Topic: SPY - on May 19, 2008 at 12:22:27 PM CEST
Iran Busts CIA Terror Network
TEHRAN - The Intelligence Ministry on Saturday released details of the detection and dismantling of a terrorist network affiliated to the United States. In a coordinated operation on May 7, Iranian intelligence agents arrested the terrorist network’s members, who were identified in Fars, Khuzestan, Gilan, West Azerbaijan, and Tehran provinces, the Intelligence Ministry announcement said. The group’s plans were devised in the U.S., according to the announcement, which added that they had planned to carry out a number of acts such as bombing scientific, educational, and religious centers, shooting people, and making public places in various cities insecure.
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Topic: SPY - on April 12, 2008 at 12:37:00 PM CEST
Pentagon's Mind-Reading Computers Replicate
"Augmented Cognition," the Darpa program to build computer interfaces that adapt to their users' brains, has officially run its course. But efforts to build mind-reading PCs continue throughout the military establishment.
Augmented Cognition relies on the idea that people have more than one kind of working memory, and more than one kind of attention; there are separate slots in the mind for things written, things heard and things seen. By monitoring how taxed those areas of the brain are, it should be possible to change a computer's display to compensate. If people are getting too much visual information, send them a text alert. If they reading too much at once, present some of the data visually -- in a chart or map.
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Topic: SPY - on August 29, 2007 at 11:23:00 AM CEST
Snapshots of the FBI Spy Docs
The FBI's private, encrypted backbone, DCSNet, connects 37 FBI field offices, according to some documents. Other documents suggest the network now extends to 52 field offices, including locations in Alaska and Puerto Rico. This enhanced image is based on black-and-white FBI documents.
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Topic: SPY - on August 29, 2007 at 9:39:00 AM CEST
Bundes-Trojaner sind spähbereit
Das Bundeskriminalamt hat offenbar einen Computer-Trojaner fertiggestellt, der beliebige Rechner aus der Ferne durchsuchen kann. Das geht aus jetzt enthüllten Schreiben des Innenministeriums hervor. Der Bundes-Trojaner soll sogar Mobilgeräte ausspionieren können.
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Topic: SPY - on August 28, 2007 at 2:12:00 PM CEST
Online-Durchsuchung bei der Bundesregierung
Die Bundesregierung hat kürzlich zugeben müssen, dass auf zahlreichen ihrer Regierungscomputer monatelang Spionageprogramme installiert waren, die sensible Informationen ins vermutlich chinesische Ausland weiterleiteten und Datenbestände unbemerkt veränderten. Der Chaos Computer Club bedauert den dadurch entstandenen politischen Schaden, kann aber nicht umhin, auf den offenbar gewordenen eklatanten Mangel an technischem Sachverstand hinzuweisen. Der CCC fordert die Bundesregierung angesichts dieser Online-Durchsuchung Made in China auf, ihre Position zum heimlichen Ausspionieren der Bürger mit dem sog. Bundestrojaner zu überdenken.
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Topic: SPY - on August 1, 2007 at 11:56:00 AM CEST
Fake Fly Will Be Spy In The Sky
Scientists at Harvard have invented a robotic fly to send on reconnaissance missions in areas too dangerous for humans, such as those contaminated by chemical or biological weapons.
It can also be used to find hidden bombs and in search missions.
The "flybot", which can fit on a fingertip, is made of lightweight carbon and weighs less than a pin.
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Topic: SPY - on July 31, 2007 at 10:55:00 AM CEST
World's Smallest Single-Chip Camera Hits
TDC is introducing the smallest-ever single-chip CMOS camera to the UK market. The new OV6920 CameraChip(TM) is the world's first 1/18-inch (1.4mm) sensor, providing broader applications and cost savings compared with existing best-of-breed 1/7-inch CMOS and 1/12-inch CCD imagers.
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Topic: SPY - on July 14, 2007 at 10:36:00 AM CEST
Help EFF figure out what's in the FBI's secret docs
Last week, I blogged about how the Electronic Frontier Foundation had prised 1,000+ pages' worth of FBI docs loose with a Freedom of Information Act request. These docs document the FBI's abuse of power after the PATRIOT Act. Now, 1,000+ pages is a LOT of material, and EFF needs your help.
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Topic: SPY - on July 7, 2007 at 2:02:00 PM CEST
Psst - wanna buy a pirate MPack toolkit?
The adage about no honour among thieves also applies to hackers, it would seem. Pirates are flogging knocked-off copies of the MPack hacker toolkit at a discount of up to 85 per cent, according to anti-virus experts at net security firm Symantec.
MPack is a web browser exploit toolkit, sold online by its original authors to hackers at prices ranging from $500 to $1,000. The application is offered with modular extras, maintenance updates and what amounts to support contracts that in many ways rival or surpass those offered by legitimate software suppliers.
Thousands of websites (mainly in Italy) were recently compromised using the MPack malware kit in order to add iframe tags that pointed surfers towards hacker-controlled websites.
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Topic: SPY - on July 4, 2007 at 1:51:00 PM CEST
Judge knocks back NYT wiretap documents suit
A US federal judge has ruled in favour of government agencies' refusal to release classified information related to a controversial surveillance programme.
AP reports that a lawsuit filed against the Defense and Justice departments by the New York Times was dismissed, on the grounds that the information withheld was exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
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Topic: SPY - on June 16, 2007 at 12:24:00 PM CEST
Tiny, Cheap Wafer Level Camera Developed
Silicon Valley-based Tessera Technologies has developed a WAFER-LEVEL CAMERA, called the OptiML WLC, for use in camera phones. By building the entire camera -- including lens -- at the wafer level, camera electronics can be built much smaller, thinner and cheaper. Tessera's technology enables advanced features like auto-focus, without moving parts.
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Topic: SPY - on May 31, 2007 at 1:47:00 PM CEST
CIA Officers Names and Photos 2007
Vienne à l'instar de Londres et de Berlin a toujours été un centre important de renseignement de la CIA en Europe de l'Ouest. A la croisée des chemins entre l'est et l'ouest du continent, cette ville abrite aussi plusieurs institutions stratégiques comme l'OPEP et l'AIEA.
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