Mystery Crypto Letter Has Coders Stumped
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Science & Technology, Security | No Comments »Now this is super interesting!!! ... A coded letter sent last year to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois has the lab, and outside coders stumped. The letter was sent anonymously last March in a hand-addressed envelope via regular mail to ...
How the Colombian hostages were freed
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Politics & Current Affairs, Security | No Comments »A well executed plan can be an excellent thing (no shots fired during the op!). " The rescue operation that freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other FARC hostages from captivity was months in the planning. It has been hailed by Colombian ...
New FBI Database to Include Photos and Palm Prints
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Science & Technology, Security | No Comments »I worked on a project fingerprint project like this in school lots a years ago, it was fun stuff ... Lockheed Martin has been tapped by the FBI to develop a system for storing and analyzing more biometric markers to augment the ...
Experts hack power grid in no time
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Science & Technology, Security | No Comments »Pretty cool job to get hired to break through a companies security and get paid for it! (Sounds like that old 90s movie Sneakers) “Cracking a power company network and gaining access that could shut down the grid is simple, a ...
Former Encryption Pioneer Analyzes the Danger of Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Security | No Comments »Hear no threat, see no threat, there must be no threat right? Seriously people should be very aware of this… “IEEE Spectrum reports that noted encryption pioneer Prof. Martin Hellman has a new passion; estimating the risk of our current nuclear ...
Ukrainian Hacker Makes a Killing in Stock Market Fraud
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Politics & Current Affairs, Security | No Comments »I’m very sure that this is not the first time, nor the last we will see cases like this … The case involves a Ukrainian engineering consultant named Oleksandr Dorozhko who is alleged to have hacked into a computer that contained ...
Spies who love you
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Politics & Current Affairs, Security | No Comments »A funny & very relevant comic strip about the current wiretapping bill, called Protect America, that the House & Senate are talking about … Snuggly the bear explains! (But seriously, don’t think this only happens in the US, just cause we don’t ...
U.S. intelligence community data-mining projects
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Politics & Current Affairs, Security | No Comments »This is some really interesting stuff and people should be very aware. The research that this and other similar projects may generate could be a useful tool, but could also lead to may “false positive” conclusions. Be ...
More help for CF in Afghanistan mission
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Politics & Current Affairs, Security | No Comments »Its about time! The federal government is currently in negotiations to acquire large helicopters and unmanned surveillance drones in an attempt to satisfy two conditions set out in the Manley report for extending the Afghanistan mission, CBC ...
‘Cyber’ War Games
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Politics & Current Affairs, Security | No Comments »This is some interesting stuff! “Apparently, the participants in the U.S. ‘Cyber Storm’ war games are familiar with the Kobayashi Maru, because some of them tried to cheat by hacking the games themselves. They also prepare for some very interesting scenarios. ...
