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Update: Dallas tornado alarm hack was a 'phreak' occurrence
by Razer 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

Phone Phreaks! > DTMF replay phreaked out the Dallas tornado alarm, say researchers > > Strap yourself into the DeLorean: researchers from Duo reckon the > Dallas tornado alarm incident was a case of old-style DMTF phreaking. > > On Friday night, someone figured out how to activate all 156 of > the city's sirens in a stunt hack. > > It turns out the sirens, from Federal Signal, use one of the > oldest signalling techniques around: Dual Tone Multiple > Frequencies, or DTMF, originating back in the analogue telephony > era. The earliest phreaking attacks exploited the tones used to > route phone calls to make free long-distance and international calls. > > For those who've never noticed the beeps that happen when you > press buttons on a fixed-line phone, DMTF represents its symbols > with pairs of beeps in this layout: > > [Image: DMTF tone chart from Wikipedia] > > Telephone network have long been secured against phreaking, but > apparently not the Federal Signal sirens in Dallas. It looks like > the system was set off by a simple replay attack: record the > signal sent during a system test, and play it back. > > Duo's blog post notes that the DMTF signals, carried over 450 MHz > radio carriers, aren't encrypted, so an attacker wouldn't even > need to try and interpret the symbols. > > The other big compromise, according to Duo, was that someone got > access to the computers that control how long the sirens would > sound when they were activated. That compromise also made it > harder for city officials to shut the system down. ® > > Bootnote: Duo is surprised that the attacker was able to work out > the radio frequency in use, which sits oddly with the author's > theory that a disgruntled insider is the most likely attacker. > > The Register notes that an insider would probably know what > frequency the system used, and 450 MHz is in a band familiar with > UHF hobbyists. If the sirens' radio used licenced bands, the FCC > has the database online. > > Even for the 700 MHz band, reserved for public safety in the USA, > it's easy enough to buy suitable transmitters. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/13/dtmf_replay_phreaked_out_the_dalla…

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before snowden
by juan 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

january 2012 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2093796/Emily-Bunting-Leigh-Van-Bry…

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talk shit on the interweb - ten years in jail
by juan 13 Apr '17

13 Apr '17

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39573922

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Bolero Aussie crowd strike
by Zenaan Harkness 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Nicely done... *Suggest full screen and speakers on to enjoy this wonderful rendition. * http://www.youtube.com/embed/xn7CYzPMf2o

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Inconvenient Things: Truth To Power
by grarpamp 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Al Gore, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huX1bmfdkyA Also inconvenient... DPRK, trending https://twitter.com/willripleyCNN https://www.reddit.com/r/northkorea+dprk and Bad Batches of Lawless Punks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcYYsUpxlsI

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The Crushing of Net Neutrality, Science, and Income
by grarpamp 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/04/12/1655222/silicon-valley-kicks-off-f… https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/tennessee-could-give-taxpayers-a… https://muninetworks.org/content/tn-bills-worth-watching-supporting http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0529 https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/04/11/2041207/twitter-allegedly-deleting… https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/sessions-orders-justice-… https://hbr.org/2017/04/we-tracked-every-dollar-235-u-s-households-spent-fo… Makers tho... ;) http://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/investigation-finds-inmates-built-c… ... for free access to all human knowledge, which you're hardly allowed to build either... https://backchannel.com/how-google-book-search-got-lost-c2d2cf77121d

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National Security Implications of Virtual Currency
by Joshua 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1231.html Key Findings Non-State Actors Can Use VCs to Disrupt Sovereignty and Increase Political and/or Economic Power, but Unlikely to Use Established VC; Many Challenges Posed by Creation of VCs - VC deployments are attractive in developing countries and in countries undergoing internal turmoil, where the existing financial infrastructure is either insufficient or weakened. - The rapid deployment of a VC over a large geographic area would likely be less complicated than deploying more common currencies, such as those based on commodities or paper-based currencies. - A non-state actor's VC (including Bitcoin-like currencies) would likely be vulnerable to cyber attack by a sophisticated adversary; more generally, creating new, usable yet reliable VC may pose great challenges, particularly for a non-state actor without technical sophistication. - Promoting adoption of VCs among population is difficult due to newness, lack of legitimacy, and familiarity with physical tangibility of currency. - Deployment of a VC by non-state actors, such terrorist organizations, insurgent groups, drug cartels, and other criminal organizations, would be easier if supported by a nation-state with advanced cyber expertise. - Despite numerous hurdles, trends indicate a future in which VCs could be deployed by non-state actors or other organizations. Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland.

