The Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE), from which U.S Watch Lists are drawn from, has grown to the point that it threatens to overwhelm the people who manage it. The bloated Database has become a vacuum cleaner for both proven and unproven information and has created serious concerns about secrecy, errors and privacy.
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Porn Popup Teacher faces lying yellow journalism from Norwich Bulletin
Norwich Bulletin Oozes Intellectual Dishonesty in Amero Case. Quote: “Children were exposed to six hours of Internet pornography under Amero’s watch.” The gist of their editorial states that Julie Amero alone should bear criminal responsibility for porn on school computer. The Bulletin twists the facts & ignores reality of the trial.
Decent article by Rick Green:
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Big Brother State — GENIUS animation about surveillance society
Big Brother State’ is a nice animation about surveillance society with examples of trusted computing and CCTV. This is brilliant — some of the best work on the subject I’ve ever seen. Watch it NOW.
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I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI
For 18 tense months, a computer-savvy grifter named David Thomas runs a thriving online crime hub for bank heists, identity theft and counterfeiting, with the FBI paying the bills. Part one of a three-part series by Kim Zetter.
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Asset Labels: Security Markings
In the military one of the jobs I hated the most was what we called “ADPE”, Automated Data Processing Equipment custodian. My job title was Equipment Control Officer (ECO). My job was to ensure that every piece of equipment was present and accounted for. We needed to know equipment status and keep track of its “life cycle” (life-cycle, is the purchase to decommission process that all ADPE goes through). I did this for an entire military installation. Like I said, this was not my favorite thing to do.
But it was (is) very important. Looking at the big picture, I noticed that literally millions of dollars worth of equipment had been lost prior to anyone taking ADPE seriously. It got so bad that the U.S. government started really cracking down. If units and organizations neglected to put security markings on their equipment, they were not allowed to purchase ANY new equipment (per base policy). As the Equipment Control Officer, I started doing audits to ensure every thing was marked properly.Before I saw the big picture, I thought it was a bit anal but the reality was that some of the equipment would get stolen, lost or just plain forgotten and in the long run this kind of neglect becomes extremely costly.
It is very important for organizations to account for all equipment. The best way to do this is with a database and asset labels. In the military we had our own asset labels, but companies like search offer very professional looking asset labels, asset tags, security labels and security printing. -
Cisco discloses three router security problems
Cisco is warning of three vulnerabilities within its Internet Operating System (IOS) software that could allow a denial-of-service attack or let a hacker run arbitrary code on an affected switch router.
The IPV6 one was displayed at Defcon 14, I believe. Have a feeling IPV6 is going to be rough the first few years of implementation.
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One Hacker Kit Accounts For 71% Of Attacks
A multi-exploit hack pack was responsible for nearly three-fourths of all Web-based attacks during December.
Tagged with the moniker “Q406 Roll-up,” the attack kit was behind 70.9% of last month’s attacks, reported Atlanta, Ga.-based Exploit Prevention Labs. Up to a dozen different exploits make up the kit… -
Hide data in files with easy steganography tools
Remember those invisible ink kits from when you were a kid? You’d write a secret message that no one could see unless they had a black light or the decoder marker. The digital equivalent of invisible ink is steganography software, apps that embed files and data inside other files, hidden from everyone who doesn’t know any better.
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Myspace gets Hacked
Myspace doesn’t seem safe, if someone can change everyone’s about me. This happened a few weeks ago. Changed everyone’s about me to “but most of all nathan is my hero”
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Ahmadinejad’s blog hacked and defaced
“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Blog we dealt with last week”
Ahmadinejad has a blog?! I wonder who else within the “axis of evil” has blogs. Chavez? Kim Jong Il?Â
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