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China Flag Patch

The poor souls at Black Hawk Safety Net had to be in the Chinese radar at a time when China needs to act tough.  I say “act,” because that is pretty much what China is doing.  Again, anyone who has been keeping an eye on China’s forays into cyberwarfare activities can easily spot this pathetic tough-guy stance China seems to be taking.  From my perspective this is politics, smoke and mirrors.

Fast Company mentions if this one site has such a huge audience that there must be other sites like it still in operation.  As ironic as it may seem, some quick Google searches will sift some of these out.

If you are bored, it is sometimes fun to read DNS records and the likes … 3800cc.com.

China is going to continue to act like the little kid who knows they were caught doing something wrong but is hoping they can fake it long enough for people believe their innocence.  Which is to say, publicly, China will be in forced denial, an all too common tactic used in international relations.

A question which has been bouncing around my head is why is the media so surprised by this whole Google-China deal?  This level of ignorance reminds me of nearly a decade ago when the American public was surprised by the terrorist attacks of September 11th.

A Daily Tech article reports Power Plants Report Increase of Foreign-Based Attacks.

The article is below:

Power Plants Report Increase of Foreign-Based Attacks
Michael Barkoviak – January 29, 2010 6:20 AM

Cyber attacks against power plants and other vital infrastructure may be higher than previously believed

A new study [PDF] that interviewed power plant operators and other “critical infrastructure” indicates more than 50 percent of all U.S. power plants have had to deal with an increase in cyber attacks.

Security company McAfee funded the research, speaking with 600 IT managers and executives from 14 different nations.

Around 54 percent of those interviewed said some type of network “stealthy infiltration” took place, with the same number of executives noting they faced massive denial-of-service attacks on their networks at one point in time.

The threat of cyber attacks scare most computer users to be worried about potential data and bank theft — but security experts and government analysts note cyber attacks could be a national security issue as well.

Brazil had several high-profile blackouts in late 2009, which allegedly are tied to cyber attacks against the country’s IT infrastructure.  Brazilian officials denied cyber terrorism caused the outages, but it’s a major issue now that the 2016 Summer Olympic Games will  be held in Rio de Janeiro.

The threat of cyber attacks are even more serious now with China, North Korea, and Russia either hiring hackers directly to launch attacks, or are funneling money to hacker groups.

These types of issues will be handled by Howard Schmidt, President Barack Obama’s hand-picked cyber czar, who will worth with security experts in an effort to keep the country safe from state-sponsored attacks.

The FBI and Secret Service also are attempting to combat cyber terrorism, especially if the attack appears to be coordinated by a foreign government.

Did I mention there was an update?  Bug fixes are good, but a little annoying at times.  Check out the changelog since 5.20.

To download nmap check out the same bat url.

For a while the idea of leaving SEOMire.com a pure SEO site, or to allow various types of posts to be published here has been tossed around.  It is frustrating to me, and must be to anyone reading this blog, to have so few posts to read, especially about SEO.  So, after pondering the pro’s and con’s, the decision to open SEOMire.com up to “other topics” was made.

It is hoped that this decision is looked upon as an improvement to SEOMire.com rather than otherwise.

Nmap 5.20 was released a couple days ago, and there are noticeable improvements to be enjoyed!

Thank you Fyodor and to the nmap coders, testers and such!

Check out the Release notes for specifics about the update. And of course, to download nmap go to the nmap.org site or your repository of choice.