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Air Force Aims for ‘Full Control’ of ‘Any and All’ Computers
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C.L. Mareydt
Gather
June 5, 2008
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to — and "full control" of — any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries’ information infrastructure completely undetected."
The government is growing increasingly interested in waging war online. The Air Force recently put together a "Cyberspace Command," with a charter to rule networks the way its fighter jets rule the skies. The Department of Homeland Security, Darpa, and other agencies are teaming up for a five-year, $30 billion "national cybersecurity initiative." That includes an electronic test range, where federally-funded hackers can test out the latest electronic attacks. "You used to need an army to wage a war," a recent Air Force commercial notes. "Now, all you need is an Internet connection."
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On Monday, the Air Force Research Laboratory introduced a two-year, $11 million effort to put together hardware and software tools for "Dominant Cyber Offensive Engagement." "Of interest are any and all techniques to enable user and/or root level access," a request for proposals notes, "to both fixed (PC) or mobile computing platforms… any and all operating systems, patch levels, applications and hardware." This isn’t just some computer science study, mind you; "research efforts under this program are expected to result in complete functional capabilities."
Unlike an Air Force colonel’s proposal, to knock down enemy websites with military botnets, the Research Lab is encouraging a sneaky, "low and slow" approach. The preferred attack consists of lying quiet, and then "stealthily exfiltrat[ing] information" from adversaries’ networks.
But, in the end, the Air Force wants to see all kinds of "techniques and technologies" to "Deceive, Deny, Disrupt, Degrade, [or] Destroy" hostile systems. And "in addition to these main concepts," the Research Lab would like to see studies into "Proactive Botnet Defense Technology Development," the "reinvent[ion of] the network protocol stack" and new antennas, based on carbon nanotubes.
Traditionally, the military has been extremely reluctant to talk much about offensive operations online. Instead, the focus has normally been on protecting against electronic attacks. But in the last year or so, the tone has changed — and become more bellicose. "Cyber, as a warfighting domain . . . like air, favors the offense," said Lani Kass, a special assistant to the Air Force Chief of Staff who previously headed up the service’s Cyberspace Task Force. "If you’re defending in cyber, you’re already too late."
"We want to go in and knock them out in the first round," added Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, commander of the 8th Air Force, which focuses on network issues.
"An adversary needs to know that the U.S. possesses powerful hard and soft-kill (cyberwarfare) means for attacking adversary information and command and support systems at all levels," a recent Defense Department report notes. "Every potential adversary, from nation states to rogue individuals… should be compelled to consider… an attack on U.S. systems resulting in highly undesireable consequences to their own security."
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June 5th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Well they can erase what they may either through frying my hard drive or causing my screen to shoot war propaganda, but they can’t erase my brain neurons without killing me. So come on big boy I’m ready for a fight. And I’m willing to give my life to see to it my family will not bow to the NWO.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:04 am
I don’t care if they track where I go online. They think they’re so smart, but they’re idiots. They’re not going to find anything. And now that all their “terrorists” KNOW they’re spying online, do they REALLY think they’re going to find ANYTHING? Its so stupid, every little trick, no matter how high tech or militarized they try to make it, will BACKFIRE on them. Their overconfidence is their biggest weakness, they always underestimate the true HUMAN spirit, and the spirit of rebellion against oppression. They’re not going to make me miserable.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Everything they try will only BACKFIRE
June 5th, 2008 at 10:45 am
I love how they try to make this stuff seem like it’s brand new and fresh out of the can. They’ve been doing this stuff for years. I couldn’t care either if they know what I’m looking at. The government seems incapable of recognizing what dots I’ve connected. You’ll laugh at this. About two weeks ago I was looking for work, so I searched through job profiles on the Canadian armed forces website. The Canadian military uploaded a scrypted gen virus, a shell data mining virus, a remote viewing virus, a key logger and what amounts to a blue genie virus. What nerve!
June 5th, 2008 at 11:39 am
kill the bots!
June 5th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Hey Ogbios, how did you know what they uploaded? What was the method of infection? Was your system infected? I’m not laughing…
June 5th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Looking for bad guys try, the C.i.A. and don’t forget the current administration.
