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Dual Booting: Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" Cinnamon Edition Installed

Dual Booting: Linux Mint 15 "Olivia" Cinnamon Edition Installed

I ran Linux exclusively for several years up until 2010 or so when I bought a Windows 7 box. The Windows box is reasonably secure and generally less annoying than previous versions of Windows so I kept the OS around. Plus, I’ve sort of needed access to Windows for

Edward Snowden: Booz Allen Hamilton Job Sought for Access to Classified Material

Edward Snowden: Booz Allen Hamilton Job Sought for Access to Classified Material

You might remember this comment from Edward Snowden during his Guardian live Q&A on June 17: > The statement I made about earnings was that $200,000 was my “career high” salary. I had to take pay cuts in the course of pursuing specific work. Booz was not

China's Media Warns of Challenges to US Businesses in Wake of Edward Snowden's Revelations

China's Media Warns of Challenges to US Businesses in Wake of Edward Snowden's Revelations

This English summary [http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130618000122&cid=1101] from Taiwan-based Want China Times zeros in on Cisco but other tech giants are named: > Furthermore, Cisco is the key technology and equipment supplier to the US government and its military. Security experts are therefore

Half the Homeland - Mobilizing Women for Cybersecurity

Half the Homeland - Mobilizing Women for Cybersecurity

Over the last year, women in security have captured the public’s attention on the big screen as the lead characters in shows like Homeland and movies like Zero Dark Thirty. While the former is fictional and the latter is loosely based on the real hunt for bin Laden, both

Ali-Reza Anghaie and Scot Terban on InfoSec, Hackers, China, and Cyber Hype

Ali-Reza Anghaie and Scot Terban on InfoSec, Hackers, China, and Cyber Hype

Ali-Reza Anghaie is a Consulting Security Engineer and Senior Analyst with Wikistrat. His varied work in engineering and security has taken him to numerous universities and Fortune 500 companies in the Defense, Energy, Entertainment, and Medical fields. You can follow Ali-Reza on Twitter [https://twitter.com/Packetknife] and Quora [https:

OpenPGP Encryption on All the Things (Linux Box, Gmail, iPhone)

OpenPGP Encryption on All the Things (Linux Box, Gmail, iPhone)

So I stopped being lazy and have encryption implemented across all of my devices. Now, I have a 4096-bit RSA OpenPGP key, The Chrome extension Mailvelope is handling Gmail encryption, Thunderbird and Enigmail are configured on the Linux box, and IPGMail is setup for the same on my iPhone.

Is War in the Sixth Domain the End of Clausewitz?

Is War in the Sixth Domain the End of Clausewitz?

War in the sixth domain is about controlling the human mind, either by shaping emotional and cognitive responses, or by outright exploitation of man-machine technology.

IAF Intercepts UAV in Israeli Airspace

IAF Intercepts UAV in Israeli Airspace

It’s an impressive bit of video [http://youtu.be/vpmTiO8OakA] but little is known [http://www.jpost.com/VideoArticles/Video/Article.aspx?id=286845] about the drone or its origins: > From the moment that it was identified, a squadron of F-16I fighter jets were scrambled from the Ramon

Satellite Hacking: Where Cyberwar Meets Spacewar

Satellite Hacking: Where Cyberwar Meets Spacewar

Space: the new cyber crime frontier [http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/space-the-new-cyber-crime-frontier-8194801.html] touches on some important, and quite reasonable, concerns about vulnerabilities in our space architecture such as space junk, general overcrowding, and so on. However, one concern (the sexiest one from a headline grabbing perspective

Will Drones Kill Without Human Intervention?

Will Drones Kill Without Human Intervention?

It is just a matter of time [http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/10/01/professor-drones-will-soon-be-able-to-kill-during-war-without-human-assistance/] : > “Before they were blind, deaf and dumb,” Mark Maybury, chief scientist for the U.S. Air Force, told AFP. “Now we’re beginning to make them to see, hear and sense.” > Ronald Arkin,

Did China Compromise NASA Satellites?

Did China Compromise NASA Satellites?

So word is out that an upcoming congressional commission annual report will reveal that unnamed (but let’s face it, Chinese) hackers gained access to a satellite station in Norway and completed “all steps required to command the satellite” – the satellite being the Terra AM-1. Apparently another satellite was also

The J-20 Black Eagle – China’s 5th Generation Stealth Fighter

The J-20 Black Eagle – China’s 5th Generation Stealth Fighter

Forums, Twitter, and blogs are have been buzzing over this “new” Chinese jet for days. The quality of the jet is uncertain but props to the Chinese for excellent execution of a stealth marketing campaign – complete with the sort of grainy spy shots usually reserved for car launches. Raymond Pritchett

Quick Thoughts on Wikileaks

Quick Thoughts on Wikileaks

Update 03.07.2017: The original post (below) was written in 2010 as a critique of Wikileak's stated mission. I didn't use this rather quick take to explore alternative theories about the organization's true motivation or inspiration. Now, several years later, it doesn'