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A cyber security incident at Des Moines Public Schools caused a disruption to the school week (and work week). As the diagnostic and forensic work continues around the clock, I documented a little of the behind-the-scenes effort underway on a Saturday morning.
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US cyberattack against leading Chinese aviation university intended to control infrastructure equipment, steal personal info: source
The cyberattack launched by the US National Security Agency (NSA) against Northwestern Polytechnical University in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province - well-known for its aviation, aerospace and navigation studies - was aimed at infiltrating and controlling core equipment in China's infrastructure and stealing private data of Chinese people with sensitive identities, the Global Times learned from a source close to the matter on Tuesday.
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US’ NSA infiltrates China’s data infrastructure in cyberattack on leading university
During the cyberattack against the email system of Northwestern Polytechnical University in China's Shaanxi Province - well-known for its aviation, aerospace and navigation studies - the US' National Security Agency (NSA) was found to have constructed a "legal" channel for remote access to the core data network of some infrastructure operators so that the US intelligence agency could infiltrate and control the country's infrastructure, the Global Times learned from a source on Thursday.
On June 22, Northwestern Polytechnical University announced that hackers from abroad were caught sending phishing emails with Trojan horse programs to teachers and students at the university in an attempt to steal their data and personal information.
A police statement released by the Beilin Public Security Bureau in Xi'an the next day said that the attack had attempted to lure teachers and students into clicking links of phishing emails with Trojan horse programs, with themes involving scientific evaluation, thesis defense and information on foreign travel, so as to obtain their email login details.
To probe the attack, China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and internet security company 360 jointly formed a technical team to conduct a comprehensive technical analysis of the case.
By extracting many Trojan samples from internet terminals of Northwestern Polytechnical University, with the support of European and South Asian partners, the technical team initially identified that the cyberattack on the university was conducted by the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) (Code S32) under the Data Reconnaissance Bureau (Code S3) of the Information Department (Code S) of the US' NSA.
Targeting Northwestern Polytechnical University, TAO used 41 types of weapons to steal core technology data, including key network equipment configuration, network management data, and core operational data. The technical team discovered more than 1,100 attack links that had infiltrated the university and more than 90 operating instruction sequences, which stole multiple network device configuration files, and other types of logs and key files, the source said.
According to an analysis of the characteristics of the TAO attack, infiltration tools, and Trojan horse samples, the technical team also found that TAO had infiltrated some infrastructure operators in China, built a "legal" channel for remote access to the core data network, and attempted to control China's infrastructure.
More details about TAO's cyberattack on Northwestern Polytechnical University will be released soon, the source said.
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China accuses U.S. of cyberattacks on university that allegedly does military research
China on Monday accused Washington of breaking into computers at a university that U.S. officials say does military research, adding to complaints by both governments of rampant online spying against each other.
Northwestern Polytechnical University reported computer break-ins in June, the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center announced. It said the center, working with a commercial security provider, Qihoo 360 Technology Co., traced the attacks to the National Security Agency but didn't say how that was done.
China and the United States are, along with Russia, regarded as global leaders in cyberwarfare research.
China accuses the United States of spying on universities, energy and internet companies and other targets. Washington accuses Beijing of stealing commercial secrets and has announced criminal charges against Chinese military officers.
The U.S. actions "seriously endanger China's national security," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. She also accused Washington of eavesdropping on Chinese mobile phones and stealing text messages.
"China strongly condemns it," Mao said. "The United States should immediately stop using its advantages to steal secrets and attack other countries."
The American Embassy in Beijing didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Security experts say the ruling Communist Party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army, and the Ministry of State Security also sponsor hackers outside the government.
Northwestern Polytechnical University, in the western city of Xi'an, is on a U.S. government "entity list" that limits its access to American technology. Washington says the university helps the PLA develop aerial and underwater drones and missile technology.
Monday's announcement accused the United States of taking information about the university's network management and other "core technologies." It said Chinese analysts found 41 "network attack" tools that it said were traced to the NSA.