June 5th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
…Ah-bdi… According to the Vedic scriptures , you first study knowledge , and then ignorance !!! I got knowledge of…b…both from my Guru ( especially knowledge !!! ),…b…bdi…but then I used the Internet to study the ignorance in more depth ( a very vast subject indeed !!! ) ….B… By the time they’re all set , I won’t use it anymore , cause I’m informed “Ad nauseam” already about how we’re getting…b…bdi…butt fucked right and left ( I knew it…b…before too ,…b…bdi…but now it’s more detailed !!! ) “Asta la polyester” !!!
June 5th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
every time a dollar bill passes through your hands, take a moment to black out the eye over the pyramid with your pen.
June 5th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I think they forget that the internet was created as a communications network that could withstand a nuclear holocaust. If any portion of it is destroyed or incapacitated, it will just re-route the signal and continue to function. The internet is nothing more than the collection of computers that are networked together and it’s not a hard-wired connection, either. They can try to send us viruses, etc., but that’s about all. We CAN defend ourselves. We can also counterattack. This is a two-way connection. What goes around comes around.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Doesn’t matter what they do, I’m awake and can never sleep again!! That’s all that matters!!
June 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
This is physically impossible and would require an army of 10.000 super humans who could code in at least 10 languages proficiently, and have a “full” understanding of networking, dns, and routing at a mastery level… these types of hackers… are rare, and sit in front of there computers pretty much 24/7. You can develop tools all day long, but all your going to do is congest networks. If you think isp’s are going to sit idly by and let them port scan 1000’s of networks and customers sites… your mistaken. There is always a defense to every offensive attack.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
and if you were that good, you would want to work in the private sector and make 10 times the dough.
June 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
They attempted a trojan first as an update which I denied and cancelled.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Hmmm, like I said before, they are assembling a 10,000 strong cyber task force in Keesler in addition to two battalions of national guard here , you are seriously underestimating them!
June 5th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
This would require a lot of collaboration with Microsoft. Which would ultimately bring into question user privacy and also cause a huge migration to Unix based platforms. I seriously doubt Microsoft would jeopardize its current market share in order to facilitate this. Albeit, Echelon can already snoop and decrypt any network traffic that it wants, its obvious they are trying to implement a scalable back door system that is global. This will only work if they mandate infrastructure changes that would provide them the access they are looking to have. Keep your eyes open for new legislation that permits gov. to tap any telecom network. Oh wait, they already did. Hmmm.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
It is not impossible hmmm,projects echelon and now carnivore have been ongoing for decades now, and like I keep trying to say, the are now assembling a 10,000 strong cyber task force at Keesler in addition to two batts of national guard in this podunk county, why?
June 5th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
forget your files…you ain’t seen nuthin…
IT’S TOO LATE… FLIP A SWITCH AND YOU BRAIN IS NOW TOAST…
How ’bout them apples folks?
Nervous system manipulation by electromagnetic fields from monitors
US Pat. 6506148 – Filed Jun 1, 2001
Abstract
Physiological effects have been observed in a human subject in response to stimulation of the skin with weak electromagnetic fields that are pulsed with certain frequencies near Hz or 2.4 Hz, such as to excite a sensory resonance. Many computer monitors and TV tubes, when displaying pulsed images, emit pulsed electromagnetic fields of sufficient amplitudes to cause such excitation. It is therefore possible to manipulate the nervous system of a subject by pulsing images displayed on a nearby computer monitor or TV set. For the latter, the image pulsing may be imbedded in the program material, or it may be overlaid by modulating a video stream, either as an RF signal or as a video signal. The image displayed on a computer monitor may be pulsed effectively by a simple computer program. For certain monitors, pulsed electromagnetic fields capable of exciting sensory resonances in nearby subjects may be generated even as the displayed images are pulsed with subliminal intensity.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Yep, and they recruit these hackers by arresting hackers for criminal activities then giving them a choice: either go to jail or come work for us. Most people will choose to work for them.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Sure, spying on your traffic is already done, but turning your box into a bot that will participate in DoS attacks would be one of the items mentioned in the article. Would Microsoft participate? They already do, and practice such with DRM. Once Intel puts more powerful DRM into the hardware, Microsoft code will utilize it to control what you can and can’t do with your own machine. Someone joked in another blog that Microsoft wanted Intel to put hardware into place to deny the ability of running Linux on a computer, ensuring Microsoft would provide the only operating system that would run on the machine. I would say don’t plug into the internet except on an isolated box, but newer chipsets and OS are likely to screw that up.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
“First we had the legs race. Then we had the arms race. Now we’re going to have the brain race. And, if we’re lucky, the final stage will be the human race.”
