrade
that acts like an extension of a user’s
smart phone to stream music, naviga-
tion and other apps. Please notice how
few buttons there are, since the system
relies on the smart phone’s technology
to work. (Source: Footnote 6, 29.)
Now on to the
“Security Plight” of the Nation.
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1. EYE SPY INTELLIGENCE
MAGAZINE ISSUE 79
Check this out. MAJOR EYE
SPY FEATURE (www.eyespymag.
com/issueseventy9.html)
Defense Clandestine Service
US unveils powerful new military/
civilian spy agency
Codebreaking Gems
HACKING MENACES
INVISIBLE OPPONENTS
INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
Tapping the Internet? THE UTAH
DATA CENTER 9/11 ULTIMATE END
GAME
TAPPING THE INTERNET
As the NSA’s new Utah Data Center
nears completion, a look at concern from
some commentators who believe it is a
“catch all” for every communication
COUNTER-TERRORISM AND
INTEL PART 3
In this pulsating feature our authors
look at terrorist types, objectives and
supposed motives
CYBER SPIES AND ESPIONAGE
Senior US Eye Spy editor Kevin
Coleman presents a new overview of how
cyber attacks are damaging economies
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INTEL HACKERS
“Those who give up their liberty for
a little temporary security deserve neither and lose both” - Benjamin Franklin
2. Revealed: Hundreds of
words to avoid using online if you
don’t want the government spying
on you (and they include ‘pork’,
‘cloud’ and ‘Mexico’) by Daniel Miller, Daily Mail, May 29, 2012 (See
graphic on page 16). Department of
Homeland Security forced to release
list following freedom of information
request. Agency insists it only looks
for evidence of genuine threats to
the U.S. and not for signs of general dissent (My emphasis here;
yeah, sure they are, and I’ve got a
bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you,
too?) The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of
keywords and phrases it uses to monitor
social networking sites and online media
for signs of terrorist or other threats
against the U.S. The intriguing the list
includes obvious choices such as ‘attack’,
‘Al Qaeda’, ‘terrorism’ and ‘dirty bomb’
alongside dozens of seemingly innocent
words like ‘pork’, ‘cloud’, ‘team’ and
‘Mexico’. (Source: Footnote 6, 47.)
FYI Extracted from the DHS
Analyst’s Desktop Binder 2011
(Redacted and as shown is)
1. Media Monitoring Capability
Mission & Reporting Parameters:
1.1 MMC Mission. The MMC has
three primary missions:
First - to continually update existing
National Situation Summaries (NSS)
and InternationalSituation Summaries
(ISS) with the most recent, relevant,
and actionable open source mediainformation
Second - to constantly monitor all
available open source information with
the goal of expeditiously alerting the
NOC Watch Team and other key Department personnel of emergentsituations
Third - to receive, process, and
distribute media captured by DHS
Situational Awareness Teams(DSAT)
or other streaming media available to the NOC such as Northern
Command’s(NORTHCOM) Full Motion
Video (FMV) and via open sources
These three missions are accomplished by employing various tools, services, and procedures thatare described
in detail in this document. (Source:
Footnote 6, 4.)
“Americans will always demonstrate
what we mean by ‘DON’T TREAD ON
ME’... even to heavy handed union management. Our government should exist
to SERVE the people, not pray upon
them. We will not continue to use trillions of dollars to bail out the few select
unions so they can promote and elect
their puppets Those days are over.” Dan Thompson, American College Bryn
Mawr, June 6, 2012 (on the Wisconson
vote to recall the Governor). (Note
“MEH” is commonly used as either a
comparative or superlative meaning:
“Mediocre; lackluster...” - John Hobbs,
Hamline University).
The “Snoop”
(Pun intended) From Group
1. “The Stuxnet virus not only
became known as one of the most
potent zero-day attacks on a critical
infrastructure that included a SCADA
system, but it is also regarded as an act
of cyber-sabotage that forever changed
the threat landscape. Enterprises and
government agencies are increasingly
menaced by new varieties of advanced
persistent threats (APTs) associated
with organized cybercriminals and
state-sponsored hacker groups. Threats
can evolve more quickly than the ability
to protect against them, which creates
a security gap for most organizations.
Threats can evolve more quickly than
the ability to protect against them, which
creates a security gap for most organizations.” - Dark Reading (For more on this
and others See the HP 2011 Top Cyber
Security Risks Report Below).
