Tallinn textbook and others

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„Tallinn textbook" - a guide to cyber warfare methods 03/28/2013 |
All the experts in the world who are involved in information security have received at their disposal the first ever official international guide to cyber warfare techniques. The work on the book took almost four years, the editor of the publication was Michael N. Schmitt, director of the international law department of the American military college in Newport, the editorial board consists of 20 people.

The 257-page book is called the Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, that is, the “Tallinn Textbook on International Law Applicable to Cyber War” [https://www.ccdcoe.org/249.html]. It only covers attacks of "the highest degree of severity," Schmitt says, while conventional computer espionage, which is ubiquitous today, will be covered in Volume Two.

Of the known historical events, only the attack of the USA and Israel on Iran with the help of the Stuxnet worm is suitable for the description in the new directory. According to the handbook, this can definitely be considered “an act of force,” Schmitt said in an interview with The Washington Post [https://bit.ly/XdRBKe].

The name “Tallinn Textbook” is understandable to NATO member countries, because Estonia is considered the first victim of a computer cyber attack of state scale in the history of mankind [https://www.xakep.ru/38496/]. After the notorious DDoS attacks of 2007, it was Estonia, as a member of NATO, that initiated the process of discussing joint protective measures against similar attacks in the future. The appearance of such a directory is another consequence of those events.

Let's hope that the state machine of the Russian Federation will soon translate this fundamental work into Russian. So far, it is available only in English.
Based on materials from xakep.ru
Istocnik - https://www.bezpeka.com/en/news/2013/03/ ... anual.html (you can download a book there in English)

Link like in Europe, stealing suitcases in coffee and airports -
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New spyware collects all the data of users of social networks 02/13/2013 |

US Department of Defense contractor Raytheon has developed spyware that can collect social media user account data, as well as determine their location and movement.

In Raytheon, the new development was called Riot - Rapid Information Overlay Technology. Representatives of the company say that they have not yet sold the program to any of their customers, but the program was provided to the US government as part of a joint study to develop a national security system that can analyze the activities of “trillions of individuals” online.

In the video that The Guardian managed to get, Riot collects a huge amount of data from social networks (Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare) in order to create an extensive database of one user. The development is able to track the places in which the user takes photos on his smartphone, and thus be aware of his movement.

Since Riot clearly demonstrates how easy it is for third parties to obtain and monitor personal information of users, the use of such technologies in real life can cause concern about the violation of privacy rights.

Based on materials from securitylab.ru

The exact portrait of the buyer: video surveillance in stores becomes “smart”
The Japanese company NEC has developed a marketing tool that uses face recognition technology to assess the age and gender of shoppers and summarizes this data along with dates and times of visits.
Subsequently, this information is used to analyze trends in customer behavior and the frequency with which they are in the store. The service is based on the face recognition algorithm and the NeoFace engine for comparing them and uses cloud computing technology. In addition to connecting to the "cloud" for its functioning, a normal computer and video camera are enough. The service is available in Japan at a price equivalent to approximately $ 880 per store per month. Also today there are already positive results of its testing in the USA.
The data about the faces that the camera “sees” is encrypted in real time and converted into characteristics packets for further analysis. The service is intended mainly for retailers who have at their disposal several stores. Among other things, the service can recognize regular customers even if a person does not get hung up on one network store. Retailers using the system will be able to know how many customers visit their stores at any given time and what kind of people they are. Such continuous marketing research will allow them to adjust sales strategies. The data can be used in planning stocks targeted at a specific category of buyers, for example, women aged 30–40.
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NSA purposefully hacks servers around the world 06/12/2013 |
The American journal Foreign Policy reported on Tuesday, citing sources at the National Security Agency, about the existence of a top-secret US cyber intelligence unit that hacks servers around the world.

According to him, in the structure of the NSA, there is a special structure called the "Office of Specialized Access Operations" (Tailored Access Operations, TAO). "TAO has successfully invaded Chinese computer and telecommunication systems for almost 15 years, gaining the best and most reliable intelligence information about what is happening in China," the magazine writes. According to him, the TAO office is hidden at the NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland, armed guards guard the steel front door, and you can get inside only after entering a six-digit password and scanning the visitor's retina.

"According to former NSA employees, the TAO mission is simple. The TAO collects intelligence information on foreign targets, secretly cracking computers and telecommunication systems, decrypting passwords, penetrating the computer security systems that protect the attacked computer. Then it steals data stored on computer hard drives , and copies all messages and data traffic passing through the attacked email and text message systems, "the magazine writes. According to him, such information allows the United States to destroy or damage foreign computer systems using cyber attacks if the president gives such an order. The US Cyber Command, led by the NSA director, is responsible for these attacks.

US officials have not yet commented on the publication of the magazine. This is the third large-scale leak about the country's special services in the past week. Earlier, Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee, transmitted to the media data on the total verification of mobile phone calls in the United States, as well as on NSA access to servers, e-mails, chat rooms of such major IT companies as Microsoft, Google, Apple, Facebook, reports RIA News.
Based on materials from CyberSecurity.ru

 

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