Beware of Boomerangs

Hmmmm... The US Senate met in November and Lieberman cites the danger of Stuxnet worm as a threat to US assets like; power plants, utilities, electric grid, etc.

Seems like since the worm was floating around the internet, it has been captured and the code manipulated to attack other pieces of hardware. Sort of like plug-n-play: pull-down menu of the hardware you'd like to attack and then plug in the hardware's driver control codes and Bingo - the NorthEast US power grid is cranking out 220 volts instead of 110. Think of the damage a power spike like that would cause (it may not be possible, but maybe something like that.....)

Cyber-terrorism is coming. Not just malware. Not just hackers seeking glory or expressing a point of view about some software company's CEO. But rather a major crippling of US infrastructure by those with political/religious agenda.

The last paragraph of this article should become an action item for the legislature : we need US defense assets deployed to protect US infrastructure posthaste!

In the meantime, not to be nuts about this or other "threats", but everyone please take Jensen's advice and get some basic minimum level of emergency preparedness for your household.

~jfc~

Worm Humor - The Stuxnet Hits Keep on Coming....

May all our Mistakes be this Effective - Stuxnet cont'd

Interesting article on the "shortcomings" of the Stuxnet virus.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/stuxnet-authors-made-several-basic-errors-011811

Dinosaur War - How the Jurassic Age was Revealed

Jealousy. Intrigue. Competition. Ego.

OPB ran a documentary about the "Bone Wars" of the late 19th century between two paleontologists Marsh and Cope. A fascinating and instructive story about discovery and nemesis.

This article summarizes the feud:

http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/dinosaurdiscovery/a/bonewars.htm

~jfc~

Practice Makes Perfect Worms

Who would've thunk Idaho and Oak Ridge have anything in common with Iran?

It turns out worms need to be tested before they're set loose......

Another fascinating article on Stuxnet.

Stuxnet - the future worm that turns?

Fascinating stuff in this article.

How long did it take the American Indians to revolutionize cavalry warfare after they got the gun? How long did it take the Russians to respond with their own nuclear bomb? France? Britain? India? Israel (unconfirmed)?

So it will be with Stuxnet. This is just as amazing a development as the Gatling gun, the tank, cruise missiles, and "Star Wars".

I hope everyone is paying attention!

~jfc~

The Worm Squirm Continues

Stuxnet continues its viral infection.

H1N1, AIDS, and Ebola all in one vicious ball of programming code. This is an amazing story's 2nd chapter.

~jfc~