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2011.10.28
PLA Accused In US Space-Borne Asset Hack Attacks
Image Credit: NASA
News, of the latest U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission draft report, which, apparently, contains information detailing the Peoples Republic of China’s [PRC] Peoples Liberation Army [PLA] activities, in knowingly attacking and interfering with, specified United States space-borne assets; through ground stations in the Kingdom of Norway [Kongeriket Norge], during the years 2007 and 2008.
PLA Accused In US Space-Borne Asset Hack Attacks
Image Credit: NASA
News, of the latest U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission draft report, which, apparently, contains information detailing the Peoples Republic of China’s [PRC] Peoples Liberation Army [PLA] activities, in knowingly attacking and interfering with, specified United States space-borne assets; through ground stations in the Kingdom of Norway [Kongeriket Norge], during the years 2007 and 2008.
NASA's Launch of NPOESS Preparatory Project Payload
Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Outstanding photograph of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s launch of a Delta II rocket carrying the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP). The payload is comprised of scientific instrumentation focusing on climate patterns to assist meteorologists in constructing accurate forecast models.⌘
NASA's Launch of NPOESS Preparatory Project Payload
Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Outstanding photograph of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s launch of a Delta II rocket carrying the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP). The payload is comprised of scientific instrumentation focusing on climate patterns to assist meteorologists in constructing accurate forecast models.⌘
Plus Operator Termination
Bad news for Google Inc. (NasdaqGS: GOOG) search users (evidently, aren’t we all…): Apparently, the search leviathan is now messing with your searches at a more fundamental level. Andy Baio of Wired’s Epicenter tells you how. This is the outcome when companies reach that a tipping point, when they fail to focus on their core business, and muddle-headedly, begin the slow, precipitous slide into mediocrity by aiming their sights on target obscuring competitive issues, rather than on the fundamentals of their previous successes. Just as Microsoft Corporation (NasdaqGS: MSFT).
“…On Wednesday, Google retired a longer-standing “plus”: the + operator, a standard bit of syntax used to force words and phrases to appear in search results. The operator was part of Google since its launch in 1997 and built into every search engine since….”
Plus Operator Termination
Bad news for Google Inc. (NasdaqGS: GOOG) search users (evidently, aren’t we all…): Apparently, the search leviathan is now messing with your searches at a more fundamental level. Andy Baio of Wired’s Epicenter tells you how. This is the outcome when companies reach that a tipping point, when they fail to focus on their core business, and muddle-headedly, begin the slow, precipitous slide into mediocrity by aiming their sights on target obscuring competitive issues, rather than on the fundamentals of their previous successes. Just as Microsoft Corporation (NasdaqGS: MSFT).
“…On Wednesday, Google retired a longer-standing “plus”: the + operator, a standard bit of syntax used to force words and phrases to appear in search results. The operator was part of Google since its launch in 1997 and built into every search engine since….”
Hyperbole Diei, thy name is THC-SSL-DoS
A superb write-up by InfoWorld’s Woody Leonhard blows the lid of hyperbole off the latest THC script-kiddie friendly anti-SSL product. Today’s MustRead.
“…the sky isn’t falling, despite what you may have read. Yes, a German hacker group known as THC (The Hacker’s Choice) has just released THC-SSL-DoS, which can bring down an HTTPS site with a DoS attack using an ordinary laptop — but only if that site has SSL Renegotation turned on…”
Hyperbole Diei, thy name is THC-SSL-DoS
A superb write-up by InfoWorld’s Woody Leonhard blows the lid of hyperbole off the latest THC script-kiddie friendly anti-SSL product. Today’s MustRead.
“…the sky isn’t falling, despite what you may have read. Yes, a German hacker group known as THC (The Hacker’s Choice) has just released THC-SSL-DoS, which can bring down an HTTPS site with a DoS attack using an ordinary laptop — but only if that site has SSL Renegotation turned on…”
OSX/Tsunami.A - Malware Vectors DoS
News, via Intego, of the so-called Tusnami Backdoor vulnerability, which apparently vectors a denial of service attack on Apple Inc. (NasdaqGS: AAPL) MAC OS X systems.