June 5th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
You’ll get hacked by data mineing corporations and Hong Kong mobsters way before you’ll get hacked by the government. The government will probably just watch you. A real thief can steal all your passwords and every penny in your bank account if you bank online. Learn to replace a hard drive, back up all data, install Linux and buy a good router. Also don’t click on stupid crap. Don’t bank online or do any e-trading. That’s just asking for trouble. Antivirus programs are ok but can’t do much against a trojan that creates a new partition on your hard drive. Learn a few basic computer skills and you’ll be fine. And get a router even if you have one computer hooked to a modem. But I’m sure the government can still watch whats going on. Unless you unplug the cable from the wall.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Al-Qaeda.gov
June 5th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
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June 5th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
“Re-Establish The Fuckin’ COMMENTS SECTION!!! WTF NOT OVER??? Credibility is Listing hard to the right!!!! BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
though a bit heated…a correct sentiment!!! Stop interfering with the free exchange of information and ideas…IN REAL TIME.
Or drop the pretense of defending the Constitution and Bill of Rights
June 5th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
damn it takes light years to see what i wrote thanks this new system sucks
June 5th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
0101 Says:
June 5th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
This would require a lot of collaboration with Microsoft. Which would ultimately bring into question user privacy and also cause a huge migration to Unix based platforms. I seriously doubt Microsoft would jeopardize its current market share in order to facilitate this. Albeit, Echelon can already snoop and decrypt any network traffic that it wants, its obvious they are trying to implement a scalable back door system that is global. This will only work if they mandate infrastructure changes that would provide them the access they are looking to have. Keep your eyes open for new legislation that permits gov. to tap any telecom network. Oh wait, they already did. Hmmm.
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CALEA’s old news. I work at an ISP. IF the Feds come a knocking with a CALEA warrant, I am gonna give them access. WTF?! I gotta eat.
Just so y’all know how old news this is.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Fried fish goes best with fries, tartar sauce and cold beer. However, whenever the elite are rounded and eliminated off the face of the Earth I will toast their demise with root beer floats and vanilla ice cream. Cheers!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:36 am
I See… The Artists Are Fightin’ The N.W.O… NOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT4gfAn6vms
June 6th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
“Cyber war”. Huh. I wonder who they will identify as “the enemy”? Take a wild guess. LOL!
June 6th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Hey Gabe, what’s the story on the ground being 800 degrees in Colorado springs?
June 6th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
MSFT has had an ‘NSA backdoor’ for years…
June 6th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
I is right. Read —
NSA Had Access Built into Microsoft Windows
http://nationalexpositor.com/News/1128.html
This means every version of Windows from Win95-OSR2 to Vista. And that’s just the official answer.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I guess I will just get rid of my computer. The more electronic stuff you have anyway, the more they can violate your space. I sure have learned a lot of stuff from it though.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Where did alex get this information. This is bull.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
The more seeks to control, the less is controlled. In the end all tyrannies fail, miserably. The Universe was not created out of tyranny. To attempt it ends in futility, because it against the natural laws inherent in creation. However, it is in the attempt to break this natural law where all the damage is done.
June 7th, 2008 at 1:12 am
i’ve learned the hard way, back in 1975 don’t trust the government. it
s the same shit……………………
June 7th, 2008 at 1:14 am
i’ve learned the hard way, back in 1975 don’t trust the government. it’s the same shit……………………oxymorons
June 7th, 2008 at 2:50 am
Back when Bush Sr. was president, he announced on TV news that, henceforth, every computer
would have a spy chip installed, by mandate, to protect us from “terrorism”. I wasn’t into personal
computers then, but it was plain to see what was going on. This was in 1991. Where are we now?
Don’t fool yourselves. 1984 happened a long time ago.
Better more look to your TV sets with the little black box required by law, by Februaury of 2009,
to receive digital signals. The box will have microphone, and in between the pixels in your TV will be cameras into your home. As long as there is coaxial cable, plug into the electrical outlet, and
that little black box, your home will be monitored as will pictures of it. So, if you must have TV,
keep it and the cable unplugged when not in use, and throw a lead banket over it.
Furthermore, those new lightbulbs , the flourescent curly cues? Get rid of them!!! ELF beams into
your home thru them. Monitoring thru them. Unhealthy and intrusive. Demand REAL light bulbs.
