More Russian Hacks?

OSCE security monitors targeted by hackers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38451064

War on Cops

The Power Of Perceptions Vs. What The Numbers Say

http://www.npr.org/2016/12/29/507249260/how-the-perceived-war-on-cops-plays-into-politics-and-policing

Grumpy TOR instructions

So Why Doesn’t Tor Blog Really Show You How To Set Up A Hidden Site?

https://krypt3ia.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/so-why-doesnt-tor-blog-really-show-you-how-to-set-up-a-hidden-site/

Funny hah hah

Setting a timer on your phone with the oncall pager ringtone in order to bail from Holiday Family Obligations, inching it forward as soon as Politics and Alcohol start to assert themselves.

https://securityreactions.tumblr.com/post/155030441839

How much data?

Facebook Doesn’t Tell Users Everything It Really Knows About Them

https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-doesnt-tell-users-everything-it-really-knows-about-them

Berlin truck attack: Polish driver 'shot hours before'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38442447

Yes, more video surveillance is what we need. /sarcasm

Seven charged with attempted murder of Berlin homeless man

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38448351

Reddi-whip crisis

So first, it is awful to hear that someone died at the beginning of this.

Really, a reddi-whip crisis? My local news just ran a story about the shortage of reddi-whip in the area. Really?

Is it really that hard to make it?

Ha ha, yeah

Senior Admin reacts to and resolves an incident rapidly and safely: Senior Admin realizes that the...

https://securityreactions.tumblr.com/post/153782436612

Funny, holy shit

when the payload gets intercepted but the shell still works.

https://securityreactions.tumblr.com/post/153877305320

'B' word drinking game

Video Of Woman's Arrest In Texas Sparks Anger And Internal Police Inquiry

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/23/506721511/video-of-womans-arrest-in-texas-sparks-anger-and-internal-police-inquiry

Raytheon gets deal

Raytheon in $459M cryptographic deal http://www.c4isrnet.com/articles/raytheon-in-459m-cryptographic-deal

Better for Trump

DOJ's Big Bank Settlements Remove Potential Conflict Of Interest For Trump

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/23/506720254/dojs-big-bank-settlements-remove-potential-conflict-of-interest-for-trump

Now that's just stupid

Government Pays For Kidney Transplants But Not The Anti-Rejection Drugs

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/22/506319553/medicare-pays-for-a-kidney-transplant-but-not-the-drugs-to-keep-it-viable

Look over there

Yet another thing to keep our focus away from anything actually important.

Repeal Of North Carolina's HB2 Law Fails As Legislature Adjourns Special Session

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/21/506421278/fate-of-north-carolinas-hb2-law-unclear-vote-expected-later-today

More insurer complaints

For getting a sweetheart deal in Obamacare, the insurance companies sure do complain a lot about it.

Special Enrollment Period For Health Coverage Comes At A Price

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/21/506330170/revised-special-insurance-enrollment-rules-shift-burden-to-consumers

let's see how this goes

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2016/12/05/raytheon-to-help-the-pentagon-protect-power.html

CCDC was like this

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/309530-state-of-georgia-allegedly-accusing-homeland-security-of-attempted-hack

The letter goes on say that the systems under attack contained the personal information of over 6.5 million Georgians, 800,000 corporate entities and over 500,000 licensed or registered professionals.

“At no time has my office agreed to or permitted DHS to conduct penetration testing or security scans of our network," writes Kemp. "Moreover, your department has not contacted my office since this unsuccessful incident to alert us of any security event that would require testing or scanning of our network.”

Kemp is a vocal opponent of a suggestion floated by some lawmakers that DHS declare elections critical infrastructure, which would give the federal agency some control over the state-based election systems. The idea was born of fears that Russia intended to hack the presidential election. DHS has said they had no intentions to pursue that strategy.

Broken rover drill

Curiosity Rover Encounters Technical Difficulties On Martian Mountain

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/13/505466073/curiosity-rover-encounters-technical-difficulties-on-martian-mountain

Thanks Quest

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/quest-diagnostics-says-personal-health-information-of-34000-customers-hacked/

not only does your customer support suck to levels previously unknown before, but now you can't even protect my data. Thanks Quest!!!

This is amazing

State Department Says Fake U.S. Embassy In Ghana Operated For A Decade

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/05/504426012/state-department-says-fake-u-s-embassy-in-ghana-operated-for-a-decade

This is big deal

Supreme Court Sides With Samsung, Against Apple In Patent Infringement Fight

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/06/504545297/supreme-court-sides-with-samsung-against-apple-in-patent-infringement-fight

The asylum is officially taken over

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/politics/kfile-michael-flynn-social-media/

Robot overlords are listening

Alexa and Google Home Record What You Say. What Happens to Your Data? | WIRED https://www.wired.com/2016/12/alexa-and-google-record-your-voice/

Basically we're doomed

Obama Has a Plan to Fix Cybersecurity, But Its Success Depends on Trump

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/obama-cybersecurity-plan/

Say what?

Steve Mnuchin, Contender For Trump Treasury Secretary, Headed 'Foreclosure Machine'

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/29/503755613/trumps-potential-treasury-secretary-headed-a-foreclosure-machine

So the best way to clean up wall street inside the government is to hire a wall street financiers with almost 20 years in the business? Huh?

Also, very troubling is this...

According to the coalition, OneWest foreclosed on more than 36,000 homeowners under Mnuchin. During that time, the FDIC made payments to OneWest totaling more $1 billion. Those payments went to the "billionaire investors of OneWest Bank," says Stein, "to cover the cost of foreclosing on working-class, everyday, American folks," many of whom lived in California.

Makes me think more and more, that Trump wants so badly to be a part of the monied elite, that he is just handing out favors at this point.

More pundintry

Seema Verma, Who Helped Remake Medicaid In Indiana, Picked For CMS

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/29/503762324/trump-picks-seema-verma-to-run-medicare-and-medicaid

To be fair, the man has not even been sworn in to office yet. All this energy spent on thinking how bad he will be is doing nothing. (Granted I think he will be terrible.) Let's see where all the pundits stand when he starts enforcing laws and does his own executive orders.

Who me? What conflicts?

Potential Conflicts Around the Globe for Trump, the Businessman President

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/us/politics/donald-trump-international-business.html

This was the article you missed if you were focused on Trump's claims of voter fraud via Twitter.

Farm vote != rural vote

Farmers Are Courting Trump, But They Don't Speak For All Of Rural America

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/11/29/503182640/the-farmers-courting-trump-dont-speak-for-rural-america

Also, in this group of farmers how many are not giant corporations?

In Surveilance News

The FBI gets greater power to remotely hack others. The new Rule 41.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/11/30/senate-fails-to-stop-fbi-hacking-expansion/

And yet, at the same time with our current system, their are examples of shocking abuses of this type of authority.
https://gizmodo.com/government-officials-cant-stop-spying-on-their-crushes-1789490933

Just have to watch TV

No Internet Connection? No Problem. Netflix Adds Offline Viewing

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/30/503886181/no-internet-connection-no-problem-netflix-adds-offline-viewing

Remote hacking now legal

Government given rights to go remotely hack people. People told to trust government. Privacy loses big.

Judges Have More Power In Granting Warrants To Hack Digital Devices

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/01/503929928/judges-have-more-power-in-granting-warrants-to-hack-digital-devices

Polish Milk Bars

Poles Return To A Taste Of Their Soviet Past: Cheap Milk Bars

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/12/01/503788967/poles-return-to-a-taste-of-their-soviet-past-cheap-milk-bars