Archive for the 'War' Category
The American War Racket
June 26th, 2012Via: Daily Reckoning: Our president is a portrait of failure and homicide… According to The New York Times he personally approves the list of unfortunates his drones will assassinate. And for what? Philip Giraldi does the “Terrorism Arithmetic”: Only three American citizens were kidnapped by overseas terrorists in 2011 (in Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, all […]
The Case Against Autonomous Killing Machines
June 22nd, 2012Via: io9: In his conversation with io9, Wallach seemed frustrated that some people see this issue as something that’s too futuristic to care about. “We’re at a potential inflection point in the development of autonomous weaponry,” he said. “That inflection point won’t last for a long period of time, and if we wait too long, […]
U.S., Israel Developed Flame Computer Virus
June 20th, 2012Via: Washington Post: The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with knowledge of the effort. The massive piece of malware secretly mapped and monitored Iran’s computer networks, sending […]
U.S. Plans Significant Military Presence in Kuwait
June 19th, 2012Imagine our shock. Via: AP: The United States is planning a significant military presence of 13,500 troops in Kuwait to give it the flexibility to respond to sudden conflicts in the region as Iraq adjusts to the withdrawal of American combat forces and the world nervously eyes Iran, according to a congressional report.
U.S. Trying to Get Britain to Stop Russian Arms Shipment to Syria
June 18th, 2012Update: Britain Stops Russian Ship Carrying Attack Helicopters for Syria —End Update— Via: Telegraph: The US government has enlisted Britain’s help in a bid to stop a ship suspected of carrying Russian attack helicopters and missiles to conflict-riven Syria, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. The MV Alaed, a Russian-operated cargo vessel, is currently thought to […]
Saudi, Japan Deals Drive Record U.S. Arms Sales
June 16th, 2012Via: AFP: Boosted by massive fighter jet deals with Saudi Arabia and Japan, US foreign military sales have shot past $50 billion in a record-breaking year, a senior US official said Thursday. Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, underlined that the United States also hopes to boost sales with India, which is […]
NATO Special Op Forces Assault Tampa, Florida
June 16th, 2012Bread and… Via: NATO Channel: Research Credit: alvinroasting
Flame Uses Sneakernet Functionality Against Targets on Airgapped Networks
June 16th, 2012Via: Forbes: The program known as Flame has fascinated the cybersecurity industry with its sophistication and versatility as a Swiss-Army knife of cyberspying. Now researchers have discovered another unexpected tool in its data-stealing arsenal: You. Malware analysts at the security firm Bitdefender say they’ve found a unique capability within Flame’s code that would potentially allow […]
Could U.S. Cyberspies Have Moles Inside Microsoft?
June 16th, 2012Another possibility is that this is blowback from Microsoft’s recent collaboration with NSA. Via: PCPro: US government officials could be working under cover at Microsoft to help the country’s cyber-espionage programme, according to one leading security expert. The warning comes in the wake of the Flame virus that targeted key computers in the Middle East, […]
Several Pentagon Contractors Recruiting for Offensive Cyberwarfare Jobs
June 16th, 2012Via: Forbes: Over the past few months, Hypponen has been periodically visiting the “careers” section of defense contractors’ websites and online job listings, particularly those targeted at candidates with secret clearances, and searching for words like “exploit,” “offensive,” and “vulnerability.” And the positions he’s been seeing show a new recruiting focus–or newly explicit focus–among the […]
