Archive for the 'War' Category
Did Gwenyth Todd Delay Start of U.S.-Iran War?
August 29th, 2012Via: Washington Post: Todd feared that the Iranians would respond, possibly by launching fast-attack missile boats into the gulf or unleashing Hezbollah on Israel. Then anything could happen: a collision, a jittery exchange of gunfire — bad enough on its own, but also an incident that Washington hawks could seize on to justify an all-out […]
Four U.S. Soldiers Accused of Plotting to Overthrow the Government and Kill Obama
August 28th, 2012[???] Via: Global Post: Four US army soldiers are accused of forming an anarchist militia inside the military with the idea that they would overthrow the government and kill President Barack Obama, the UK Press Association reported, citing court prosecutors. Private Michael Burnett, one of the four soldiers in question, also pleaded “guilty to manslaughter […]
Saudi Arabia’s National Oil Company Kills Network After Cyber Attack
August 16th, 2012Via: Security Week: Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company and the largest in the world, has confirmed that is has been hit by a cyber attack that resulted in malware infecting user workstations, but did not affect other parts of its network. “On Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, an official at Saudi Aramco confirmed that […]
Louisiana: Two Sheriff’s Deputies Dead, Two Others Wounded In Shootouts; Five People in Custody
August 16th, 20127 Arrested in Probe of Louisiana Shootings that Left 2 Deputies Dead, 2 Wounded Via: AP / Washington Post: A man accused of making threatening comments about law officers in Nebraska was one of seven people arrested in connection with the shootings of four Louisiana sheriff’s deputies, including two who were killed, state police said […]
Unblinking Surveillance Stare: Army’s 7-Story Flying Football Field-Sized Blimp
August 15th, 2012Via: Network World: The U.S. Army has a 7-story flying football field-sized blimp with a 21-day unblinking surveillance stare. The LEMV, described as a “Revolutionary ISR Weapon System” completed a successful 90-minute test flight directly over New Jersey where the fiery Hindenburg disaster happened. … The high tech blimp’s “skin” is made from “a blend […]
Israeli Soldier, Who Killed Two Women Fleeing Fighting Under White Flag, Sentenced to 45 Days in Jail
August 14th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: An Israeli soldier who was indicted two years ago in the fatal shooting of two Gaza Strip women during the 22-day military offensive Operation Cast Lead has agreed to a plea bargain in which he will serve 45 days in jail for illegal use of a weapon, Israeli Army Radio reported […]
Kaspersky Asks for Help with Decrypting Gauss Payload
August 14th, 2012Via: Kaspersky Lab – SecureList: There are many remaining mysteries in the Gauss and Flame stories. For instance, how do people get infected with the malware? Or, what is the purpose of the uniquely named “Palida Narrow” font that Gauss installs? Perhaps the most interesting mystery is Gauss’ encrypted warhead. Gauss contains a module named […]
America’s Secret Drone War in Africa
August 13th, 2012Via: Wired: More secret bases. More and better unmanned warplanes. More frequent and deadly robotic attacks. Some five years after a U.S. Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flew the type’s first mission over lawless Somalia, the shadowy American-led drone campaign in the Horn of Africa is targeting Islamic militants more ruthlessly than ever. Thanks to media […]
AntiLeaks Group Claim Responsibility for WikiLeaks Attacks
August 11th, 2012Operational Mirror as of 12 August 01:30 NZ time. Via: Register: The WikiLeaks website has been under a major DDoS attack over the last few days and a group calling itself AntiLeaks has claimed responsibility. “We are young adults, citizens of the United States of America and are deeply concerned about the recent developments with […]
Gauss: Another Cyber-Espionage Toolkit Based on Flame Platform
August 9th, 2012Via: Kaspersky Lab: While analyzing the Flame malware that we detected in May 2012, Kaspersky Lab experts identified some distinguishing features of Flame’s modules. Based on those features, we discovered that in 2009, the first variant of the Stuxnet worm included a module that was created based on the Flame platform. This indicates that there […]