2. Cyber-attack concerns raised
over Boeing 787 chip’s ‘back door’
by Charles Arthur, The Guardian,
May 29, 2012. Two Cambridge experts
have discovered a “back door” in a
computer chip used in military systems
and aircraft such as the Boeing 787 that
could allow the chip to be taken over
via the internet (sic). The discovery will
heighten concerns about the risks of
cyber-attacks on sensitive installations,
coming on the heels of the discovery this
week of the ‘Flame’ virus which has been
attacking computer systems in Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia. researchers Sergei
Skorobogatov of Cambridge University
and Chris Woods of Quo Vadis Labs
say that they have discovered a method
that a hacker can use to connect to the
internals of a chip made by Actel, a US
manufacturer. “An attacker can disable
all the security on the chip, reprogram
cryptographic and access keys … or
permanently damage the device,” they
noted. (Source: Footnote 6, 11.)
HP 2011 Top Cyber Security
Risks Report. Enterprise organizations have been under security attacks
for the past decade, but security events
in 2011 have created a ripple effect that
will be felt for years to come and will
actually start to shift the way we view security. In the 2011 Cyber Security Risks
Report, HP Enterprise Security provides
a broad view of the vulnerability threat
landscape, as well as in-depth research
and analysis on security attacks and
trends (Source: Footnote 6, 2.)
3. Botnets: The backdoor to the
Paul Beaumont adds weight to the
theory that sooner or later a hacking
incident or similar against the security
services will lead to loss of life.
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enterprise network by Tomer Teller,
security researcher and evangelist at
Check Point Software Technologies, SC
Magazine May 21, 2012. Botnets are
one of the most significant network security threats facing organizations today.
Compromising anywhere from a few
thousand to well over a million systems,
botnets are used by cyber criminals to
take over computers and execute illegal
and damaging activities – such as stealing data, gaining access to unauthorized
network resources, initiating Denial of
Service (DoS) attacks or distributing
spam. Botnets are here to stay. There
is no more static malware; botnets in
nature are dynamic and can quickly
change form based on the cyber criminal’s command. With bot toolkits being
sold online for the mere price of $500
and their attacks costing businesses millions of dollars – it gives people insight
into how big the problem has become.
The Impact of Bot Infection.
It has been estimated that up to one
quarter of all personal computers connected to the internet (sic.) may be part
of a botnet. In 2011, it was reported that
the TDL Botnet infected more than 4.5
million computers and approximately
100,000 unique addresses per day. In
addition, the industry saw nearly half
of IT security professionals experience
a dramatic increase in malware attacks.
4. A Historical Look at Botnets.
In looking at the evolution of the bot
threat, the first bot, “GMBot,” was not
malicious. In fact, it was created in the
late 1980s to emulate a live person in
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) sessions.
However, around 1999 bots emerged
that were designed with harmful intentions. Thereafter, bots grew more
sophisticated, and in some cases, were
commercialized as products. The Zeus
bot of 2006, for example, originally
sold for several thousand dollars. In
mid-2011, source code for the Zeus and
SpyEye botnet kits was leaked, making
these powerful botnet creators available
to practically anyone that wants to es-
tablish their own botnet (See Graphic).
The Future Threat. In the coming
years, botnets will continue to evolve
using a combination of social engineering, zero-day exploits, as well as the
proliferation of mobile computing and
social networking. See more critically
impotant Botnet background/historical datat at: (Source: Footnote 6, 5.)
5. Government security trends
that need your attention now by
Richard Moulds, GSN: Government
Security News, May 21, 2012. If 2011
taught us anything, it is that we will
definitely continue to see a multitude of
attacks, and that the attackers are growing even more persistent and technologically savvy. One lesson learned over the
past year or so is that the line between
government and commercial-grade IT
security is blurring. On one hand, governments will need to use commercial
technology wherever possible in order
to keep costs down, and will be subject
to the same disclosure laws as any enterprise. Yet, on the other hand, certain
enterprises are now subject to the same
types of attacks as government and need
help in defending themselves from [all]
government agencies that have been
perfecting these skills for years. (Source:
Footnote 6,23.)
It’s All About $$, or Is it?
