Tag: cybercom
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the rising tide of internet censorship
will recent successes in fighting internet controls be enough to stave off tyranny? it depends largely on public outcry… from corbett report: The focus is back on Internet censorship this week as a pair of articles from Time Magazine and The New York Times came out almost simultaneously advocating for licences to operate web sites.…
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house overwhelmingly passes cybersecurity bill
from kurt nimmo: Following the Halloween-esque scare fest on Capitol Hill earlier this week – where National Intelligence director Dennis Blair and CIA director Leon Panetta warned of impending terrorist doom – the has House has The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (H.R. 4061). “The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United…
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cybersecurity: here’s what really worries the pentagon
from danger room: In Washington, “cybersecurity” is a term that’s come to have a thousand meanings, and none at all. Any crime, prank, intelligence operation, or foreign-government attack involving a computer has become a “cyber threat.” But at the Pentagon, they aren’t worried about some kid painting a Hitler moustache on Defense Secretary Robert Gates’…
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change: bush adviser/microsoft exec named ‘cyber czar’
from forbes: After 10 months of delays, President Obama has finally chosen a cybersecurity coordinator, filling the so-called “cyber czar” position he had long promised to create to shore up the nation’s defenses against hackers and cyberspies. His pick: Howard Schmidt, head of the Information Security Forum, a non-profit cybersecurity research consortium. Schmidt has an…
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US & russia begin cyberwar limitation talks
it’s like salt for hackers… from the register: The US and Russia have begun talks on limiting the the military use of cyberspace. Entry into the cyber arms reduction talks – convened by a United Nations arms control committee – represents a significant shift for the US, which has resisted entering such talks for years,…
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defcon 11/27: cern, wrecking cru, copyright & crackdown
triumph in geneva! lhc beams up & running again* potty-mouths charged for comcast hijack* nj man sentenced in scientology cyber attack* ‘godfather of spam’ to prison for 4 years* wrecking cru: hackers cause massive climate data breach* climate change hackers leave trail* beginning of the end for the internet in the uk* google previews chrome…
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defcon 10/29: smart grid, nsa supercenters & surveillance
obama announces stimulus funding for the ‘smart grid’*obama invests $3.4b in US electricity grid*feds’ smart grid race leaves cybersecurity in the dust*flashback: corbett report: episode103 – the smart grid cometh*cyberattacks: espionage now, sabotage soon*nsa supercenters to store americans’ private data permanently*government to build $1.5b cybersecurity data center*dhs to announce cyber merger*scan of internet uncovers 1000s…
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defcon 10/22: obama’s cyberthreats, telecoms & crypto
nasa: lunar pole-shot plume shows up in pictures*nsa director tapped for cyber command*nsa director to be new cyber commander*the growing cyberthreat*ucla study: the internet is altering our brains*former fbi agent slams defence tactics in mckinnon case*time-warner cable exposes 65k customer routers to remote hacks*crypto spares man who secretly video taped flatmates*free download turns blackberry into…
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US navy creates command to maintain cyber supremacy
from afp: The US Navy announced Thursday [oct1] it was consolidating intelligence gathering and other data capabilities under a single command in a bid to maintain an increasingly challenged US military supremacy in cyberspace. Naval Intelligence chief Vice Admiral Jack Dorsett said the navy was creating an “Information Dominance Corps” bringing together over 44,000 sailors…
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cybercom goes online today so the military can ‘fight the net’
from democracy arsenal: Today, several Cyber Security experts including NSN Advisory Board member Richard Clarke, released the following memo on the launch of U.S Cyber Command, or USCYBERCOM: “Beginning today, the U.S Cyber Command, or USCYBERCOM, is supposed to go online. But the Pentagon has not yet revealed what the scope of Cyber Command’s mission…
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defcon 9/30: asteroid attack, doomsday, the moon & 2012
asteroid attack!: putting earth’s defences to the test* dhs report: US at risk of cyber attack*confessions of a cyber czarist*new nsa center unveiled in budget documents* senate kills accountability for cyber-security ‘czar’*russia’s doomsday device supposedly still active & being upgraded* cyber control: white house or dhs?*halfpasthuman.com: ‘web-bot project’ makes prophecy of 2012 apocalypse*nasa retargets moon-attack…
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defcon 9/24: f the cc, felonies, netflix & spacejunk
fcc to propose ‘net neutrality’ rules*fcc position may spell the end of unlimited internet*should the president have the power to turn off the internet?*presidential internet kill switch may still be alive*feds move to control the internet*cybersecurity: one step forward*cybersecurity vs cyberwarfare*obama cyberczar to regulate the information highway*will the US president have the authority to shut…
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who wants to work at cybercom?
where you, too, can help “fight the net” like it’s an “enemy weapons system” & engage the public in psychological warfare designed to manipulate public opinion!from hitn jobspot: If you want to do interesting and challenging work and to make a contribution to national defense, DISA is a great place for you. DISA provides secure…
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Defcon 9/17: The Moon & Malware, The Cloud & Psyops
Lawmakers criticize obama spacepanel for dissing moon plan // pressure builds on obama to appoint cybersecurity coordinator // uk police ‘encouraged’ to hack more // hathaway on cyber security for the 1st time after leaving the white house // white house collects web users’ data without notice