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This Map Of Al Qaeda In Iraq Is Terrifying
Fighters from al Qaeda fighters are bombing strategic targets in parts of western Iraq as they seek to wreak havoc on security and establish an Islamic emirate.
The map below gives and indication of how successful they have been, and it is quite troubling given that sectarian killings are rising along with the groups influence.
The scariest part is not even highlighted: Next door in Syria, Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) administrates the largest rebel-held city, Raqqa, and fights to control the borders with both Iraq and Turkey.
“Establishing a geographical area comprising natural resources such as oil and gas and totally dominated by Sunnis is a priority for the [ISIS] in this stage,” a retired senior military officer who was responsible for making plans to combat al Qaeda told Reuters.
This Map Of Al Qaeda In Iraq Is Terrifying | Business Insider
The map below gives and indication of how successful they have been, and it is quite troubling given that sectarian killings are rising along with the groups influence.
The scariest part is not even highlighted: Next door in Syria, Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) administrates the largest rebel-held city, Raqqa, and fights to control the borders with both Iraq and Turkey.
“Establishing a geographical area comprising natural resources such as oil and gas and totally dominated by Sunnis is a priority for the [ISIS] in this stage,” a retired senior military officer who was responsible for making plans to combat al Qaeda told Reuters.
This Map Of Al Qaeda In Iraq Is Terrifying | Business Insider
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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Don't Freak Out About Ultrasonic Malware (Yet) | Gizmodo Australia
The internet’s been abuzz lately with news that computer scientists have found a way to transmit malware using ultrasonic audio signals. If true, this means that you’d never be safe from the hackers, as long as your computer has a microphone and speakers. But don’t freak out just yet.
We reached out to the cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky Lab to find out how much of a threat this capability might really be. It’s entirely possible, they said, that the German computer scientists who originally tested the idea of transmitting malware using nothing but sound were successful; after all, people have been ex-filtrating data through technology like FM radio for some time. However, it’s not like this thing is going to bring the mainframe crashing down.
“The problem is that the receiver needs to be physically close to the victim computer(s),” David Jacoby, Senior Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, told Gizmodo. “What they have proven is that it’s possible to exfiltrate data in non-traditional ways, but to make it possible the victim computers still need to be infected with some kind of malware.”
So hackers would already need to have accessed your computer physically to install the malware and would then need to be just a few feet away to activate it. Depending on how closely you watch your computer, this is pretty unlikely. It’s certainly not something that could enable hackers to punt a virus into a computer mainframe, like the Stuxnet worm was passed on to the computers in Iranian nuclear facilities without the help of a network. They used a USB stick, not this sort of super-acoustic sorcery.
Of course, don’t let this news tempt you into dropping your guard. There are plenty of other ways for prying eyes to sneak into your life.
Don't Freak Out About Ultrasonic Malware (Yet) | Gizmodo Australia
We reached out to the cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky Lab to find out how much of a threat this capability might really be. It’s entirely possible, they said, that the German computer scientists who originally tested the idea of transmitting malware using nothing but sound were successful; after all, people have been ex-filtrating data through technology like FM radio for some time. However, it’s not like this thing is going to bring the mainframe crashing down.
So hackers would already need to have accessed your computer physically to install the malware and would then need to be just a few feet away to activate it. Depending on how closely you watch your computer, this is pretty unlikely. It’s certainly not something that could enable hackers to punt a virus into a computer mainframe, like the Stuxnet worm was passed on to the computers in Iranian nuclear facilities without the help of a network. They used a USB stick, not this sort of super-acoustic sorcery.
Of course, don’t let this news tempt you into dropping your guard. There are plenty of other ways for prying eyes to sneak into your life.
Don't Freak Out About Ultrasonic Malware (Yet) | Gizmodo Australia
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