Archive for the 'Technology' Category
The Second Operating System Hiding in Every Mobile Phone
November 12th, 2013The Find: Back in July 2013, The Washington Post reported that nearly a decade ago, the National Security Agency developed a new technique that allowed spooks to “find cellphones even when they were turned off. JSOC troops called this ‘The Find,’ and it gave them thousands of new targets, including members of a burgeoning al-Qaeda-sponsored […]
Stuxnet Infected Russian Nuclear Plant, International Space Station
November 11th, 2013Via: SC Magazine: Stuxnet had ‘badly infected’ the internal network of a Russian nuclear plant after the sophisticated malware caused chaos in Iran’s uranium facilities in Natanz. The malware, widely considered to have been developed by the US Government as a means to disrupt Iran’s uranium enrichment plans, had crossed a physically separated ‘air-gapped’ network […]
New DHS Funded WiFi Network and Probable Tracking System Installed Throughout Downtown Seattle
November 11th, 2013There are a variety of apps out there that use GPS as a proximity switch to turn your phone’s WiFi radio on and off. With the WiFi radio off, networks like the one described below can’t track your phone.* * Of course, the mobile operating system and cellular radio are giving you up about a […]
UK Spies Continue “Quantum Insert” Attack via LinkedIn, Slashdot Pages
November 11th, 2013Via: Ars Technica: Der Spiegel suggests that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the British sister agency to the NSA, used spoofed versions of LinkedIn and Slashdot pages to serve malware to targets. This type of attack was also used to target “nine salaried employees” of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the global oil […]
International Construction Firm Balfour Beatty Considering Drone Workers
November 10th, 2013Via: Technology Advice: Most people associate drones with military and counter-terrorism programs, but Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves wants to use them for a rather different purpose. Speaking at the Fujitsu Forum, he told Techworld that unmanned aerial vehicles could be used to build walls, and improve project efficiency. Balfour Beatty is a international construction […]
Solid Concepts Unveils First 3D-Printed Metal Gun
November 9th, 2013I don’t like 1911s on the best of days, and I was thinking, “No way that thing will cycle properly. Even once.” Well, I’ll be damned. Via: Guns: Solid Concepts is taking 3D printing over a threshold with their just-announced 3D printed stainless steel handgun. A 1911, the Solid Concepts pistol is chambered for full-power […]
New Artificial Blood Made In Transylvania (Yes, Really)
November 9th, 2013Via: Smithsonian: Science, in all its grand ambition and contemporary sophistication, doesn’t quite have what it takes yet to replicate anything like blood. It not only delivers oxygen and essential nutrients, but also serves a host of other functions crucial for our survival, such as fighting infections, healing injuries and regulating hormones. So far, researchers […]
CIA Pays AT&T $10 Million Per Year for Access to Call Data
November 8th, 2013Via: New York Times: The C.I.A. is paying AT&T more than $10 million a year to assist with overseas counterterrorism investigations by exploiting the company’s vast database of phone records, which includes Americans’ international calls, according to government officials. The cooperation is conducted under a voluntary contract, not under subpoenas or court orders compelling the […]
Snowden Pulled Off NSA Document Heist—Using Oldest Trick in the Book?
November 8th, 2013Two-step verification? Via: Reuters: Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden used login credentials and passwords provided unwittingly by colleagues at a spy base in Hawaii to access some of the classified material he leaked to the media, sources said. A handful of agency employees who gave their login details to Snowden were identified, […]
Motorola Wants You to Tattoo a Smartphone Microphone Onto Your Throat
November 7th, 2013Via: Engadget: Motorola has applied for a patent of a microphone with a tranceiver and power supply that is designed to be tattooed onto your throat. The idea is to capture vibrations directly from your larynx in order to cut out background noise — while eliminating something else you could lose, we imagine.
