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Friday, June 01, 2001
Aegean Park Press
Since 1973, Aegean Park Press has been publishing books that primarily concern the subject of codes and ciphers. Today the Cryptographic Series of Aegean Park Press includes over 80 titles, with new titles being added on a regular basis.
Aegean Park Press also publishes books on a variety of other subjects, including books concerning Mayan Studies, Contract Bridge, Genealogy, and Mathematics.
The founder of the company, Wayne G. Barker, spent 23 years as an intelligence officer. He retired from the U.S. Army in the grade of Lt. Colonel.
Since 1973, Aegean Park Press has been publishing books that primarily concern the subject of codes and ciphers. Today the Cryptographic Series of Aegean Park Press includes over 80 titles, with new titles being added on a regular basis.
Aegean Park Press also publishes books on a variety of other subjects, including books concerning Mayan Studies, Contract Bridge, Genealogy, and Mathematics.
The founder of the company, Wayne G. Barker, spent 23 years as an intelligence officer. He retired from the U.S. Army in the grade of Lt. Colonel.
Robert Philip Hanssen - Alleged KGB "Mole" Within the FBI
Robert Philip Hanssen, subject of this book, was a career Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation specializing in counterintelligence. For many years the FBI never suspected that Hanssen in reality was a spy for the KGB, the intelligence arm of the Soviet Union, and later the SVR, the KGB's successor.
This story of Robert Philip Hanssen proves that truth is often stranger than fiction. With added photographs the book makes intriguing and fascinating reading and belongs in the library of all who are interested in intelligence and espionage.
Latest Council of Europe Draft Convention on Cybercrime and Explanatory Memorandum of the Convention
On April 27, 2000, the Council of Europe released its draft Convention on Cyber-Crime, which is the first multilateral instrument drafted to address the problems posed by the spread of criminal activity on computer networks. The United States has participated in the drafting of the Council of Europe Convention, which is still a work in progress, since the project began over two years ago. The drafting group is scheduled to complete its work by December 31, 2000, but it continually releases new drafts. The Convention will then be finalized by the Steering Committee on European Crime Problems and submitted to the Committee of Ministers for adoption before it is opened to members of the Council of Europe and observer nations, including the United States, for signature.
On April 27, 2000, the Council of Europe released its draft Convention on Cyber-Crime, which is the first multilateral instrument drafted to address the problems posed by the spread of criminal activity on computer networks. The United States has participated in the drafting of the Council of Europe Convention, which is still a work in progress, since the project began over two years ago. The drafting group is scheduled to complete its work by December 31, 2000, but it continually releases new drafts. The Convention will then be finalized by the Steering Committee on European Crime Problems and submitted to the Committee of Ministers for adoption before it is opened to members of the Council of Europe and observer nations, including the United States, for signature.
Thursday, May 31, 2001
Worldwide spying network is revealed
At last, the leaked draft of a report to be published next week by the European parliament removes any lingering doubt: Echelon, a shadowy, US-led worldwide electronic spying network, is a reality.
At last, the leaked draft of a report to be published next week by the European parliament removes any lingering doubt: Echelon, a shadowy, US-led worldwide electronic spying network, is a reality.
European Parliament urges open source protection against Echelon
A major investigation into the communications spy network says European business and individuals should encrypt all emails - and open source software could hold the key.
A major investigation into the communications spy network says European business and individuals should encrypt all emails - and open source software could hold the key.
How to spot Echelon listening stations
The European Parliament's report into the network that snoops on civilian communications gives some useful clues on how to spot Echelon bases.
The European Parliament's report into the network that snoops on civilian communications gives some useful clues on how to spot Echelon bases.
Monday, May 28, 2001
Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Worm tries to attract surveillance attentionU.K.-based security software vendor Sophos has warned of a new variant on the "Love Bug" worm which, as well as infecting users' machines, seems designed to attract the attention of the "Echelon" surveillance system. Sophos added that it has found just one example of the worm in the wild.
Thursday, May 10, 2001
Conspiracy Theory"In the continuing effort to make China the bogeyman of the 21st century, Washington has scored yet another coup - the loss of the EP-3E Aries II surveillance aircraft. It's very reminiscent of the phony FBI Hanssen Spy Case. In other words, what the US Government is saying just doesn't jibe with the facts.