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[WAR] the only solution to the relentless aggression of the rogue state, the USA ?
by Zenaan Harkness 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

No matter how good the platitudes, pledges, promises and hopes of any incoming USA president, they will be dominated by the deep state military industrial complex. The USA is controlled by Boeing, Lockheed, Ratheon and Goldman Sachs. Every state of America including Israel, Australia and other states of the USA, has its snout firmly in the trough of this military money machine, most strikingly over the last decade with the JSF boondoggle, and so a significant portion of humans in each state is likewise has snout in trough syndrome. Throw in a few "elite" pedophile networks with the election, money and Hollywood machinery, and you have a failed, rogue, reckless, despotic, aggressive and ultimately psychopathic entity, in this instance of history this entity is known colloquially as The USA. None of this can change with a mere election, despite naieve hopes to the contrary. Solution possibilities? For those entities capable of doing so, a start might include: - disengage your own dependencies upon the USA - build depencencies within the USA, upon you and other entities - civil war within the USA - pray for intervention - manifest a technology to try to level the playing field, e.g. Jim Bell's assassination politics The USA's $100 million fireworks display this last week in Syria, was ultimately a farse, and provided the opportunity for Russia to dissolve its high level defence communication "deconfliction" agreement from 2014. This is good because it will speed up the end game, and the multi-polar axis is strong at this point in time - the USA is flailing and no one inside the machinery is capable of taming this dragon, despite a few mitigation leaks, some of which have been no more than attacks against deep state opposition humans. Good luck fellow humans,

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[RUS] Russian embassy - funniest on the planet - evokes the spicy meme lord
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

This one time, in the deep and distant past, a Hissing Weasel was gently ribbed by Tucker Carlson. Then this one time, Lauren Duca was deposed from her lofty comedic stool but the awesome, the progressive, the liberal and the sublimely ** The Russian Embassy in Britain trolls Russophobic conspiracy nuts http://theduran.com/the-russian-embassy-in-britain-trolls-russophobic-consp… ------------------------------------------------------------ Humour in the face of inanity. Direct link: https://twitter.com/RussianEmbassy/status/851374020721348608/photo/1 Between Tucker, the world's newest and sauciest Hissing Weasel yet Mensch, and Russian embassies and Spicer: Spicer says Hitler ‘didn’t sink to using chemical weapons’ http://theduran.com/must-watch-sear-spicer-says-hitler-didnt-sink-using-che… Sean Spicer says US goal is to destabilise Syria http://theduran.com/must-watch-sean-spicer-says-us-goal-is-to-destabilise-s… and NATO finally getting a member whom will bring strength, glory and global power and influence to the EU and the USA for the coming century: Donald Trump approves NATO membership for Montenegro http://theduran.com/breaking-donald-trump-approves-nato-membership-for-mont… and the MSM running their dignified game as always: Jeremy Scahill on CNN: If Fareed Zakaria Could Have Sex With Trump's Missile Strike, He Would http://russia-insider.com/en/proper-journalist-jeremy-scahill-goes-cnn-slam… , 2017 might just become the Comedy Year of the Century. Thankfully saner heads may yet prevail: Netanyahu Calls for Buffer Zones in Syria to Protect Israeli-Occupied Syria http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/netanyahu-calls-buffer-zone-syria-pro… (Rather impressive chutzpah here ...) whoops, sorry, what I meant was those other saner heads - this one: Vladimir Putin says Russia still hopes for better relations with US despite missile strike http://theduran.com/putin-trump-missile-strike-russia-us/

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Equation Group - Cyber Weapons Auction
by grarpamp 11 Apr '17