1. What A DDoS Can Cost by
Kelly Jackson Higgins, Dark Reading
May 16, 2012. A distributed denial-ofservice (DDoS) attack can cost a victim organization as much as $10,000
to $50,000 per hour in lost revenue,
according to a new survey. Neustar
polled 1,000 IT professionals in North
America from various industries about
DDoS attacks, and among the 300 businesses that said they had suffered one,
Around 65 percent said a DDoS would
cost them $240,000 in revenue per day
of the attack, or $10,000 per hour; 21
percent said it would mean a loss of
$1.2 million per day, or $50,000 per
hour. Much of the damage depends on
the industry: More than 80 percent of
financial-services companies said they
would lose more than $10,000 per hour,
and close to 70 percent of retailers said
they would lose more than $2 million a
day, or more than $100,000 per hour
in revenue. Ted Swearingen, director of
the security operation center at Neustar,
says DDoS attacks are on the rise, and
no one is immune (Source: Footnote
6 , 66.)
2. Threat Intelligence: What
You Really Need to Know by Randy
George, InformationWeek Reports
in conjunction with Dark Reading.
If there was ever a time when threat
intelligence could be put on autopilot,
that time is over. With the increase in
advanced, multidimensional threats,
organizations can no longer depend
solely on existing gateway tools to
weed out nefarious activity. See the
Report at: http://twimgs.com/
darkreading/threatintelligence/
S4980512threatintel.pdf.
3. House-approved NDAA
would restrict use of drone info by
Mark Rockwell, GSN;Government
Security News, May 21, 2012. An
amendment added to the sprawling FY13
National Defense Authorization Act
(NDAA) passed by the House of Representatives on May 18 has a provision that
would prevent the use of information
collected by government drones in court
without a warrant. The amendment,
introduced by Rep. Jeff Landry (R-LA),
would specifically prohibit information
collected by Department of Defense
drones without a warrant from being
used as evidence in court. The Federal
Aviation Administration is currently developing rules governing the operation of
drones in U.S. national airspace. Privacy
and digital rights groups, like the Electronic Privacy Information Center and
the American Civil Liberties Union have
pressed for restrictions on the aircraft
as they gain wider use over the U.S. The
NDAA was approved by the House on
May 18 and now moves to the Senate
for review. (Source: Footnote 6 , 25.)
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“A global cyber arms race” is underway.” - Rear Adm. Samuel Cox, Director
of Intelligence at U.S. Cyber Command,
April 18,2012. U.S. President Obama has
called cyber attacks “the most serious
economic and national security challenges we face as a nation.” (Source:
http://spy-ops.com/web/breakingnews.aspx).
1. Congress To Amend NDAA
To Give DoD & NSA Greater ‘Cyberwar’ Powers by Mike Masnick,
techdirt, May 8, 2012. Remember the
NDAA? Yeah, for a variety of reasons
that bill got a lot of attention last year
- mostly focused on the question of
detainment of terrorists. But there are
some other nuggets in the bill, including
one tidbit about “military activities in
cyberspace.” The existing version of the
NDAA does grant the Defense Department the ability to conduct such military
activities, but only “upon direction by
the President” and if the purpose is to
“defend our Nation, Allies and interests,” subject to existing laws. Here’s
the existing text:
SEC. 954. MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN CYBERSPACE
Congress affirms that the Department of Defense has the capability, and
upon direction by the President may
conduct offensive operations in cyberspace to defend our Nation, Allies and
interests, subject to:
(1) the policy principles and legal
regimes that the Department follows for
kinetic capabilities, including the law of
armed conflict; and
(2) the War Powers Resolution (50
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
However, the House Armed Services
Committee is getting ready to do a markup on the NDAA that includes a change
to that section (section 954), which
expands the powers of the Defense Department, and basically gives it broad
powers to conduct any military actions
online - with it specifically calling out
clandestine operations online. Here’s
the text they want to substitute:
SEC. 954. MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN CYBERSPACE (a) AFFIRMATION. Congress affirms that the
Secretary of Defense is authorized to
conduct military activities in cyberspace.
(b) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.
The authority referred to in subsection
(a) includes the authority to carry out
a clandestine operation in cyberspace.
(1) in support of a military operation
pursuant to the Authorization for Use
of Military Force (50 U.S.C. 1541 note;
Public Law 107-40) against a target
located outside of the United States; or
(2) to defend against a cyber attack
against an asset of the Department of
Defense.
