“Flame On!”- New CyberWeapon Discovered in Middle East May 28, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in cyberespionage, cybersecurity, InfoSec & Privacy, News, terrorism.Tags: Chris Mark, cybercrime, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data theft, Duqu, Flame, hack, InfoSec, Kapersky, security, Stuxnet
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Complementing the post CyberEspionage, researchers have discovered a new cyberweapon. First there was Stuxnet, then there was Duqu..now there is Flame. Called by a researcher: “…the most complex piece of malicious software discovered to date…” the recently discovered virus is designed to capture data but can also change computer setting and turn on integrated microphones to record what is being said in the room. Kapersky labs discovered the virus, dubbed “Flame”, which has been lurking undetected inside of thousands of computers in the Middle East for as long as 5 years. According to Kapersky, the countries with the most infections include Iran with the most infections followed by Israel/Palestine area, Syria, and Sudan. According to Kapersky senior researcher Roel Schouwenberg: “The virus contains about 20 times as much code as Stuxnet, which attacked an Iranian uranium enrichment facility, causing centrifuges to fail. It has about 100 times as much code as a typical virus designed to steal financial information”. (more…)
Hidden Film Restored- “Let There Be Light” ; John Huston Directed May 25, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: John Huston, Let the be light, National Film Preservation Society, PTSD, Shelshock, WWII
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I just read this story and had to pass on. In 1947 John Huston (director of Maltese Falcon, among others) directed a short film on solders returning from WWII and suffering from what was then called ShellShock. It was a breakthrough in that it showed black and white solders mixing freely in therapy and sports and showed soldiers suffering from what we now call PTSD. The film can be downloaded for FREE from the National Film Preservation Society: (more…)
Memorial Day History & Remembrance May 25, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: General John. A. Logan, Memorial Day, remembrance, US Airforce, US Army, US Coast Guard, US Navy, USMC
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As I, and certainly many other readers, have lost friends, comrades, loved ones, and family members in the service of our great nation, I think it is appropriate to remember that this weekend marks Memorial Day weekend and Monday is Memorial Day. You can read the history of Memorial Day on this website. I have taken the background of Memorial Day and put in quotes below: (more…)
GAO Study Finds Counterfeit Defense Parts May 24, 2012
Posted by Chris Mark in Uncategorized.Tags: china, Counterfeit, Defense Contractor, GAO, Supply Chain Management, Veterans Trading, VTC
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Very interesting study on counterfeit defense parts which can be purchased from China. Certainly a frightening proposition from a security perspective.
May 23, 2012
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Pirates…at it again..
“COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Pirates in the Gulf of Oman attacked the Maersk Texas, a U.S.-flagged cargo ship, but onboard guards repelled them, Maersk Line Ltd, a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said on Wednesday.
The attack on the ship – a 19,592 deadweight tonnes (dwt) vessel which is 148 metres (486 feet) long – took place at noon local time on Wednesday when it was passing through the Gulf of Oman, northeast of the Arab Emirates port of Fujairah, Maersk Line Ltd said.
The vessel had just left the Straits of Hormuz and was on its way back to the United States, a spokesman said. “Numerous skiffs with armed men in each boat quickly closed on Maersk Texas,” Maersk Line Ltd, a U.S. unit of the Maersk group, said in a statement.
Despite warnings, the pirates continued to approach the vessel and then fired upon it…
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