11 Apr '17

http://pastebin.com/NDTU5kJQ a guest Aug 13th, 2016 27,472 Never -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 From: bitmessage = BM-NBvAHfp5Y6wBykgbirVLndZtEFCYGht8 i2p-bote = o1uHOkOcMoFEa7O7dbEilzfMvWzo7bDu~td3x9gYz4b4t5OriJ7U6GUWr5GZoWxQ9f2TrIY5RzhpIMVP6hTLXZ Equation Group Cyber Weapons Auction - Invitation - ------------------------------------------------ !!! Attention government sponsors of cyber warfare and those who profit from it !!!! How much you pay for enemies cyber weapons? Not malware you find in networks. Both sides, RAT + LP, full state sponsor tool set? We find cyber weapons made by creators of stuxnet, duqu, flame. Kaspersky calls Equation Group. We follow Equation Group traffic. We find Equation Group source range. We hack Equation Group. We find many many Equation Group cyber weapons. You see pictures. We give you some Equation Group files free, you see. This is good proof no? You enjoy!!! You break many things. You find many intrusions. You write many words. But not all, we are auction the best files. Picture Urls - ------------ http://imgur.com/a/sYpyn https://theshadowbrokers.tumblr.com/ https://github.com/theshadowbrokers/EQGRP-AUCTION File Urls - ---------- magnet:?xt=urn:btih:40a5f1514514fb67943f137f7fde0a7b5e991f76&tr=http://diftracker.i2p/announce.php https://mega.nz/#!zEAU1AQL!oWJ63n-D6lCuCQ4AY0Cv_405hX8kn7MEsa1iLH5UjKU https://app.box.com/s/amgkpu1d9ttijyeyw2m4lso3egb4sola https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8kvfl4xtj2vr24/EQGRP-Auction-Files.zip https://ln.sync.com/dl/5bd1916d0#eet5ufvg-tjijei4j-vtadjk6b-imyg2qkd https://yadi.sk/d/QY6smCgTtoNz6 Free Files (Proof) - ------------------ eqgrp-free-file.tar.xz.gpg sha256sum = b5961eee7cb3eca209b92436ed7bdd74e025bf615b90c408829156d128c7a169 gpg --decrypt --output eqgrp-free-file.tar.xz eqgrp-free-file.tar.xz.gpg Password = theequationgroup Auction Files - ------------- eqgrp_auction_file.tar.xz.asc sha256sum = af1dabd8eceec79409742cc9d9a20b9651058bbb8d2ce60a0edcfa568d91dbea Password = ???? Auction Instructions - -------------------- We auction best files to highest bidder. Auction files better than stuxnet. Auction files better than free files we already give you. The party which sends most bitcoins to address: 19BY2XCgbDe6WtTVbTyzM9eR3LYr6VitWK before bidding stops is winner, we tell how to decrypt. Very important!!! When you send bitcoin you add additional output to transaction. You add OP_Return output. In Op_Return output you put your (bidder) contact info. We suggest use bitmessage or I2P-bote email address. No other information will be disclosed by us publicly. Do not believe unsigned messages. We will contact winner with decryption instructions. Winner can do with files as they please, we not release files to public. FAQ - --- Q: Why I want auction files, why send bitcoin? A: If you like free files (proof), you send bitcoin. If you want know your networks hacked, you send bitcoin. If you want hack networks as like equation group, you send bitcoin. If you want reverse, write many words, make big name for self, get many customers, you send bitcoin. If want to know what we take, you send bitcoin. Q: What is in auction files? A: Is secret. Equation Group not know what lost. We want Equation Group to bid so we keep secret. You bid against Equation Group, win and find out or bid pump price up, piss them off, everyone wins. Q: What if bid and no win, get bitcoins back? A: Sorry lose bidding war lose bitcoin and files. Lose Lose. Bid to win! But maybe not total loss. Instead to losers we give consolation prize. If our auction raises 1,000,000 (million) btc total, then we dump more Equation Group files, same quality, unencrypted, for free, to everyone. Q: When does auction end? A: Unknown. When we feel is time to end. Keep bidding until we announce winner. Q: Why I trust you? A: No trust, risk. You like reward, you take risk, maybe win, maybe not, no guarantees. There could be hack, steal, jail, dead, or war tomorrow. You worry more, protect self from other bidders, trolls, and haters. Closing Remarks - -------------------------------------------------- !!! Attention Wealthy Elites !!! We have final message for "Wealthy Elites". We know what is wealthy but what is Elites? Elites is making laws protect self and friends, lie and fuck other peoples. Elites is breaking laws, regular peoples go to jail, life ruin, family ruin, but not Elites. Elites is breaking laws, many peoples know Elites guilty, Elites call top friends at law enforcement and government agencies, offer bribes, make promise future handjobs, (but no blowjobs). Elites top friends announce, no law broken, no crime commit. Reporters (not call journalist) make living say write only nice things about Elites, convince dumb cattle, is just politics, everything is awesome, check out our ads and our prostitutes. Then Elites runs for president. Why run for president when already control country like dictatorship? What this have do with fun Cyber Weapons Auction? We want make sure Wealthy Elite recognizes the danger cyber weapons, this message, our auction, poses to their wealth and control. Let us spell out for Elites. Your wealth and control depends on electronic data. You see what "Equation Group" can do. You see what cryptolockers and stuxnet can do. You see free files we give for free. You see attacks on banks and SWIFT in news. Maybe there is Equation Group version of cryptolocker+stuxnet for banks and financial systems? If Equation Group lose control of cyber weapons, who else lose or find cyber weapons? If electronic data go bye bye where leave Wealthy Elites? Maybe with dumb cattle? "Do you feel in charge?" 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