Tag: cybercom
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‘ex-cia’ head hayden says US should be able to shut down internet
from reuters: Cyberterrorism is such a threat that the U.S. president should have the authority to shut down the Internet in the event of an attack, Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said. Hayden made the comments during a visit to San Antonio where he was meeting with military and civilian officials to discuss cyber security.…
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Defcon 9/9: Sex, Spies & Vulnerabilities
Craigslist unexpectedly pulls adult services listings // CIA money behind wi-fi positioning system, or WPS // Google pays $8.5M to settle buzz privacy invasion suit // DHS cybersecurity watchdogs miss 100s of vulnerabilities on their own network
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Defcon 9/2: Cyborg, Spy School, Asteroids
Intel developing improved mind reading computers // Pentagon may apply preemptive warfare policy to the internet // Judge says Pennsylvania district must pay $260k in spying case // Our terrifyingly crowded solar system – How the asteroids are closing in
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crack the code in cybercom’s logo
“be sure to drink your ovaltine fight the net” from danger room: The U.S. military’s new Cyber Command is headquartered at Ft. Meade, Maryland, one of the military’s most secretive and secure facilities. Its mission is largely opaque, even inside the armed forces. But the there’s another mystery surrounding the emerging unit. It’s embedded in…
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Napolitano: US Must Balance Liberties & Cybersecurity
Fighting homegrown terrorism by monitoring Internet communications is a civil liberties trade-off the U.S. government must make to beef up national security, the nation’s homeland security chief said Friday.
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1,000 jobs headed to fort meade under cyber security
‘we don’t wanna defend the net’ (we want to fight the net) from baltimore business journal: There are still more questions than answers, but information trickling out from the Pentagon is giving a clearer sense for what the military’s cyber security headquarters at Fort George G. Meade will look like. The U.S. Defense Department now…
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pentagon’s cybercom preps war against the american people
from kurt nimmo: NSA Director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander told the Senate Armed Services Committee in April that he would work to protect the privacy rights of Americans online. It was an interesting comment from a man who heads up an organization responsible for a massive program of illegal dragnet surveillance of domestic communications and…
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Booz/McConnell Get $400m In Cyberwar Contracts In Past 6 Weeks
Coincidences sure are funny things. Booz Allen Hamilton – the defense contractor that’s become synonymous with the idea that the U.S. is getting its ass kicked in an ongoing cyberwar – has racked up more than $400 million worth of deals in the past six weeks to help the Defense Department fight that digital conflict.…
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Pentagon Says Military Response to Cyber Attack ‘Possible’
The Pentagon would consider a military response in the case of a cyber attack against the United States, a US defense official said on Wednesday. “Yes, we need to think about the potential for responses that are not limited to the cyber domain.”
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Pentagon’s Cybercom Says Civilian Infrastructure “Legitimate” Target
When U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates launched Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) last June, the memorandum authorizing its stand-up specified it as a new “subordinate unified command” under U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), one that “must be capable of synchronizing warfighting effects across the global security environment as well as providing support to civil authorities and…
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defcon 4/15: transhumanism, twitter, radio waves & fireballs
merging man & machine: we are the internet* youtube goes orwellian: now requires sms from every new registrant* how tweet it is!: library of congress acquires entire twitter archive* russia has no plans to deploy weapons in space* cyberwar doomsayer mcconnell lands $34m in govt cyberwar contracts for booz* cyberwar commander survives senate hearing* mysterious…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Fake Russians, Geithner Knew, Virtual Flag
Fake Report of Russian Tanks Sparks Panic in Country of Georgia // Lehman Collapse: What Did Geithner Know & When Did He Know It? // Black-Cyber-Operations on the Rise
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Meet US Cybercom: Why The US Is Fielding A Cyber Army
The US is in the process of creating a unified cyber command, to fight the wars of the future. The Pentagon has no doubt that the next conventional war will include a cyber element.
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Defcon 3/9: Einstein, CyberShield & Serious Defects
Obama’s cybersecurity initiative puts NSA in driver’s seat // Fmr DNI calls for ‘re-engineering’ the internet // Time’s running out – Einstein’s coming: Cybershield disclosed by White House // Uncle Cyber Scam wants you // Cyberczar Schmidt says ‘there is no cyberwar’
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miltech insiders to stage ‘cyber shockwave’ drill on feb16
update: former US officials in cyberattack simulation from kurt nimmo: The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) plans to simulate a cyber attack on America’s infrastructure on February 16, 2010. Dubbed Cyber ShockWave, the simulation “will provide an unprecedented look at how the government would develop a real-time response to a large-scale cyber crisis affecting much of…