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Marcus Sachs on securing the homeland

Marcus Sachs on securing the homelandhiToday's terrorists can strike at any place, at any time, and with a wide variety of weapons. The most urgent terrorist threat to America is the Al Qaeda network. We will prosecute our war with these terrorists until they are routed from the Earth. But...

Tags: homeland, Marcus Sachs, terrorist threat

Discussion threads 2005-06-02

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Facebook, Wrong Again!

There was a book and movieabout assassinating Bushmaybe the secret service has a pointbut both sides of the aisle should have more respect for the presidency Come on....I don't care for the guy myself, but all you need is the results to be over 50% and some whack job will...

Tags: Free-speech, Facebook, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi

Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...

Tags: Blogging, information technology, Zazi, Internet Surveillance, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Could Internet filtering cause more harm than good?

A rational blog from ZackA welcome surprise, but perhaps for once, in your area of expertise ;-)You've made some good points. Pedophilia is nothing new and before the Internet pictures, magazines, videos and films were used instead. Just as criminal, just as prosecuted, as are a number of...

Tags: Internet, Internet Filtering, government

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Would you march for Internet privacy?

We've seen it alreadyRemember the recent outcry from the right about "President Obama trying to take control of the internet"? With, I might add, assurances from the left that it's not so. No different really than the left's alarmism at President Bush trying to "personally eavesdrop on every telephone conversation...

Tags: Internet privacy, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Source code for Skype eavesdropping trojan in the wild

Social Engineering?According the the Symantic press releasehttp://www.prwire.com.au/pr/14463/symantec-threat-bulletin-trojan-peskyspy-recording-skype-voip-conversation"The Trojan is detected by Symantec as Trojan.Peskyspy and can be downloaded to a computer by way of tricking the user with an E-mail scam or other social engineering tactic....The Trojan is targeting Windows API hooks, a technique used to alter the planned behavior...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., trojan horse, Source Code Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

RFID passports: a tragedy waiting to happen

You're strolling in the south if France when a van stops, men burst out and in seconds hustle you into the van. "American scum!" they hiss as they hood you. But wearing a Sorbonne t-shirt and no fanny pack, how did they know? Thank your government - and a bad...

Tags: Passport, RFID, Security, Wireless And Mobility, Biometrics, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Wiretapping ruling protects carriers - not you

Wiretapping ruling protects carriers - not youThe Constitution is not a suicide pactOne of the problems with the Bush administration doing such a good job of preventing a second terrorist attack on U.S. soil is that too many Americans think there is no terrorist threat anymore.Those who . . .give...

Tags: carrier, Constitution

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

BBC responds to botnet illegality claims

BBC responds to botnet illegality claimsgoing for the easy target... again...The willingness of people to attack the BBC for this still disturbs me greatly. I have to wonder how many of these has complained about speeding tickets because they were only doing 33mph and 'he was doing at least...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, British Broadcasting Corp., illegality claim

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Student suicide threat over corporate bullying tactics

Student suicide threat over corporate bullying tactics...and they suborned Congress to break the lawIn the US, the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. And when both Breyer on the left and Thomas on the right agree that current US copyright law is unConstitutional, I think it is...

Tags: music piracy, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

The next generation of terrorism

The next generation of terrorismNot 'terrorism' if no terror createdInternet and other technological attacks may be frustrating, but do not create the sort of terror invoked by causing death and injury that are seemingly random.Terrorism is up close and personal, aimed at demoralising and upsetting people much wider than those...

Tags: Homeland security, terrorism

Discussion threads 2008-12-28

IT expert executed in Iran

IT expert executed in IranExecution for a..............???IT expert cuaght acting as a spy, but yet no penalties what so ever for the global elitists deconstructing America, causing the recession and most likley inevitble collapse of the USA?Something just don't seem right here..........Iran needs nukes to not be irrelevantHe was a...

Tags: Strategy, IT Expert, spy, information technology, Brian Regan

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Verizon Wireless: Our employees breached Obama's cell phone records

Verizon Wireless: Our employees breached Obama's cell phone recordsGo ahead, putall your privae information on line with cloud computing. No one look....Hello? It happens everywhere. Everywhere.You do not think that humans by nature are an uncurious or uninquisative lot, do you?Such penalties are put into place as without the...

Tags: Obama, cell phone record, Verizon Wireless, leave, cell phone

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

Paranoia, tin foil hats, and the EMP threat

Paranoia, tin foil hats, and the EMP threatPaul are you ok this morningyou seen stress a bit you should put down the coffee and lay a will ... take vacation a nice bottle of wine ...you working to much at this moment :)Of course EMP is a...

Tags: Tin Foil Hat, Paul, EMP

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Army voices Twitter fears

Army voices Twitter fearsCaps LockCaps lock is cruise control for cool. They teach you this in the military.TWITTERNOTE HOW WELL YOU ARE QUALIFIED TO WRITE ON THESE TOPICSHOW MUCH MILITARY TIME NO YOU HAVE?AS WE ARE MORE AND MORE TECH DRIVEN USING IT TO BE FORCE MULTIPLIER IT HAS BEEN...

Tags: SECURITY, Caps Lock, Twitter, voice

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

EU concerned by airport full-body scanners

EU concerned by airport full-body scannersOne day closerto the Orwellian prophecy... and this is just one of many attacks against our freedoms... and no, the Frenchies are not the only ones getting these, the US is looking to deploy them as well. Thank you cowards of the world! ]:)but ok...

Tags: Scanners, full-body scanner, scanner

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

(Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks)

(Photos: Training for WMD terrorist attacks)2008 SF Responders WMD Training EventThe ARMY CBRNE response trailer that is referred to in the picture is really a 6-wheeled, Gator-style ATV that is self-propelled by its own engine. The picture of the SWAT officer holstering his pistol in his boot is an absolute...

Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, WMD terrorist attack, training, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?

TSA makes laptop travel easier - or not?The existing rules are a pain......but everyone knows what they are and there's no guesswork or interpretation required. As you describe them, the new rules appear to be a step backwards from that point of view.TSA is a jokeIt's a response to...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Transportation Security Administration

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja

Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: “The premeditated use...

Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Global warming is a security issue say American spies

Sixteen American spy agencies combined their intelligence to report to the nation on global warming...as a security threat. To everyone's great surpise the spies found that our future is perilous...and we need continuied spying...to forestall governments toppling, more terrorist attacks by folks driven to violence by hunger, etc. etc....

Tags: Security, Global Warming, Spy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-25