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Defense to conduct military
activities in cyberspace.
(Important) Note a bunch of
slightly sneaky things going on
here. First, it gives blanket powers to
the DoD, rather than saying it can only
take actions on the President’s direction.
While we may not have much faith that
the President wouldn’t let the DoD do
such things, giving such blanket approval upfront, rather than requiring
specific direction is a pretty big change.
Second, and perhaps more important,
the new language specifically grants the
DOD (and the NSA, which is a part of
DOD) the power to conduct “clandestine operations.” This is (on purpose)
left basically undefined. Combine this
with the fact that the “Authorization
of Use of Military Force” is so broadly
defined in the current government, this
then grants the DOD/NSA extremely
broad powers to conduct “clandestine”
operations with little oversight. Related
to this is that it removes the restriction
that the DOD must take actions that are
“subject to the policy principles and legal
regimes that the Department follows for
kinetic capabilities, including the law of
armed conflicts.” Instead it lets them use
such powers, without these restrictions,
against anyone declared an enemy under
the AUMF (lots and lots of people) or in
any effort to stop a cyberattack against
the DOD -- which again you can bet
would be defined broadly. This is a pretty big expansion of online “war” powers
for the Defense Department, with what
appears to be less oversight. And all
done while people are looking the other
way... (Source: Footnote 6, 8.)
And now, the rest of the story
2. FBI quietly forms secretive
Net-surveillance unit by Dec;an McCullogh, CNet, May 22, 2012. CNET
has learned that the FBI has formed a
Domestic Communications Assistance
Center (DCAC), which is tasked with
developing new electronic surveillance
technologies, including intercepting
Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications. The FBI has recently formed a
secretive surveillance unit with an ambitious goal: to invent technology that
will let police more readily eavesdrop on
Internet and wireless communications.
The establishment of the Quantico,
Va.-based unit, which is also staffed by
agents from the U.S. Marshals Service
and the Drug Enforcement Agency, is
a response to technological developments that FBI officials believe outpace
law enforcement’s ability to listen in on
private communications. While the FBI
has been tight-lipped about the creation
of its Domestic Communications Assistance Center, or DCAC - it declined
to respond to requests made two days
ago about who’s running it, for instance
- CNET has pieced together information
about its operations through interviews
and a review of internal government
documents. DCAC’s mandate is broad,
covering everything from trying to intercept and decode Skype conversations
to building custom wiretap hardware
or analyzing the gigabytes of data that
a wireless provider or social network
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might turn over in response to a court
order. It’s also designed to serve as a
kind of surveillance help desk for state,
local, and other federal police (Source:
FOOTNOTE 6, 17.)
3. FBI forming “Communications Assistance Center” to help
spy on Americans by John Koestsier,
Venture Beat, May 23, 2012. Only
weeks after requesting backdoor access
to popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, the FBI is in the news
again. Now the organization appears to
be staffing the elite unit that will create
the technologies to tap into Americans’
communications on social networks.
CNet broke the story today (See Above),
revealing that the unit has now been
created. According to the story, the
new division will be called the Domestic
Communications Assistance Center, and
it has already been allocated $54 million
in funding by a Senate committee. While
the group won’t engage in spying itself,
it will create technologies to help state
and local police intercept, decrypt, and
analyze communications data. The legal
issues here are not entirely clear. While
the police and security forces of most
nations have had the ability to wiretap
telecoms for decades, that capability is
less and less valuable as the bulk of communications moves towards social networks and voice-over-IP solutions like
Skype. National and local law enforcement agencies want the ability to tap
into new networks as well as old, and an
amendment to CALEA, the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement
Act, is being proposed that would force
social networks to give access to law
enforcement for surveillance purposes.
What’s far more clear is that the FBI
is making these moves as silently and
secretly as possible. There is no national
debate, very little governmental debate,
and almost no public awareness of the
capabilities being requested and created.
The changes represent what could be
very significant privacy intrusions, coming just days after we saw how internal
government employees can misuse data
that their privileged positions give them
access to (Source: Footnote 6, 16.)
