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- SEO poisoning attack hits big sites; Can the defenses scale?
- Security researcher Dancho Danchev said Friday that SEO poisoning attacks have scaled up and are attacking well known sites. Google has been filtering its results as a defense, but Danchev's latest finding brings up an interesting question: Can the defenses scale? First, a few key points. SEO...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Google Inc., Defense, Attack, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-29
- SAIC loses personal data on 500,000 military
- One would think one of the biggest Pentagon contractors would know a little something about data encryption. Alas, SAIC Inc. likely compromised the personal information of more than 500,000 military personnel and family members because it kept the information online and unencrypted, the Virginian Pilot reports.As usual in these...
- Tags: Security, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- 'Fire phasers!' Military researching laser ray guns
- The image of battle ray guns alternatively calls up Captain Kirk ordering "Phasers on stun" and the little Martian warning Bugs Bunny, "I will disintegrate you!"Military technology is not quite there yet but the military is hard at work on figuring out the defenses to laser weapons, Wired's...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- Army creating extensive database of Iraqi citizens
- In a lawless country at war, do privacy concerns matter? In Iraq, they don't. The U.S. military has added to its counterinsurgency effort an extensive program of cataloging fingerprints and eye scans from thousands of Iraqi men,reports USA Today.As people are stopped at checkpoints and other locations, U.S. troops are...
- Tags: Privacy, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Anonymous FTP sites leave military secrets naked online
- According to the Associated Press, military information that would pose a threat to U.S. troops if it were to fall into enemy hands, is freely available over the Internet.Among the sensitive information mistakenly posted online: Detailed schematics of a military detainee-holding facility in southern Iraq, geographical surveys and aerial photographs...
- Tags: Security, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Google Earth reveals new Chinese sub
- Those keeping a close eye on Google Earth are noticing a satellite image that looks to be China's new nuclear ballistic missile submarine. Writing for the Federation of American Scientists' Strategic Security Blog, Hans Kristensen notes that the image is of the Jin-class or Type 094, which is expected to...
- Tags: China, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- US focusing on Estonia cyberattack in upcoming wargames
- It seems the US government is taking the cyberattacks on Estonia quite seriously. Earlier this week, US-CERT sent experts to Estonia to learn more about the attacks. At the same time, the Defense Department has been getting ready for cyber wargames, Ars Technica reports.The government is setting up...
- Tags: International, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- E-jihadists take advantage of net technology good and bad
- The arrest of the so-called "jihadist James Bond" is putting the spotlight on how terrorists are using the Internet. Like other criminals, terrorists are taking advantage of zombie techniques, but they're also simply putting the amazing capabilities of Google and Web 2.0 startups to nefarious use, TechNewsWorld reports.Many experts quoted...
- Tags: Homeland security, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Birth of RoboCop? iRobot sells taser-wielding robots to police, Pentagon
- Although RoboCops aren't walking the neighborhood beat yet, one vacuum cleaner manufacturer has joined forced with a stun-gun manufacturer to develop robots for police forces and the Pentagon, reports the Associated PressiRobot Corp. is hoping that soldiers and law enforcement will embrace the idea of a taser-wielding robot as a...
- Tags: Defense, Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-07-06
- Startup's short-pulse laser tech has DoD's interest
- A small high-tech startup in Northern California has caught the attention of some big investors, including the Defense Department, all due to a breakthough in laser technology, reports the Santa Rosa CA Press Democrat.Lasers have a wide variety of applications and have been used for years in everything from bar...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Google Earth worries the military, but there's little to be done
- What would King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain think of Google Earth? They would see riches and new worlds to be to be exploited, and that is precisely what the the head of U.S. Air Force intelligence and surveillance is afraid of now that now anyone with a credit...
- Tags: Google, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Who broke into Pentagon email? China or rogue hacker or ...
- Hackers broke into Defense Department systems and caused an email outage that disrupted email service for 1,500 employees, reports Ars Technica."Elements of the OSD unclassified email system were taken offline yesterday afternoon, due to a detected penetration," said Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, according to a transcript of the event...
- Tags: Security, Defense
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
- Immortal Defense (exe)
- Is there anything you would give up everything to defend. Immortal Defense is a fresh take on the tower defense genre. In the course of your adventure, you'll face twenty-six different enemy types, including challenging bosses. You'll come to know the use of eleven different Points, each with its own...
- Tags: Defense, Radical Poesis Games & Creations, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-06-18
- Open source RedHat certified for defense, intel sales
- Red Hat Linux received the security seal of approval recently when it became certified at a level that puts it on par with with Sun Microsystems' Trusted Solaris operating system, reports IDG News Service.The EAL4 Augmented with ALC_FLR.3 certification level of certification will make the company more attractive to sensitive...
- Tags: Defense, Open source
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Weapons development goes underwater
- Back in the Reagan era, people were worried about wars being fought in space. But could the next war be fought in the ocean? It's clear the the Department of Homeland Security doesn't think that an underwater arms race is just a fantasy, as they are investing in the development...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- Pentagon management ignores Marine requests for tech weapons
- Send in the drones. It appears that important surveillance equipment that takes up the slack when soldiers are in short supply, is also in short supply, reports Wired News.In Iraq, there are not enough soldiers to cover thousands of square miles, so having enough aerial drones to take up the...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- DARPA plans to turn moths into cyberspies
- In a project that seems like it was hatched from the brain of a science fiction writer, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA is growing computer chips around insects for use in surveillance, reports The Times.DARPA is implanting computer chips in moths while still in the pupa stage. The...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Plot to kill soldiers discovered by DVD transfer clerk
- The identity of a clerk at a New Jersey electronics store was revealed recently after he came forward with crucial information on an alleged plot to kill soldiers at Fort Dix, reports the Associated Press.Brian Morgenstern, a Circuit City clerk is credited with providing the tip to federal investigators.Morgenstern...
- Tags: Defense, Homeland security
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- DOD says site blocking is only about bandwidth
- Quite a hullabaloo over the Defense Dept's shutdown of the world's most popular websites, as reported here. Now the Pentagon is responding by sending out a top tech officer to explain the decision, The Washington Post reports.Rear Adm. Elizabeth A. Hight, vice director of the Defense Information Systems...
- Tags: Defense
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
- DOD turns off access to YouTube, MySpace, Pandora
- Soldiers stationed overseas wont be watching their favorite YouTube videos anytime soon. The Department of Defense has announced it will begin blocking 12 popular websites in order to protect information and reduce drag on the departments networks, reports the Associated Press. "This recreational traffic impacts our official DoD network...
- Tags: Defense, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
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