A Preview Of Coming Attractions

So much for Homeland Security. From Russia, without love, hitting us where it really hurts. Foreign hackers targeted U.S. water plant in apparent malicious cyber attack, expert says Foreign hackers caused a pump at an Illinois water plant to fail last week, according to a preliminary state report. Experts said the cyber-attack, if confirmed, would [...]

Finally Fingering The Usual Suspects

I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! Intell report says China, Russia stealing US secrets After years of suspicions and mounting evidence, the United States has formally called out China and Russia on cyber espionage, accusing the countries of stealing U.S. economic and technology secrets. China quickly denied the accusation. [...]

Watching The Drone Watchers

I smell China, or maybe Russia. The fact that the virus keeps resisting efforts to remove it shows that there’s some sophistication involved. U.S. Military Drones Infected With Mysterious Computer Virus A fleet of U.S. military drones on a Nevada Air Force base has been infected by a keylogger virus that tracks every key and [...]

Yeti Yeti Oxen Free

It’s like a snipe hunt, in the snow. Russian and US Scientists Gather to Hunt Down Yeti Scientists from several countries, including Russia and the U.S., will gather in the Kemerova region of Siberia to hunt down the Yeti, after alleged sightings of the legendary creatures increased threefold in the area over the past 20 [...]

Abandon Ship!

What’s I say? This is what happens when you put all your eggs in the Russian technology basket and the basket falls apart. Space station could be abandoned in November Astronauts may need to temporarily withdraw from the International Space Station before the end of this year if Russia is unable to resume manned flights [...]

Lost In Space Again

When it comes to launching satellites, the Russians can’t seem to catch a break. Russia Loses Contact With Satellite After Rocket Launch Russia’s Federal Space Agency lost contact with a new communications satellite shortly after it launched into space due to an apparent communication glitch on the spacecraft’s rocket, Russia’s space agency has reported. The [...]

The Russian Raptor

Gee, does this aircraft look, um, familiar? Russia Unveils Its First Stealth Fighter Russia on Tuesday unveiled its first stealth fighter to the public, lifting the curtain on a secret project designed to flood the market with cheaper versions of better-known US jets. The Sukhoi Tu-50, being developed jointly by Russia and India, made its [...]

Hitting Us Where It Really Hurts

Whether or not “outside forces” were a factor in our 2008 economic meltdown, in the age of cyber warfare, the possibility of such an attack on the U.S. financial infrastructure is a scenario worth paying extremely close attention to. It’s a huge target, it’s far from invulnerable, and the potential for crippling economic damage and [...]

Stuxnet Shoots, It Scores!

Gee, sounds like the pump was continuously running well outside its design parameters while indicating normal operation on its control instrumentation, which is is exactly what Stuxnet was designed to do, run machinery beyond tolerance limits while spoofing the performance display readouts with fake data. IAEA says Iran’s Bushehr delays were caused by pump Iran [...]

North Ain’t Where You Thought It Was

In case you haven’t noticed already, your magnetic compass is now pretty much worthless, you may as well toss it in the trash. There goes all that Boy Scout orienteering training. Magnetic north shifting its position Magnetic north, the point at the top of the Earth that determines compass headings, is shifting its position about [...]