“…A new backdoor and hacker tool, Tsunami, has been discovered. This hacker tool seems to be a port of a Linux malware, which has been around for some time, and provides remote access to hackers by listening in on an IRC (Internet relay chat) channel for instructions…” - via Intego
OSX/Tsunami.A - Malware Vectors DoS
News, via Intego, of the so-called Tusnami Backdoor vulnerability, which apparently vectors a denial of service attack on Apple Inc. (NasdaqGS: AAPL) MAC OS X systems.
“…A new backdoor and hacker tool, Tsunami, has been discovered. This hacker tool seems to be a port of a Linux malware, which has been around for some time, and provides remote access to hackers by listening in on an IRC (Internet relay chat) channel for instructions…” - via Intego
2011.10.27
Nitrozac & Snaggy: Steved
via Nitrozac & Snaggy’s Joy of Tech™, on AllThingsD.com
Nitrozac & Snaggy: Steved
via Nitrozac & Snaggy’s Joy of Tech™, on AllThingsD.com
Dissidents Weep: China Schools Iran, Huawei Vends Hardware,
Well versed in snuffing out dissent and controlling the communication of it’s citizenry, the Peoples Republic of China’s (PRC) Huawei Technologies Company, Ltd. (becuase of close ties with that nations’ military) is now controlling most of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s mobile telephony hardware infrastructure, thereby assisting the country in dealing a death blow to what should be lawful dissent. A perfect example why sensitive government and industrial entities should not trust electronic hardware nor policy, originating from the company, regardless of claims from the contrary…
“Huawei has been challenged in some business deals, due to perceived ties with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army,[126][127][128] given that Ren Zhengfei, the founder of the company, served as an engineer in the army in the early 1980s.[129] In the UK, the Conservative Party raised concerns about security over Huawei’s bid for Marconi in 2005,[128] and the company’s equipment was mentioned as an alleged potential threat in a 2009 government briefing by Alex Allan, chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.[130] “
“…In the U.S., some members of Congress raised questions about the company’s proposed merger with communications company 3Com in 2008,[133] and its bid for a Sprint contract in 2010.[129] In addition, Huawei withdrew its purchase of 3Leaf systems in 2010, following a review by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS).[127]….” - via Wikipedia
Dissidents Weep: China Schools Iran, Huawei Vends Hardware,
Well versed in snuffing out dissent and controlling the communication of it’s citizenry, the Peoples Republic of China’s (PRC) Huawei Technologies Company, Ltd. (becuase of close ties with that nations’ military) is now controlling most of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s mobile telephony hardware infrastructure, thereby assisting the country in dealing a death blow to what should be lawful dissent. A perfect example why sensitive government and industrial entities should not trust electronic hardware nor policy, originating from the company, regardless of claims from the contrary…
“Huawei has been challenged in some business deals, due to perceived ties with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army,[126][127][128] given that Ren Zhengfei, the founder of the company, served as an engineer in the army in the early 1980s.[129] In the UK, the Conservative Party raised concerns about security over Huawei’s bid for Marconi in 2005,[128] and the company’s equipment was mentioned as an alleged potential threat in a 2009 government briefing by Alex Allan, chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.[130] “
“…In the U.S., some members of Congress raised questions about the company’s proposed merger with communications company 3Com in 2008,[133] and its bid for a Sprint contract in 2010.[129] In addition, Huawei withdrew its purchase of 3Leaf systems in 2010, following a review by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS).[127]….” - via Wikipedia
Bonkersworld: CEOs and Articles
via Bonkersworld Manu Cornet
Bonkersworld: CEOs and Articles
via Bonkersworld Manu Cornet
Googles' Data Transparency Report
Apparently in do-no-evil mode, Google Inc. [NasdaqGS: GOOG] has published the search leviathan’s Transparency Report detailing various functional aspects of the company’s efforts at ‘Transparency as a Core Value’… A combination of government data requests targeting individual user accounts, plus traffic pattern analysis provisions an interesting juxtaposition of relevancy. My admittedly jaundiced view: This action will supply pundit fuel for weeks, if not months, then, as in all things internet, we will be as one with the interwebverse.
