Category: #CyberSpaceWar
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The Rise of AdBlock Reveals A Serious Problem in the Advertising Ecosystem
from mondaynote.com: Seeing a threat to their ecosystem, French publishers follow their German colleagues and prepare to sue startup Eyeo GmbH, the creator of anti-advertising software AdBlock Plus. But they cannot ignore that, by using ABP, millions of users actively protest against the worst forms of advertising. On grounds that it represents a major economic…
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Taiwan, A Canary In The Coalmine Of Cyber Warfare
from smh.com.au:: For the past two weeks, entertainment giant Sony Pictures has had its computers paralysed by a cyber attack that has resulted in unreleased movies and thousands of confidential documents being released. Taiwan can claim the dubious honour of being one of the most hacked, if not the most hacked, places in the world.…
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Drone ‘near miss’ with passenger plane close to Heathrow airport investigated
from theguardian.com: Air safety chiefs have investigated the first near miss between a passenger jet and a drone near Heathrow airport, amid fears that drones could pose a danger to commercial flights. The UK Airprox Board (UKAB), which will publish its findings on Friday, is expected to record an incident risk rating of A –…
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Bad weather delays Japan asteroid probe lift off
from phys.org: Bad weather will delay the launch of a Japanese space probe on a six-year mission to mine a distant asteroid, just weeks after a European spacecraft’s historic landing on a comet captivated the world. Hayabusa2 had been set to blast off aboard Japan’s main H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan…
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US Navy deploys a laser weapon to the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
from defense-update.com: The US Navy has been operating a High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea since the summer of 2014. The system, afloat on the forward staging base (interim) – USS Ponce (AFSB(I) 15) is the first laser weapon system operationally deployed by the US military. Currently at a…
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Dutch Company Powers Streetlights With Living Plants
from yesmagazine.org: In Hembrug, Netherlands, a crowd stood in a park and looked up into the evening sky, waiting for lights to shine. This month more than 300 LED lights were illuminated by the Dutch company Plant-e in a new energy project called “Starry Sky.” Although the bulbs were ordinary, the electricity running through them…
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#Solutions: ‘Let’s Encrypt’ Aims to Boost Internet Security
from techtimes.com: Companies are becoming increasingly concerned about security. In this vein, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has partnered with Akamai, Cisco, IdenTrust and Mozilla to create a new service called Let’s Encrypt. Together, the companies are known as the Internet Security Research Group. The group’s goal is to make encryption easier and make unencrypted web…
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PLA has set up Chinese version of ‘PRISM’ monitoring in Hong Kong
from stratrisks.com: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has established a large-scale signals and information monitoring facility in Hong Kong similar to the U.S. PRISM monitoring program, according to the Canada-based Kanwa Information Center. In a report obtained by CNA, Kanwa, which publishes a monthly magazine on Asian defense issues, said that intelligence experts have made…
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US Govt. Uses Fake Cell Towers, Flown on Airplanes, to Harvest Phone Data
from extremetech.com: Proving yet again that the US government can show a surprising soupçon of tenacity when it comes to gross invasion of privacy while occasionally catching a terrorist, a new report claims that, since 2007, the US Marshals Service has been criss-crossing the country with small airplanes equipped with fake cell towers. These small aircraft (fixed-wing Cessnas) intercept…
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Historic! Europe’s Philae Probe Lands on Comet 317M Miles Away
from nbcnews.com: After a suspense-packed, seven-hour descent, the European Space Agency’s Philae lander made an unprecedented touchdown on the surface of a comet Wednesday — marking the high point of a $1.3 billion, 10-year mission. Cheers erupted as the confirming signals were received at the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany, at 11:03 a.m.…
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Private Space Says: Don’t Overreact to Recent Mishaps
from floridatoday.com: Two high-profile mishaps involving private spacecraft last week have sparked new debate about whether the government should increase its oversight and regulation of a fledgling industry tackling complicated, risky ventures. But commercial space advocates say Congress and the administration shouldn’t view the unrelated accidents — one involving a rocket launch to the International…
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Facebook boosted US election turnout via psychology experiment, company reveals
from RT.com: Facebook manipulated the news feeds of almost 2 million American users during the 2012 presidential election without telling them. The manipulation led to a 3 percent increase in voter turnout, according to the company’s own data scientist. In a stunning revelation, the three months prior to Election Day in 2012 saw Facebook “tweak”…
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White House is Planning to Conquer Cyberspace with its “Plan X”
from journal-neo.org: In recent years, the White House has intensified its efforts to ensure its global domination trough various means, like waging cyber warfare against its political opponents. In the Middle East, Central Asia, and Ukraine, Washington is carrying out offensive cyber operations to infiltrate the social networks in these regions to gather intelligence, ensure…
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Branson Determined to Find Cause of #Virgin Spaceship Crash
from reuters.com: Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Saturday he was determined to find out what caused a passenger spaceship being developed by his space tourism company to crash during a test flight in California, killing one pilot and injuring the other. Branson arrived in California’s Mojave Desert to meet his Virgin Galactic team and…