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Weaponized iOT: 'Ur nashinul leedrz haz bin pwned' - "When Cybersecurity Meets Physical Security"
by Razer 15 Jan '17

15 Jan '17

Some EXCELLENT ideas here! > In a recent interview with CNN, the Director of the Secret Service > noted that his organization is increasingly focusing on the cyber > security of the physical facilities visited by the President of the > United States as part of its duty to protect him. This raises the > fascinating question of just how much cybersecurity will become part > of the physical security conversation in 2017. > > [...] > > Imagine a major head of state on an official visit to a foreign > country or even a visit by the President of the United States to > another part of the US. Security forces go to great lengths to > construct a physical security cordon and maintain exclusive control > over who is able to enter that controlled space. Yet, the growing > Internet of Things means that more and more the various objects in > that controlled space, from the light bulbs overhead to the elevators > to the fire alarms to the traffic cameras are all remotely accessible. > > Imagine a foreign intelligence service that wanted to disrupt and > embarrass a foreign head of state visiting another country. Today they > might hack into the local police offices in the city being visited and > monitor email accounts and document archives to locate official > security plans and schedules for the visit to plant paid protesters > holding large signs along the motorcade route. But, take this a step > further and consider for a moment the new factor of the vast Internet > of Things that envelopes that visit. > > Those hackers could monitor all of the traffic cameras in the area to > watch the head of state’s movements in realtime and monitor his or her > schedule second by second. As he enters a building, the local CCTV > cameras throughout that building could be used to surveil his > movements and compile an intelligence list of everyone he meets with. > > Yet, here’s where things get far more worrying. > > When he steps on the elevator to change floors, those hackers could > disable the elevator system and trap him, disrupting his visit and > generating media images of him being helplessly dragged up a ladder to > safety. > > Or they could trigger the fire alarms or overheat a piece of equipment > to cause a real fire and activate the sprinkler system, leading to > images of a soaked and miserable leader cutting his visit short. > > Given that most modern office buildings have switched to electronic > access controls, those hackers could simply deactivate all locks > across the building, instantly rendering the entire facility > unsecured, doors flapping in the breeze and causing mass panic among > his guards. > > Or, they could move to paralyze the entire city, cutting power to > every major building, while activating fire alarms across the city and > manipulating traffic signals to cause massive traffic accidents and > trap first responders helplessly across the city and preventing him > from reaching his next appointments. > Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/01/13/when-cybersecurity-meet…

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Astonishing Lie by Hillary regarding Trump "Choke"
by Big 'Uns 15 Jan '17

15 Jan '17

> Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka at gmail.com> > Wed Jan 11 22:04:44 PST 2017: > fake e-mail addresses Real if works, yes. > repeat patterns Walk in footprints > always receiving spam and stupid aggressive messages in private, > but I do not care about it. Stop virtue signalling. We get it, you are girl, lol. > he still thinks his servers are secure Not just snitch, security expert, too ! > There are a lot of scientific studies Proving that cholesterol and saturated fat are precursors to steroid hormone production. > I really believe I should not hurt any animal Except fawns, rabbits, insects, etc., during combine harvesting of my grains and legumes, hihi ! > stupid racist persons Classify people, especially themselves, by their photoprotective epidermal adaptations.

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Hey kid... Need some extra cash to fund your Comp Eng degree? "Please Give Blood"
by Razer 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

The OLD RICH WHITE MEN need your blood. Please Give Blood: Saul Williams, Bloodletting, ColdCutt/DJ Spooky remix: https://youtu.be/6RdgiAXipDA The greatest Americans have not been born yet They are waiting patiently for the past to die Please give blood Those crumbled tablets were to share a story with a burning bush Where is that voice from nowhere to remind us that the holy ground we walk on, purified by native blood, has rooted trees who's fallen leaves now color coat a savored list of demands Who among us can give translation of autumn hues to morning news? The anchorman thrown overboard has simply rooted us in histories repeating cycle. A nation in its saddened years that wont acknowledge karma Where is the voice from nowhere, the ones your prophets spoke of? There are voices from fear disconnected from their diaphragms, dangling from coffee covered teeth that spill into our laps and scorch our privates There are voices from the sides of necks, some already noosed, dangling participles pronouns running for sentence Serving life in corner offices and ghetto corners, their voices are the same Dead to themselves, numb to the possibility of truth existing beyond that which they can palm in their hands, period There are voices of elders, which seem to do no more than damn us to our childish ways For in many households, wisdom no longer comes with age So where is that voice from nowhere, that burning bush, that passing dove? I hear the voices of generals calling for ammunition, presidents calling for arms, women calling for help Where is that voice from nowhere, that god of Abraham? Can he be heard over the gunfire, the whiz of passing missiles, the crash of buildings, the cries of children, the crack of bones, the shriek of sirens? Or is that his mighty voice? Your angry god craving the sacrifice of early generations sons degenerate Your holy books written in red ink on burning sands Your prayers between rounds do no more than fasten the fate of your children to the hammered truth of your trigger A truth that mushrooms its darkened cloud over the rest of us So that we too bear witness to the short lived fate of a civilization that worships a male god Your weapons are phallic, all of them That dummy that sits on your lap is no longer a worthwhile spectacle His shrunken pale face leaves little room for imagination We have spotted your moving lips and have pinned the voice to its proper source It is a source of madness It is a source of hunger, of power A source of weakness A source of evil We have exited your coliseum and are encircling your box-office, demanding our families back, our cultures back, our rituals back, our gods back, so that we may return them to their proper source The source of life, the source of creation, our mothers womb, the great goddess We will cut through the barbwire hangers and chastity belts We will climb in and incubate our spirits to the winter We will wait through the degenerate course of your repeated history We will wait for the past to die [Lyrics from: https://lyrics.az/saul-williams/not-in-my-name/bloodletting.html]