4. The FBI’s New Unit Can Spy
on Skype and Wireless Communications by Fernando Alfonso III,
The Daily Dot, May 23, 2012. Four
years and $54 million later, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation is finally ready
to launch a surveillance unit capable
of spying on Skype conversations and
other Internet communications. The
Domestic Communications Assistance
Center (DCAC) is a collaborative effort
between the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service,
and the Drug Enforcement Agency. All
three agencies will build customized
hardware to enable wiretapping on
wireless and Internet conversations per
court order requests. “It’s also designed
to serve as a kind of surveillance help
desk for state, local, and other federal
police,” CNET reported (See Above).
“The center represents the technological
component of the bureau’s ‘Going Dark‘
Internet wiretapping push, which was
allocated $54 million by a Senate committee last month.” The DCAC has been
tight-lipped about its purpose. The FBI
said in a statement that the organization
will “not be responsible for the actual
execution of any electronic surveillance
court orders and
will not have any
direct operational
or investigative
role in investigations.” Scouring
the Internet for
illegal activity has
become a top priority for the FBI.7
(Source: Footnote 6, 58.)
Games, Sneakers, Enemy of State, et
al.) is science fact today, and we are still
not handling those original “theoretical
problems any better today than we were
then.” Winn identified the problems we
continue to face as being “four letter
words,” specifically: “Users” (i.e., being
uneducated and naive), “Root” level access to data by “the bad guys,”
Then, putting his fingers directly on
the pulse of the problem, Winn delivered
what I consider to be the “coup de grace”
of his timely speech, when he “starred
hard” out into the audience, and spoke
directly to the lawyers in attendance
there when he told them to, “Get out
of our way and let us do our job!” It is
mainly because of the lawyers “mucking up” the security battle ground,
and not the available technology, BTW,
either, that we are not able to “fire and/
or fight” back at the perps/attackers/
hackers/crackers/et al., with the same
weapons they use in their attacks
on us, that has us still 20 years behind
the times (with no solution in sight
either (my comment here) because
of them).
That said. There is ever such a
“slight possibility” that’s what is go-
In Conclusion
8
Winn Schwartau delivered a compelling and bold speech to the DHS at
the 7th Annual GFIRST conference in
Nashville. (Note. Watch the 30 minute
thought-provoking speech at: (www.
winnschwartau.com/) and See graphics
on pages XX - XX). Winn spoke directly
to the audience and told them that we
in the security field are still back in the
dark ages (My words here). What was
science fiction of 20-24 years ago (War
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ing on simultaneously today in the
three (3) branches of our government
(i.e., Judicial/Legislative/Executive).
They just may(?) be “firing back” at the
lawyers in order to get at the attackers?
I fervently hope and pray that “that’s”
what is happening in the Security field
concerning the laws that have been enacted recently, and those that are being
enacted, as we speak (See Above).
Folks, mark my words, something
“Big’ is going down, simultaneously
across the board, as we speak, in the
Security/Freedoms/Individual Liberties
arenas? I don’t know what it is, yet, but
we shall see real soon, I feel? And just
remember this, “There are no coinci9
dences,” according to Zedd!
BTW I have also been saying all
along that the “other shoe will be
dropping real soon, too, concerning the 9-11 bombings!” And, “that
one” is still coming, count on that
one, too?
Summary
The apparent lack of graphics
(plus my usual attempts at ill-humor)
throughout this S-R herein should
indicate to everyone just exactly how
“dire, stark, dark, sinister, and
very, very dangerous” I now deem
how all of the above information,
plus that of the past 7 BCM S-R’s,
reflects directly upon, and is represented
to all of us Americans. I am a dyed-inthe-wool, blue-blooded patriot, folks,
and have even risked my life flying in
actual combat (in 40 out of a possible
48 months in Vietnam) fighting for
the “freedoms represented by our truly
wonderful country.” But, I must say that
I personally think that our country has
now entered into an exceedingly “dark
age” in the abridgement of American
“Security/Privacy/Individual Rights;”
an abridgement that must be brought
back “into the scrutiny of broad daylight” and returned once again directly
in line with our civil liberties and Constitutional rights. Ergo, the title of these
past 8 S-R’s: “Woe is me!”
our “fair-share” part in this “just
cause fight.”
My Solemn Pledge: I have dedicated the past 17 years, plus I will
continue to do so for the remainder of my life to defending “We,
The People,” and Defeating the
“Bad Guys, wherever they are!”