June 7th, 2008 at 3:59 am
I would not worry too much about the government accessing your home PCs or spying on you and I can assure you there are no “spy chips” inside your computer don’t flatter yourselves what you are doing is not all that interesting
. What bothers me is that average people will never take the NWO issue seriously if we keep going off on these tangents. I don’t think it is feasible for the government at this time to have root access to your PC and why would they want it.
What we should really be worried about the government trying to get their hands on who can register a domain (websites). Or ISPs banning web sites for so called terrorist reasons and government trying to regulate the internet. In my view the internet is what has broken so much of this alternative news and without this free press we will not have the necessary knowledge….
I also think that since the internet is still the wild west in some ways there will always be hackers always be a way to access info. If you are really paranoid use anonymous browsing and tools to protect yourself online.
take care all,
E
June 7th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
On the contrary, EJ, spy technology is already built into computers. Google has the ability to access embedded webcams and embedded microphones, most likely using Adobe Flash’s ability to access your webcam and microphone. (Look for an Infowars article from early September 2006.) And now Lenovo is now announcing their VeriFace technology which the webcams of all Lenovo laptops double as face scanners, and Microsoft is publicly announcing the end of the computer mouse in favor of “touch screen” technology which one day could double as fingerprint/thumbprint verification.
The surveillance society is already being built into personal computers. Most new desktops and laptops from big corporate PC/laptop makers have embedded webcams. All Apple computers – with the exception of the Mac Pro and the Mac Mini – have embedded webcams. And most new desktops and laptops from big corporate PC/laptop makers have embedded microphones. And NSA spying technology has been built into Windows (dating back to Windows 95), Mac OS, and even some Linux distributions. And unfortunately, it seems that even Ubuntu has caved in to the NSA SELinux spying technology by making SELinux an optional add-on through the Ubuntu apt-based repositories. I suspect the next release of Ubuntu – code-named Intrepid Ibex – will have SELinux built into the OS and make it impossible to uninstall without borking the system.
It never fails. When a piece of technology becomes mainstream, it ends up working in tandem with the NSA. I will probably just stick with Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” and refuse to upgrade to future NSA-controlled versions of Ubuntu.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardySELinux
June 7th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
This is just one of the hundred of security issues I deal with myself.
When I got a recent computer, I identified a patent used by the NSA, a metal,
plastic antenna looking unit sottered specially to the computer battery. I have dealt with
equipment for quite some time, just recently this was the first time I ever saw such
a surveillance gadget. I cut it from the battery and the computer
worked normal as usual. Spread this information please. You can open up your
system and carefully take it out, but they also can use the infrared receiver, so
you might want to unplug that too.
June 8th, 2008 at 2:43 am
This has been an interesting article, and once again shows that the government wants to use rogue operations to subvert online security. I would also like to point out the dangers of the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which hasn’t been mentioned here yet. This if implemented on a large scale will certainly be one of the greatest threats to real computer security, and it will potentially take away control of the user to the government. The idea is to create an encrypted channel of communication between different hardware components of your system, as well as between applications. It can be used to deny access to a user’s own files or sites on the net that Big Brother deems inappropriate. This is just the tip of the iceberg. If the TPM chip in your computer fails, then all data encrypted by its unique key may be permanently lost!
Support for the TPM is built into newer OSes like Vista. I believe though that it has to be activated on the hardware level to be used. It also appears that the Wikipedia article discussing TPM has been edited to remove discussion of the negative consequences of this technology.
June 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Who Gives A Rat’s ASS
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http://www.WhoGivesARatAss.com
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June 8th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Time to get 2000 bit encryption, legal or not!
June 8th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
they have had full access to about all computers going back to win95-98 unless you really know how to lock it down, which is near impossible. the only secure computer is one completely offline.
this “tidbit” of news is just them making yet another declaration of warfare where WE are the enemy. they approve this stuff in secret, go ahead and just do it, then years later announce it.
some of it is just for the fear tactics of itself, and some of it is about them deciding who they want to go after after making these types of proclaimations. isnt freedom wonderful?
why do you think they did everything possible to get everyone they could online in the first place?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Unconditional LOVE
PEACE
Mother Earth Love you Always.
More Lights to the Universe.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Note: c.l. mareydt only ‘published’ this news article on gather.com – providing noted
author & news source at the time of quoting site. it was used as reference purposes
only. the title source on this page does not show this – as you see at the top of this
article. in no way shape or form is this plagerized – infact the article itself on gather.com
has been deleted. thank you.