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[MSM/FakeNews] [RUS] - RT a myth, fake media with no following, lies on everything (says WaPo)
by Zenaan Harkness 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

Must not gloat, 'tis not dignified. Interesting alleged factoid here - the top 100 sites in the world are mostly search engines, social media, and porn. Nothing quite like failing to fact check your fake news allegations: RT Schools the Washington Post About RT's Audience Size https://www.rt.com/op-edge/373527-fact-checking-washington-post-rt-report/

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DHS (U//LES) Homeland Security Investigations Presentation: Criminal Exploitation of Digital Currencies
by Razer 14 Jan '17

14 Jan '17

Criminal Exploitation of Digital Currencies Page Count: 45 pages Date: February 2014 Restriction: Law Enforcement Sensitive Originating Organization: Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations File Type: pdf File Size: 6,384,398 bytes File Hash (SHA-256): 376FEA16C909AEBB2E5978AD619E19860D44551B0BAC8F8D176E74FE6D23BA1C https://info.publicintelligence.net/DHS-HSI-DigitalCurrencies.pdf

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https://cryptonote.org/inside#untraceable-payments
by juan 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

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Teh Metadatz gloves r off for 'merican citizen's priva-cees
by Razer 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

> NSA to share data with other agencies without “minimizing” American > information > > On Thursday The New York Times reported that the Obama administration > had recently finalized rules to give the National Security Agency > (NSA) more leeway in sharing its vast trove of intercepted > communications with the 15 other government agencies that make up the > Intelligence Community. > > Previously, agencies like the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Federal > Bureau of Investigation would have to request information on a target > from the NSA. The NSA, in turn, would retrieve communications > pertaining to that target and scrub the documents of information that > was considered irrelevant to the search, including the names of > innocent Americans—a process called “minimization.” Now, that middle > step has been cut out. The agencies need only get approval from the > NSA to access its data, and agents from the agencies are expected to > carry out minimization on their own. > > As The New York Times puts it, “Essentially, the government is > reducing the risk that the NSA will fail to recognize that a piece of > information would be valuable to another agency, but increasing the > risk that officials will see private information about innocent > people.” Although the agency analysts who will have access to the > NSA’s surveillance powers are directed to ignore and redact > information pertaining to innocent Americans, if they see evidence of > criminal acts in the data they access, they are directed to hand it > over to the Justice Department. > More, with links: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/01/obama-administration-relaxes-rul…

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Butthurt and w/o BTC 'TheShadowBrokers' call it quits
by Razer 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

> Shadow Brokers Calls It Quits After Failing To Get Buyers For NSA Exploits > > But group says it is still willing to dump its collection of Linux and > Windows tools if it gets 10,000 bitcoins. > > 1/12/2017 > > Just days after offering for sale a database of Windows exploits > allegedly purloined from an outfit thought to be affiliated with the > National Security Agency (NSA), the infamous ShadowBrokers hacking > crew has apparently decided to call it quits. > > As a parting gift, they released an archive of nearly five-dozen > Windows hacking tools for free Thursday in an apparent last ditch > effort to convince potential buyers of the authenticity of their goods. > > They also promised to come out of hiding and still release a > collection of Linux and Windows exploits in their possession to anyone > willing to pay the equivalent of slightly more than $8 million (10,000 > bitcoins at current rates) for it. > > In a parting note on the group’s website, the Shadow Brokers claimed > the decision to go dark had to do entirely with money, or rather the > fact they hadn’t made as much of it as expected from their hacking wares. > > The language in the note appeared almost deliberately contrived to > make it seem as if members of the group are non-native English > speakers. “Despite theories, it always being about bitcoins for > TheShadowBrokers,” the note claimed. “Free dumps and bullshit > political talk was being for marketing attention.” > > The farewell note expressed the group’s disappointment with their lack > of success in finding buyers for attack tools they had tried to > auction off last year and admonished people for not believing in the > Shadow Brokers... > More: http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/shadow-brokers-calls-it-quits-a…

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Trump’s cyber-guru Giuliani runs ancient ‘easily hackable website’
by Razer 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

Go for it! > > “Giulianisecurity.com, the website for the ex-mayor’s eponymous > infosec consultancy firm, is powered by a roughly five-year-old build > of Joomla! that is packed with vulnerabilities. Some of those bugs can > be potentially exploited by miscreants using basic SQL injection > techniques to compromise the server. > > This seemingly insecure system also has a surprising number of network > ports open – from MySQL and anonymous LDAP to a very out-of-date > OpenSSH 4.7 that was released in 2007.” > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/13/giuliani_joomla_outdated_site/

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Israeli SOP
by Zenaan Harkness 13 Jan '17

13 Jan '17

When you are filmed doing something disgraceful, respond with death threats, which as we all know, works super duper well in this age of the Internet because you know, no such thing as the Streissand effect or nuthin: https://www.rt.com/news/373475-israeli-soldier-palestinian-shooting/ Israel, "the Middle East's only democracy".

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