Category Archives: Cyber Competition

04/5/12

nMap Project -Google Summer Camp

Hi Folks.  I'm happy to announce that the Nmap Project has again been
accepted into the Google Summer of Code program.  This innovative and
extraordinarily generous program provides $5,000 stipends to college
and graduate students who want to spend the summer improving Nmap!
They gain valuable experience, get paid, strengthen their résumé, and
write code for millions of users.

Previous SoC students helped create the Nmap Scripting Engine, Ncat,
and the Zenmap GUI.  Several even became top developers!  But I need
your help to get the word out to top candidates.  So if you know any
college/grad students (or are one) who might be interested, please
point them to our project ideas page at http://nmap.org/soc/.  Feel
free to post this to any lists or forums that talented students might
read.  But hurry, because the application deadline is THIS FRIDAY at
Noon (U.S. Pacific Time)!  That is 19:00 UTC.

Thanks,
Fyodor

PS: We're also working on a major new Nmap release, but I'll send
    details on that in a couple weeks when it is ready.

PPS: Trinity has signed up as our new Facebook cover model!  You can
     get more Nmap news by following us at:

     http://facebook.com/nmap
     http://twitter.com/nmap
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03/20/12

TERRORISTS using online war games like Call of Duty to plot attacks

gAtO FoUnD – this in http://pastebin.com/9z7nbmEj Islamic extremists know cops monitor phone calls, emails and online messages.

So they are turning to PlayStation and Xbox games to keep their deadly plans secret.

Gamers can log on in groups to play against each other and — crucially — to chat in private.

Once signed in to a “lobby” using a password, plotters put on Bluetooth headsets and speak securely to conspirators on the same site.

Other shoot-’em-up games suspected of being targeted by terrorists are thought to be Medal of Honour and the Halo series.

Realistic … war games

Alamy Last night, a source said: “It’s a terrifying reality. These people waste no time finding a secure method of chatting.

“They are logging into group games over the internet and discussing terror plots. Security people know about it.

“For millions who love these games this will be a huge shock.

“To think fanatics use them for their own ends is a real worry.” Sources say plotters choose realistic conflict games so they can mask their deadly discussions as harmless web chat.

Online craze … 40 million people play Call Of Duty on the net

There has even been evidence would-be jihadists treat war games as training tools, a bit like a pilot might use a flight simulator.

News of the growing threat comes five years after the CIA first warned of the menace.

But with the soaring popularity of the games, there are now fears they are being used by increasing numbers of criminals and terrorists.

Last night government sources said police and spy chiefs were already responding to the threat.

A security expert revealed: “Those who fight crime and terrorism keep up to date with technological changes.”

Best-seller … Call Of Duty MW3 made £250m in 24 hours

The terrorists choose incredibly realistic “first person games” where the controller works through a complex simulation of war scenarios, carrying out missions and battling enemy fighters.

Gamers choose different styles of play and missions — from planting bombs to fighting one-on-one.

Then they enter the lobby and invite their friends to join in.

Call of Duty addicts can even join “clans” — groups who regularly play together.

The games use a password-protected log-on to keep users’ identities secret. The system was designed so players anywhere on the globe can get together for harmless fantasy battles.

But security chiefs now fear plotters are set to turn those fantasies into reality. - gAtO -oUt

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10/20/11

U.S Needs to Change at Cyber Speed

In the last week so far, hackers hit the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), hackers hit unmanned drones flying covert and military operations around the world. The U.S is still on hold why because  we need to know the legality of retaliation against a cyber attack on another country. You can bet your booties that the U.S has some pretty strong cyber weapons but when can they be used. If we use our new cyber weapons the others will see it and they can learn how to avoid it or plan around them. Just like in conventional weapons we keep the good stuff locked away until the day we need it. But other countries are watching us so if we launch an attack like the one we planned in Syria then other can do the same. By others I mean China, Russia Iran and India. Why include India in this mix is because India is unlike China but the same. India has a wealth of top notch brain power. India is now emerging as a power house in the cyber world. In some instance they are just elementary like a power station with all it’s control hooked up and accessible via a simple Google search.

Virus coming to a Computer near you

India is a great Nation but it’s still has masses of people living in a third world setting while others enjoy the 21st century living. Side by side you have a middle class home next to a shanty town and that cannot stay that way forever. India is a powerful cyber center of the world. It started with call centers and it’s evolve with new companies doing more and more innovation in the cyber arena. China is hitting India left and right for a reason. China has some personal reason for attacking countries like Taiwan but India is just for the technology that they have. More and more cyber experts are coming out of India than ever before. All it takes is one good computer researcher to start the attacks going and then blame whom ever you want.

The U.S needs to stop this slow pace of change and adapt to the cyber realm that swift change is the only thing that can save America in cyberspace.

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