Last year, a Chinese man, Shuren Qin, was sentenced to two years in prison by a federal court in Boston after he pleaded guilty to exporting underwater and marine technology to Northwestern Polytechnical University without required licenses.
The NSA, part of the Department of Defense, is responsible for "signals intelligence," or obtaining communications and other data.
The Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, set up in 1996 by the police department of the eastern city of Tianjin, describes itself as the Chinese agency responsible for inspection and testing of anti-computer virus products.
A report by Qihoo 360 in 2020 said hacking tools used in attacks on Chinese companies and government agencies in 2008-19 were traced to the Central Intelligence Agency by comparing them with code in CIA tools disclosed by the Wikileaks group.
The virus center accused the NSA of carrying out other "malicious network attacks" in China but gave no details. It said 13 people involved in the attacks had been identified.
The hackers targeted a "zero day," or previously unreported, vulnerability in the school's security, the statement said. It said the break-ins were conducted from servers in 17 countries including Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Poland, Ukraine and Colombia.
The statement described what it said were NSA software tools with names such as "Second Date" and "Drinking Tea" but didn't say which might have been used at the university.
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
What happened with Taylor Swift and Ticketmaster? Taylor Swift’s US tour faced a major setback last year due to a cyberattack on concert booking website Ticketmaster. The attack resulted in website outages and a botching of ticket sales for the “Bad Blood” singer’s “Eras” tour, leaving thousands of fans empty-handed.
Detail at link: aubtu.biz/what-happened-with-taylor-swift-and-ticketmaste...
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
Well, colour me surprised.
"So far 180 people out of roughly 650 who attended a disco in the eastern Dutch city of Enschede have tested positive for Covid-19, despite them having to show a negative test or proof of vaccination on entry.
The number was revised up from 165 on Monday.
The suspected mass spreading event has brought under scrutiny the implementation of the Netherlands’ “test for entry” system and a decision to drop almost all Covid-19 restrictions, as the number of national daily infections reported on Sunday was 145 per cent higher than a week earlier.
The local health authority said the number of cases among people who attended the event could rise still further."
Another source, the NL Times reports:
"On the weekend of the Aspen Valley party, there were some clear problems with access testing in the Netherlands. An IT failure likely due to a cyberattack caused long waiting times for test results, and some test subjects were given a negative result without taking a test as compensation for delays."
I love that it was called an 'Aspen Valley' party, that conferring of 'Après-ski' glamour, in a very flat landscape, in this wondrous time of universal access to everything.
This initial quote comes, as reported, from the 'Irish Times' today, that very same organ that housed the daily column of Myles na Gcopaleen. Mr de Selby would have loved these shenanigans.
I relish the idea of these compensation negative tests, without their being any actual test at all, at all. I might get me some of those tests, they sound relatively pain free. I do shudder at the idea of some drive-in nurse, male or female, shoving a cotton bud up my proboscis, halfway to my grey matter, and then wiggling it about to find some infected snot. I cannot help but wonder if the, presently non-existing, Dutch government charges for these non-existent, tests, like they do for those other quick ones.
Yes, Cinderella, you will go to the ball, and we are very sorry you had to wait, at all, at all (to be sure, to be sure).
As an aside, it was also reported today that an Austrian man, of advanced years, (a 65 year old stripling) was bitten by a python whilst sitting on his toilet, "when he felt a 'pinch' on his genitals".
"Mr Stangl (I don't make up the names, they're a godsend) told local newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten that, in 40 years of dealing with reptiles, he had not seen anything like Monday's incident."
I must look into whether de Selby ever broached the subject of bowl surprises, or bowel surprises, even. I must admit that it, the Indian python in the bowl idea, has crossed my mental landscape, occasionally, whilst, of a morning, dangling precipitously, and possibly too invitingly.
Disclaimer: It was never my intention to be political, but we all know about 'Best Intentions', and worst.
You have to laugh though, even, at the thought of the devil himself, that snake, hanging from one's family jewels. I shudder to think what the female equivalent of this nightmare, morning-mare, might be. I somehow 'melodeon' it in with my mother's fear of having a mouse run up her leg, as if it was, potentially, heading for some other dark place. But that's another squeezebox story entirely.
