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April 27, 2014

War is Hell, But...

But it beats the alternatives.

War may well be the worst way imaginable to create larger more peaceful societies, but the depressing fact is that it is pretty much the only way.

War, A Necessary Good


Related OP: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024875860
April 12, 2014

HeartBleed: The Advanced Persistent Threat

A friend of mine tells me that within hours of the public announcement of the HeartBleed vulnerability, his organization (a UART) came under attack by an ATP unit code-named UC. The ATP-UC attack was detected by their internal cyber security system and apparently was not able to establish a presence or "exfiltrate" any information.

Here is a detailed report on one particular ATP group - ATP1 - provided by Mandiant, a cyber security firm:

APT1: Exposing One of China's Cyber Espionage Units

This report is focused on the most prolific cyber espionage group Mandiant tracks: APT1. This single organization has conducted a cyber espionage campaign against a broad range of victims since at least 2006.


Their web site includes videos of actual ATP1 attacker and intrusion activities in progress!
April 6, 2014

Dr. Zhivago, Cold Warrior

...few readers know the trials of its birth and how the novel galvanized a world largely divided between the competing ideologies of two superpowers. The CIA’s role — with its publication of a hardcover Russian-language edition printed in the Netherlands and a miniature, paperback edition printed at CIA headquarters — has long been hidden.


Dr. Zhivago, Cold Warrior (Washington Post)

(Long hidden, but suspected none the less.)

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