by Mr. A (HCS’ Resident Cyber-Gandalf) A lot of citizens would immediately think they should so that the government could better catch criminals and terrorist. After all, wouldn’t all of us want terrorist stopped and criminals caught? Of course we would. Does backdoor encryption access accomplish this, or is there something else at work? Here’s…
Category: Security
And This is How War Starts…
NATO missile system hacked remotely by ‘foreign source’ JULY 10, 2015 BY JOSEPH FITSANAKIS A Patriot missile system stationed in Turkey by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was allegedly hacked by a remote source, according to reports. German magazine Behörden Spiegel said this week that the hacked missile system is owned and operated by…
A Coming Era of Civil Disobedience?
When I first read this article I thought about something Michael Collins, founder of the IRA had said in talking about Irish Independence: “Refusal is our most powerful Weapon.” I think all Patriots would do good in remembering that in the Years to come. By Pat Buchanan Militia Members at Bundy Ranch stop for Prayer…
Mandating Insecurity?
The America Citizens Right of the Expectation of Privacy. It is a touchy subject, no doubt. Ever since the Edward Snowden revelations that big brother was in fact, watching, Americans have realized that everything they do online (pretty much) can be monitored, recorded, analyzed and filed for future use. It was no surprise then…
“Glitches” sounds better than “Hacked”, wouldn’t you agree?
With all the talk of “Internal Technical Issues”, by the NYSE, the fact remains that the day before the Stock Market crashes for 3 hours and all United Airline flights were grounded, this post on twitter by “Anonymous.” Now I am not a IT geek or Cyber-Gandolf by any stretch, but like Jimmy the Greek,…
Being a “Criminal” in a Mass Surveillance World
I want to warn you ahead of time, this article is extremely long and sometimes, dense. But Please, don’t give up on it! Read it all the way through, and then re-read it. After that, you will never look at cyber-security and cyber-surveillance “aka Big Brother” the same way again, I ASSURE YOU! Pay Close…
Email Security 101
Taken from the article: How to prevent the NSA from reading your Email by Raj Sabhlok It always seems to take some sort of major meltdown for people to bother to think seriously about security and privacy. Whether you’re afraid of being erroneously targeted for typing the word “bomb” one too many times or you just don’t want…
Attacking the Center of Gravity
by Samuel Culper III One thing I teach in advanced Intelligence classes is what’s called “Center of Gravity” analysis. That’s a concept first described by Prussian military strategist and “cerebral savage” Carl von Clausewitz, and one that’s now used in the Army and Marine Corps to describe any idea, base, or associations that are critical…
Learning from Terrorist Tactics: Becoming Anonymous
In a recent article in Jihad Watch Robert Spencer talks about how the 24 year old jihadist who committed the Tunisian Resort Massacre last week where 39 people were killed and at least 39 others were wounded, managed, before the attack, to go completely un-noticed by the public. As Spencer points out, this is clearly due…
Studying Intelligence Tradecraft: The One Time Pad
Along with the Study of Insurgent Tactics series, I will be adding this series, which will focus on field Intelligence Skill-Sets/Tradecraft that would be practical for the Modern Guerilla to know. Since my knowledge of this is limited, I will be depending on certain friends to help me along. Thanks to Mr. A for this…