The Chinese had a little man pop up out of a bowl, now there's another idea, yet again, entirely. We appear to be approaching the entirety of everything, by dint of repetition. Perhaps one is at the beginning of generating a mantra, a praying mantra, even, to be sure, to be sure.
"A proboscis (/proʊˈbɒsɪs/ or /proʊˈbɒskɪs/) is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate. In invertebrates, the term usually refers to tubular mouthparts used for feeding and sucking. In vertebrates, a proboscis is an elongated nose or snout."
The Divine WIKI
I like to think of 'The Divine Wiki' as a late 20th Century, portable and Universal, de Selby, a transmogrification of his equally divine self into our modern 'on-line', infinite, virtual world, available on an iPhone near you now.
JustAskGemalto infographic on the state of online banking for consumers, common security issues and online threats, and tips for consumers to ensure they are safely banking online.
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
Cyberbullying #CyberAttacks and Trauma PSA by Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D. #iPredator NYC - Educational #Cyberpsychology, #Cyberbullying & #Cyberstalking Website: www.ipredator.co/
Test your own reaction to a cyberattack in the ICT Discovery gaming area. Work to help secure files, identify and track cyber-criminals and locate the origin of the attack.
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
Still frame from the Cyber Space Odyssey Game, developed by Dr. Scott Nykl and his team at the Center for Cyberspace Research at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The game provides a virtual world mimicking real life tactics and objectives as teams of students pilot virtual spaceships or space stations in a contest to steal and protect data. (Photo / AFIT CCR)
JustAskGemalto infographic on the state of online banking for consumers, common security issues and online threats, and tips for consumers to ensure they are safely banking online.
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
Still frames from the Cyber Space Odyssey Game, developed by Dr. Scott Nykl and his team at the Center for Cyberspace Research at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The game provides a virtual world mimicking real life tactics and objectives as teams of students pilot virtual spaceships or space stations in a contest to steal and protect data. (Photo / AFIT CCR)
Capt. Seth Martin and 1st Lt.Joshua Mosby, Air Force Institute of Technology students, listen as Barry Mullins, AFIT computer engineering professor, explains a hacking technique they can use during their computer systems cyberattack class at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Feb. 20, 2018. Counter insurgency hacking is an espionage attack weapon taught to deter enemy threats to national computer communication systems. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Al Bright/Released)
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
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JustAskGemalto infographic on the state of online banking for consumers, common security issues and online threats, and tips for consumers to ensure they are safely banking online.
For more on how to bank safely online and practical answers for your digital life, visit www.JustAskGemalto.com.
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune
JustAskGemalto infographic on the state of online banking for consumers, common security issues and online threats, and tips for consumers to ensure they are safely banking online.
For more on how to bank safely online and practical answers for your digital life, visit www.JustAskGemalto.com.
PLANETART CYBERATTACKS XXXL
digital hardcore performance from Netherlands and Outerspace
starring mega supersized deadly serious superhero's:
Sandwoman: erotic gothic venusvamp mixing virtual worlds mash-up and:
Cesaro S. and Napoleon R. torturing microphone and megaphone, acting and
performing as 6 foot robot-dolls on acid.
produced by PLANETART and ViaviaOral
planetart:home of the electronic rage, Amsterdam, Holland
www.planetart.nl 9 Feb 2011 at www.super-deluxe.com Tokyo, Japan
video: www.youtube.com/planetartnl
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Fortune Global Forum
November 18th, 2019
Paris, France
16:15
SECURING THE ALLIANCE
The digital revolution is changing the very nature of warfare. Cyberattacks present grave and complex dangers to everything from global energy grids to fundamental democratic processes. How can NATO, a 70-year-old organization and a bedrock of security for North America and Europe, keep pace with these hybrid threats? And what role does the U.S., a founding member of NATO, have in building trust, preventing conflict, and securing the alliance?
Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Interviewer: Nina Easton, Co-chair, Fortune Global Forum
16:35
Photograph by Stuart Isett for Fortune