Gone Phishing!

Or Pharming. There appears to be a rise in phishing and pharming attacks that are increasingly making use of DNS servers controlled by the phishers. How dastardly... Check out the article --> here.

Introducing the Yoggie Pico Security Solution

Every now and again I come across a product that just makes me excited. Wow, what a geek I am becoming, but I must confess that I really like the Yoggie. For about $100 you get a device about the size of a flash drive that acts as a mobile stateful firewall, anti-malware, anti-phishing, email and web proxy, IDS/IPS, and vpn client. Check out this informative review. Incredible device.

US Government Seeks to Invest $6 Billion in Security by Obscurity

I suppose that I'm just adding to my paranoia, but the U.S. Government is planning to spend $6 billion in one year to upgrade the U.S. telecom infrastructure. The trouble here is that the proposed upgrades are classified. Since when is security by obscurity a good thing? Sorry folks, but my spider senses are tingling again.

US Government seeks to invest $6 Billion in security by obscurity by ZDNet's Richard Stiennon -- According to the Wall Street Journal this morning the Bush administration is pushing to spend $6 billion on cyber security in one year! They claim that US telecom systems are not adequately protected and that they need to spend this money to protect it. Just one problem, the government is not revealing to Congress just [...]

Bush Order Expands Network Monitoring

Here is an article in the Washington Post that details a directive signed by President Bush, whose content is classified, that "authorizes the intelligence agencies, in particular the National Security Agency, to monitor the computer networks of all federal agencies -- including ones they have not previously monitored."

Apparently, there was a battle between the NSA and the Department of Homeland Security to determine which agency would ultimately implement the new directive. It would appear that the NSA won.

The directive also may include a provision where "Under the initiative, the NSA, CIA and the FBI's Cyber Division will investigate intrusions by monitoring Internet activity and, in some cases, capturing data for analysis, sources said.

The Pentagon can plan attacks on adversaries' networks if, for example, the NSA determines that a particular server in a foreign country needs to be taken down to disrupt an attack on an information system critical to the U.S. government. That could include responding to an attack against a private-sector network, such as the telecom industry's, sources said."

‘Server in the Sky’: FBI international biometric db planned

Very interesting article that details the FBI's ambitious program to create a massive international biometric db.

http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3605

Real ID. Be Real Concerned

I've known about the Real ID for a long time now, but now it's upon us, like coming soon to a DMV near you. Unfortunately, I don't find that many people outraged or concerned about how the REAL ID potentially will impact their lives.

Oh, you don't have to get one, but if you don't want to live on the outside of the "flock" then I suggest that you jump in line at the DMV.

My Predictions for 2008

You've probably already read plenty of predictions for 2008. I will keep mine brief and to the point. Hopefully, I will be wrong on all of them.

1. U.S. Recession.
2. Further collapse of the dollar.
3. So-called terror attack on U.S. soil.
4. Implementation of martial law.
5. Bush will remain president indefinitely.
6. U.S. elections suspended.