It’s just that simple! And, you can
do no less, my friends!
Ciao!
Footnotes
1 If you are reading this Report/
Review from directly off of an Internet search, you are seeing it in HTML
(or text) format. Yuk! There’s No
Graphics there! To see all the beautiful Graphics in this Report/Review the ones that we’ve worked so very hard
to entertain you with - you will need to
follow the procedures outlined in Footnote 2 below. Enjoy! Again, our web
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(BCM) Archives (i.e., begin search
on left-hand side of web page) at
(www.ucs.org).
Note. Always choose the top
option, i.e., PDF format for its
beauty.
3
Feature(s) precisely identified as reason(s) for designating
this Review/Report as “SecurityRelated.” In this case, everything.
4
It’s not to late, but we cannot
afford to wait any longer. We must
defeat the enemy from without, as
well as, more likely, “from within.” We can no longer be naive in
8
that fight. Wynn Schwartau in
his book Information Warfare
(1994, 1996, 1997), wrote, “WWIII
began [back] in 1980.” This is not
merely a terrorist war, it is an allout Cyberwar. Our government
appears to be pulling out all the
stops, folks, and it is turning into
a “No holds barred” fight - just as
it should be - but, and I repeat,
BUT, “we, the innocent people,”
must not get caught in the deadly
crossfire of this “critical” Battle
for our very lives, and we should
not have to give up our individual
freedoms and liberty in doing
My Hard Earned Byline: Happiness Is A Working Computer
(HIAWC).
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Videos Referenced to in S-R
#28:
Video 1_What Sc_ares the Living IT
Out of Me - Winn Schwartau - GFIRST
Closing Speech - YouTube.htm
Video 2_10 Secret Organizations _
Bing Videos.mht
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List of URL’s Used in S-R #28
Report:
_1_‘Real News From The Blaze’ UN
Looks to Regulate the Internet But Can
It Feasibly or Ethically Do So Video
TheBlaze_com.htm
_2_2011 Top Cyber Security Risks
Report - HP Enterprise Security.htm
_3_Al Qaeda cyber attack video
shows urgent need for protections, says
Sen_ Lieberman Government Security
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News.htm
_4_Analyst Desktop Binder_REDACTED.htm
_5_Botnets The backdoor to the
enterprise network - SC Magazine.htm
_6_’Civil liberties They’re safe_’
And if you believe that… Technology
The Observer.htm
_7_Confirmed US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it Ars
Technica.htm
_8_Congress To Amend NDAA To
Give DoD & NSA Greater ‘Cyberwar’
Powers Techdirt.htm
_9_Cyber crime as a Market - SC
Magazine.htm
_10_Cyber Warfare The next Cold
War - SC Magazine.htm
_11_Cyber-attack concerns raised
over Boeing 787 chip’s ‘back door’ Technology guardian_co_uk.htm
_12_Declan McCullagh - Google+ I just finished my CNET article, below,
about the FBI’s new….htm
_13_DHS social media monitoring
practices revealed under FOIA Government Security News.htm
_14_DHS urges consumers to check
computers for insidious DNS infection
before deadline Government Security
News.htm
_15_Disinformation-The methods
used to keep you in the dark 2012 May
24 « Retorque….htm
_16_FBI forming “Communications Assistance Center” to help spy on
Americans VentureBeat.htm
_17_FBI quietly forms secretive
Net-surveillance unit Security & Privacy
- CNET News.htm
_18_Feds warn of booby-trapped
hotel Wi-Fi connections - SC Magazine.
htm
_19_Further insights on Flame
malware from Budapest lab and BeyondTrust Government Security News.htm
_20_GhostNet spy network phishes
international victims - SC Magazine.htm
_21_Google Chrome Just Passed
Internet Explorer To Become The
World’s Most Popular Web Browser
LinkedIn.htm
_22_Gov_ Drones over Va_ ‘great’;
cites battlefield success - WTOP_com.
htm
_23_Government security trends
that need your attention now Government Security News.htm
_24_Guarding against emerging
spear-phishing threats Government
Security News.htm
_25_House-approved NDAA would
restrict use of drone info Government
Security News.htm
_27_I Spy An Occupy Obama’s DHS
Surveils Legit Protesters - WhoWhatWhy WhoWhatWhy.htm
_28_IC3 annual report shows 3_4
percent rise in fraud loss - SC Magazine.