US NAVY CHARGED WITH CONTINUING COVER-UP.
In 1997, a US Navy intelligence officer was riding in a Canadian Navy helicopter trying to surveil a Russian ship near Seattle that was believed to be collecting intelligence. Both the Canadian pilot and the American officer suffered eye damage caused, they say, by a laser fired from the ship.
This article charges the Navy (ONI) with covering up Russian guilt in the matter and even altering an official photo to help in the cover up -- in order to avoid upsetting US-Russian relations. The matter was more of less hushed up until the US officer, LtCdr Jack Daly, went public 2 or 3 years ago. Since then, he has had career problems and would have been passed over for promotion and forced out of the Navy had not Congress intervened.
In 1997, a US Navy intelligence officer was riding in a Canadian Navy helicopter trying to surveil a Russian ship near Seattle that was believed to be collecting intelligence. Both the Canadian pilot and the American officer suffered eye damage caused, they say, by a laser fired from the ship.
This article charges the Navy (ONI) with covering up Russian guilt in the matter and even altering an official photo to help in the cover up -- in order to avoid upsetting US-Russian relations. The matter was more of less hushed up until the US officer, LtCdr Jack Daly, went public 2 or 3 years ago. Since then, he has had career problems and would have been passed over for promotion and forced out of the Navy had not Congress intervened.
NSA Adviser Says Cyber-Assaults On Pentagon Persist With Few Clues
A series of sophisticated attempts to break into Pentagon computers has continued for more than three years, and an extensive investigation has produced "disturbingly few clues" about who is responsible, according to a member of the National Security Agency's advisory board.
A series of sophisticated attempts to break into Pentagon computers has continued for more than three years, and an extensive investigation has produced "disturbingly few clues" about who is responsible, according to a member of the National Security Agency's advisory board.
The spy left out in the cold
The Russian defector Victor Makarov believes he has been let down by Britain. Now he plans to sue to get his life back
The Russian defector Victor Makarov believes he has been let down by Britain. Now he plans to sue to get his life back
Thursday, March 22, 2001
Improving the Security of Your Site by Breaking Into it
In this paper we will take an unusual approach to system security.
Instead of merely saying that something is a problem, we will look
through the eyes of a potential intruder, and show _why_ it is one. We
will illustrate that even seemingly harmless network services can become
valuable tools in the search for weak points of a system, even when
these services are operating exactly as they are intended to.
In this paper we will take an unusual approach to system security.
Instead of merely saying that something is a problem, we will look
through the eyes of a potential intruder, and show _why_ it is one. We
will illustrate that even seemingly harmless network services can become
valuable tools in the search for weak points of a system, even when
these services are operating exactly as they are intended to.
Tuesday, March 20, 2001
GnuPG (The GNU Privacy Guard)GnuPG is a complete and free replacement for PGP. Because it does not use the patented IDEA algorithm, it can be used without any restrictions. GnuPG is a RFC2440 (OpenPGP) compliant application.
Spammimic
There is tons of spam flying around the Internet. Most people can't delete it fast enough. It's virtually invisible. This site gives you access to a program that will encrypt a short message into spam. Basically, the sentences it outputs vary depending on the message you are encoding. Real spam is so stupidly written it's sometimes hard to tell the machine written spam from the genuine article.
There is tons of spam flying around the Internet. Most people can't delete it fast enough. It's virtually invisible. This site gives you access to a program that will encrypt a short message into spam. Basically, the sentences it outputs vary depending on the message you are encoding. Real spam is so stupidly written it's sometimes hard to tell the machine written spam from the genuine article.
Tripwire
Tripwire is a tool that checks to see what has changed on your system. The program monitors key attributes of files that should not change, including binary signature, size, expected change of size, etc. The hard part is doing it the right way, balancing security, maintanence, and functionality.
Tripwire is a tool that checks to see what has changed on your system. The program monitors key attributes of files that should not change, including binary signature, size, expected change of size, etc. The hard part is doing it the right way, balancing security, maintanence, and functionality.
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