» Homeland Security to Hold Secret Meeting on Domestic “Extremist” Threats Alex Jones. Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com December 28, 2011 The Federal Register published a notice of December 28 providing a brief overview on a behind closed doors Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) meeting to be held at TSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on January 9, 2012. The HSAC was created by executive order on March 19, 2002. “The HSAC will meet for the purpose of receiving sensitive operational information from senior DHS leadership,” the notice posted on the Cryptome.org website states.
“The meeting will address threats to our homeland security, border security, examine U.S. Coast Guard counterterrorism efforts; provide an operational update of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Frequent Traveler Program; examine evolving threats in cyber security; and provide information on the threat of an electromagnetic pulse attack and its associated vulnerabilities.” The HSAC meeting will be held on January 9, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia, from 8:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
DHS Shocker! Janet Napolitano Gives Top-Secret Security Clearance To Muslim Brotherhood. Big Sis DHS Shocker House Judiciary Committee uncovers that head of the Department of Homeland Security – Janet Napolitano – has given top secret security clearance to members of the Muslim Brotherhood. And not only does she appear largely uninformed, she looks like she doesn’t really care. I am quite sure that when the log is removed off of the Janet Napolitano-run Department of Homeland Security, the amount and number of creepy, crawling things that will come to light will tantalize and disgust even the most jaded Washington watcher.
From Jihad Watch: Homeland Security is on the hot seat. Back in October 2010, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano named the devout Muslim Mohamed Elibiary to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Who else is the devout Elibiary shopping sensitive intel to? When Rod Dreher of the Dallas Morning News challenged him about his appearance at this conference, Elibiary threatened Dreher, writing: “Expect someone to put a banana in your exhaust pipe.” Rep. » Big Brother Pays Off as Predictive Behavior Technology Targets Shoppers Alex Jones. John Galt Infowars.com December 28, 2011 Just prior to Black Friday, I issued an alert that anyone shopping in either of two American malls — Promenade Temecula in California, and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. — would be tracked via their cell phone utilizing FootPathTM technology as they moved from store to store.
Fortunately, that test-run produced enough outrage to force both the UK maker of the technology, Path Intelligence, as well as mall management to halt the surveillance and respond to a call from Sen. Charles Schumer over general privacy concerns, as well as the legality according to U.S. regulations. However, many retailers seem undeterred by privacy issues and have fully embraced the concept of going even a step further: forming a web comprised of cell phone tracking, surveillance camera footage, and software analysis of shoppers’ movements and decisions. Ashley Lutz and Matt Townsend, writing for Bloomberg, sum up the programming: Print this page.
80 Percent Of All Phones Vulnerable To Hijack Scams, Security Expert Says. A vulnerability in most phones around the world leaves billions vulnerable, according to Germany's Security Research Labs.Reuters Vulnerability in a widely used wireless technology could allow hackers to gain remote control of phones And instruct them to send text messages or make calls, according to an expert on mobile phone security.
They could use the vulnerability in the GSM network technology, which is used by billions of people in about 80 percent of the global mobile market, to make calls or send texts to expensive, premium phone and messaging services in scams, said Karsten Nohl, head of Germany's Security Research Labs. Similar attacks against a small number of smartphones have been done before, but the new attack could expose any cellphone using GSM technology. "We can do it to hundreds of thousands of phones in a short timeframe," Nohl told Reuters in advance of a presentation at a hacking convention in Berlin on Tuesday.
How I Stole Someone's Identity. As a professor, a software developer and an author I've spent a career in software security. I decided to conduct an experiment to see how vulnerable people's accounts are to mining the Web for information. I asked some of my acquaintances, people I know only casually, if with their permission and under their supervision I could break into their online banking accounts. After a few uncomfortable pauses, some agreed. The goal was simple: get into their online banking account by using information about them, their hobbies, their families and their lives freely available online. To be clear, this isn't hacking or exploiting vulnerabilities, instead it's mining the Internet for nuggets of personal data.
Here's one case. I share it here because it represents some of the common pitfalls and illustrates a pretty serious weakness that most of us have online. Setup: This is the case of one subject whom I'll call "Kim. " Needless to say, Kim was disturbed. Radiation doctor says TSA naked body scanners can cause cancer. (NaturalNews) No matter how many times the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) claims the machines are safe and pose no threat to travelers or personnel, naked body scanners that emit ionizing radiation are, indeed, a very serious health threat.
And Dr. Edward Dauer, head of radiology at Florida Medical Center, agrees, having recently come forward to explain that naked body scanners can cause cancer, particularly in those over age 65 and in women who are said to be genetically prone to developing breast cancer. "I think it's potentially a real danger to the public," Dr. Dauer is quoted as saying by the South Florida Sun Sentinel. The TSA continues to insist that the ionizing radiation emitted from its backscatter X-ray naked body scanner is minimal, and that individuals are exposed to far more background radiation every single day just living their normal lives.
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