htm
_29_In Four Years, Most Cars Will
Work With Smart Phones LinkedIn.htm
_30_informationliberation - The
news you’re not supposed to know__.
htm
_31_Internet crime complaints top
300,000 for third year Government
Security News.htm
_32_Iran Confirms Attack by a Virus That Steals Data - NYTimes_com.
html
_33_Iran, other Mideast states hit
by computer virus Detroit Free Press
freep_com.htm
_34_Mass surveillance in the UK-A
Simple Question-05-09-2012 - YouTube.htm
_35_Microsoft’s Windows 8 $15
upgrade plan to kick off June 2 VentureBeat.htm
_36_Military chip’s backdoor flaw
poses national security questions - SC
Magazine.htm
_37_Millions of LinkedIn & eHarmony Passwords Stolen.htm
_38_New regulations usher in the
era of data governance Government
Security News.htm
_39_New Windows 8 preview
shows off browser privacy - SC Magazine.htm
_40_Obama Ordered Wave of
Cyberattacks Against Iran - NYTimes_
com.html
_41_One Nevada Credit Union
launches remote check deposit - Business - ReviewJournal_com.htm
_42_Online identity Evolve or perish! Government Security News.htm
_43_Passware rolls out instant decryption of MS Office 2010 documents
Government Security News.htm
_44_PC Pitstop FAQ.htm
_45_Plot involving enhanced underwear bomb interrupted by CIA, says
The AP Government Security News.htm
_46_Powerful cyber weapon uncovered that might be Stuxnet kin Government Security News.htm
_47_REVEALED Hundreds of
words to avoid using online if you don’t
want the government spying on you
Mail Online.htm
_48_Risks of boomerangs a reality
in world of cyberwar - Yahoo! News.htm
_49_RQ-170 drone’s ambush facts
spilled by Iranian engineer.htm
_50_S4980512threatintel.pdf
_51_Safeguarding your critical network against cyber threats in 2012 and
beyond Government Security News.htm
_52_Security & Privacy - The latest
security news - CNET News.htm
_53_Shooting down domestic drones
dangerous, counterproductive, says AUVSI Government Security News.htm
_54_Simon Singh heresy is at the
heart of science – video Science guardian_co_uk.htm
_55_Spy malware infecting Iranian
networks is engineering marvel to behold Ars Technica.htm
_56_Spy virus Flame got help from
doctored Microsoft certificates - SC
Magazine.htm
_57_Sulky TV networks claim skipping commercials is illegal.htm
_58_The FBI’s New Unit Can Spy
on Skype and Wireless Communications.htm
_59_THE FUTURE OF MOBILE
[SLIDE DECK] LinkedIn.htm
_60_The gaping hole in your data
security The Web browser Government
Security News.htm
_61_This INSANE Graphic Shows
How Ludicrously Complicated Social
Media Marketing Is Now LinkedIn.htm
_62_Top 3 Reasons to Encrypt Your
Laptop.htm
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_63_UK Surveillance Program
Could Expose Private Lives - ABC News.
htm
_64_UN agency plans major warning on Flame virus risk Reuters.htm
_65_Using a VPN to protect your
web use Ask Jack Technology guardian_co_uk.htm
_66_What A DDoS Can Cost - Dark
Reading.htm
_68_Where In Hacking The Ends
Justify The Means - Dark Reading.htm
_69_White House unveils broad,
multipronged effort to combat botnets
Government Security News.htm
_70_Why antivirus companies like
mine failed to catch Flame and Stuxnet
Ars Technica.htm
_71_Ziklag Systems names James
Swanson its chief intelligence officer
Government Security News.htm
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Call the FBI for more on this?
Winn Schwartau attempts to make
the importance of information security accessible to the average person.
In 2002, he was honored as a ““Power
Thinker”” and one of the 50 most powerful people in networking by Network
World. In 2008, he was voted one of
the 25 Most Influential People in the
Security Industry by Security Magazine.
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Zeddicus “Zedd” Zu’l Zorander is a main character in the fictional
The Sword of Truth series by Terry
Goodkind, and in the live-action Legend
of the Seeker, a syndicated TV series. He
is the grandfather of Richard Rahl, The
Seeker of Truth, and is a wizard of the
First Order.
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