“We’ve created Government Requests to show the number of government inquiries for information about users and requests to remove content from our services. We hope this step toward greater transparency will help in ongoing discussions about the appropriate scope and authority of government requests. Our interactive Traffic graphs provide information about traffic to Google services around the world. Each graph shows historic traffic patterns for a geographic region and service. By illustrating outages, this tool visualizes disruptions in the free flow of information, whether it’s a government blocking information or a cable being cut. We hope this raw data will help facilitate studies about service outages and disruptions…”
Googles' Data Transparency Report
Apparently in do-no-evil mode, Google Inc. [NasdaqGS: GOOG] has published the search leviathan’s Transparency Report detailing various functional aspects of the company’s efforts at ‘Transparency as a Core Value’… A combination of government data requests targeting individual user accounts, plus traffic pattern analysis provisions an interesting juxtaposition of relevancy. My admittedly jaundiced view: This action will supply pundit fuel for weeks, if not months, then, as in all things internet, we will be as one with the interwebverse.
“We’ve created Government Requests to show the number of government inquiries for information about users and requests to remove content from our services. We hope this step toward greater transparency will help in ongoing discussions about the appropriate scope and authority of government requests. Our interactive Traffic graphs provide information about traffic to Google services around the world. Each graph shows historic traffic patterns for a geographic region and service. By illustrating outages, this tool visualizes disruptions in the free flow of information, whether it’s a government blocking information or a cable being cut. We hope this raw data will help facilitate studies about service outages and disruptions…”
ACM Turing Award Winner McCarthy Passes Away
Image Credit: Wikipedia
Terribly saddened by the news of the phenomenally brilliant John McCarthy’s passing. Association of Computing Machinery [ACM] Fellow, and winner of the 1971 ACM Turing Award, creator of LISP [he published its constructs in the Communications of the ACM in April 1960]; a bedrock pioneer in artificial intelligence, he was the first to utilize term “artificial intelligence” and coined the phrase during the Dartmouth Conference in 1955. Our sincere condolences to his family, friends, colleagues and fellow ACM members. He is missed.
ACM Turing Award Winner McCarthy Passes Away
Image Credit: Wikipedia
Terribly saddened by the news of the phenomenally brilliant John McCarthy’s passing. Association of Computing Machinery [ACM] Fellow, and winner of the 1971 ACM Turing Award, creator of LISP [he published its constructs in the Communications of the ACM in April 1960]; a bedrock pioneer in artificial intelligence, he was the first to utilize term “artificial intelligence” and coined the phrase during the Dartmouth Conference in 1955. Our sincere condolences to his family, friends, colleagues and fellow ACM members. He is missed.
2011.10.26
Decipherment of Copiale Cipher Successful
Image Courtesy of University of Southern California and Uppsala University
News, of the successful decipherment of the Copiale Cipher, a seventy-five thousand character cryptogram purportedly reporting on an Eighteenth Century German secret society. The cracked cipher manuscript and supporting work was presented at the latest Association for Computational Linguistics meeting. Team members were comprised of Kevin Knight, Ph.D. of the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute, Beáta Megyesi and Christiane Schaefer, both Senior Lecturers in their respective departments, from the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University. Their paper entitled, appropriately, ‘The Copiale Cipher” is available in the Infosecurity.US Public Documents Repository. Outstanding.
Decipherment of Copiale Cipher Successful
Image Courtesy of University of Southern California and Uppsala University
News, of the successful decipherment of the Copiale Cipher, a seventy-five thousand character cryptogram purportedly reporting on an Eighteenth Century German secret society. The cracked cipher manuscript and supporting work was presented at the latest Association for Computational Linguistics meeting. Team members were comprised of Kevin Knight, Ph.D. of the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute, Beáta Megyesi and Christiane Schaefer, both Senior Lecturers in their respective departments, from the Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University. Their paper entitled, appropriately, ‘The Copiale Cipher” is available in the Infosecurity.US Public Documents Repository. Outstanding.
Cardow: Debates
via the Genius of Cam Cardow and Cagle.com
Cardow: Debates
via the Genius of Cam Cardow and Cagle.com
