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Port and cargo security: How is the U.S.A. doing now?

2008-09-15 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b7f08c in Network World on Security
 
...cargo security. And that D+ was up from an F a few years prior. Where do we stand now in 2008? We are moving probably to a C-minus. There are essentially three challenges in the area of port security and cargo security. The first is that potentially our ports can be used as a conduit to bring destructive things into country, such as a dirty...
 
Tags: cargo, cargo security, port, port security, dirty bomb, complex environment, country, challenges, ports
 
 
 
 
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Midgets Hiding in Luggage

2008-02-04 13:19:48 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cargo holds of coaches - possibly carried out by dwarves smuggled onboard in sports bags National coach operator Swebus confirmed it'd been hit by the audacious crims, who have over the last few months has lifted "thousands of pounds" in cash, jewellery and other valuables The company's sales manager, Ingvar Ryggasjo, said that one short...
 
Tags: ingvar ryggasjo, heavy bag, cargo holds, hockey bag, female passenger, criminal records, audacious crims, sports bags, cargo hold
 
 
 
 
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GPS Spoofing

2008-09-17 07:03:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cargo truck and selling stolen goods In his first experiments, Jon placed his desktop computer and GPS satellite simulator in the cab of his small truck, and powered them off an inverter. The VAT used a second truck as the victim cargo truck. "With this setup," Jon said, "we were able to spoof the GPS receiver from about 30 feet away. If our...
 
Tags: gps, fake gps signal, signal, gps satellite simulator, truck, victim truck, victim cargo truck, stronger signal amplifiers, cargo truck
 
 
 
 
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Washington Ignores Cyberattack Threats, Putting Us All at Peril

2008-02-26 04:00:00 by Joshua Davis in Wired Security
 
S.O.S. When a massive freighter packed with a $103 million cargo tilts onto its side in the North Pacific, a team of deep-sea cowboys gets the call. Inside the epic struggle to save the Cougar Ace
 
Tags: million cargo tilts, cougar ace, massive freighter, epic struggle, deep-sea cowboys, north pacific, save, call, inside
 
 
 
 
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Creating and Entrapping Terrorists

2008-03-05 06:25:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cargo handler named Russell Defreitas was arrested last spring for plotting to blow up fuel tanks at JFK International Airport. In fact, before he encountered the might of the JTTF, Defreitas was a vagrant who sold incense on the streets of Queens and spent his spare time checking pay phones for quarters. He had no hope of instigating a...
 
Tags: terrorist, modern terrorist, hossain, terrorist conspiracies, deal hossain claims, yassin aref, aref, terrorist plot, stop federal agents
 
 
 
 
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TinyURL could be hazardous to your health

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2007-11-27 18:21:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
...cargo, all they would have to do is send you a spam email with a TinyURL link Most people would just click on it and their machine would be compromised. But since you are reading Security Mike's Blog, you aren't most people. Thus, you'll get into the habit of not clicking on any obscured links - like TinyURL provides I know the TinyURLs are...
 
Tags: tinyurl, tinyurl service, tinyurl link, aficionado steve rubel, link, hide bad urls, leaves lots, malicious cargo, security mike
 
 
 
 
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Security Through Obscurity

2008-06-18 13:13:26 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cargo was until the morning of, said James McVeigh, operations manager of Time Moving and Storage Inc. of Manhattan, referring to the crew of 20 workers From my book Beyond Fear , pp. 211-12: At 3,106 carats, a little under a pound and a half, the Cullinan Diamond was the largest uncut diamond ever discovered. It was extracted from the earth...
 
Tags: security, diamond, cullinan diamond, complex security system, uncut diamond, move, ordinary office move, cullinan, huge security
 
 
 
 
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Your 419 Mail Roundup

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2008-07-02 17:11:42 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Cargo all his properties to you in any were you want it So reply me immediately and feel free to ask any question with regards to this transaction. You will take 50% of the US$9.2M. Which is? US$4.600, 000.00 Four Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars, while the Balance of the same amount will be mine Your swift response will be highly...
 
Tags: hamilton fund, hamilton, hamilton creek, draft, confirmable bank draft, account, domiciliary bank account, bank, hamilton funds
 
 
 
 
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Darpa Wants Clean, Cheap Jet Fuel... From Coal

2008-09-12 12:36:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
The Air Force is flying everything from supersonic fighter jets to hulking cargo planes on a synthetic fuel blend, derived largely from coal. The problem is, that stuff is worse for the environment as the old-school fuel. And it's expensive Enter Darpa,which is kick-staring a new, $4.5 million research effort to figure out how to turn coal into...
 
Tags: coal, million research effort, synthetic fuel blend, supersonic fighter jets, liquid fuel cheaply, expensive enter darpa, air force, cargo planes, old-school fuel
 
 
 
 
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ID Cards for Port Workers

2008-10-21 13:28:00 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cargo handlers, and other employees who must venture into sensitive or secure areas will be required to submit to a fingerprint scan before entering those locations. The scanning machine will automatically perform a match analysis with the fingerprint embedded in the smart chip This is a great application for these cards
 
Tags: port, port workers, fingerprint, fingerprint scan, card, smart chip, scannable card serves, cards, features aimed