FROM 2012 TECH ARTICLE

A Spanish researcher demos new satellite-hijacking tricks with cybercriminal potential.

Satellites can bring a digital signal to places where the Internet seems like a miracle: off-the-grid desert solar farms, the Arctic or an aircraft carrier at sea. But in beaming data to and from the world’s most remote places, satellite Internet may also offer its signal to a less benign recipient: any digital miscreant within thousands of miles.

In a presentation at the Black Hat security conference in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Spanish cybersecurity researcher Leonardo Nve presented a variety of tricks for gaining access to and exploiting satellite Internet connections. Using less than $75 in tools, Nve, a researcher with security firm S21Sec, says that he can intercept Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) signals to get free high-speed Internet. And while that’s not a particularly new trick–hackers have long been able to intercept satellite TV or other sky-borne signals–Nve also went a step further, describing how he was able to use satellite signals to anonymize his Internet connection, gain access to private networks and even intercept satellite Internet users’ requests for Web pages and replace them with spoofed sites.

“What’s interesting about this is that it’s very, very easy,” says Nve. “Anyone can do it: phishers or Chinese hackers … it’s like a very big Wi-Fi network that’s easy to access.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20170426220417/http://decryptedmatrix.com/how-to-hack-satellite-internet-surf-anonymously/

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Maduro claims Trump ordered Columbian government and mafia to kill him

Published time: 30 Jan, 2019 06:36

https://www.rt.com/news/450108-maduro-trump-ordered-mafia-kill/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications

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HEARD SHE MARRIED HER FATHERS

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SHOCKED ME, I DIDN'T REALIZE THE DADS WERE THAT CLOSE SINCE JARRED's DAD HAS A SPOOPY PAST INCLUDING JAIL FOR FRAUD/ EMBEZZLEMENT

I'm going out on a limb for humour….

I sure hope this isn't a larp, that would mean suicide weekend is on us

Maduro says next vote to take place in 2025, rejects Europe's 8-day ultimatum

Published time: 30 Jan, 2019 07:11

Edited time: 30 Jan, 2019 07:11

https://www.rt.com/news/450109-maduro-says-next-elections-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

U.S. approves sale of 2 Aegis Ashore systems to Japan for $2.15 bil

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WASHINGTON

The United States has approved a planned sale of two Aegis weapon systems and related equipment to Japan for an estimated cost of $2.15 billion, the State Department said Tuesday.

The planned sale involves the land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense system, which Japan is considering setting up in two locations – Akita and Yamaguchi prefectures – in fiscal 2023 to counter the North Korean missile threat, according to U.S. officials.

The sale "will provide the government of Japan with an enhanced capability against increasingly sophisticated ballistic missile threats and create an expanded, layered defense of its homeland," the department said.

"It is vital to U.S. national interests to assist Japan in developing and maintaining a strong and effective self-defense capability," it said.

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the arms deal on Tuesday.

The move comes as Russia has repeatedly expressed concerns about Japan's planned deployment of two Aegis Ashore stations.

Moscow, which has been engaging in negotiations with Tokyo for a postwar peace treaty, regards them as an addition to the U.S. missile shield in the Asia-Pacific region.

The State Department sought to allay such concerns, saying, "The proposed sale of this equipment and support does not alter the basic military balance in the region."

Since Japan possesses Aegis-equipped destroyers in its inventory, Tokyo will have no difficulty in absorbing the envisaged systems into the Self-Defense Forces, according to the department.

The Japanese government has requested the purchase of two Aegis weapon systems, two multi-mission signal processors, two command and control processor refreshes, as well as related equipment and services, it said.

Japanese defense officials have said the planned deployment of the Aegis Ashore systems is "purely for national defense."

https://japantoday.com/category/politics/u.s.-approves-sale-of-2-aegis-ashore-systems-to-japan-for-2.15-bil

Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman vowed to take up to 10 percent of Vale’s output offline to decommission 10 dams similar to the one that burst on Friday in the town of Brumadinho, leaving hundreds missing and presumed dead.

Chinese iron ore futures jumped in early trade on Wednesday, and shares of mining rivals BHP Group, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group lifted Australia’s benchmark metals and mining index to its best day in two years. [IRONORE/] [.AX]

The dramatic move by Vale was an effort to preempt tough questions about its safety record, as the Friday disaster at the Corrego do Feijao mine - where the death toll has reach at least 84 people - came just over three years after a similar dam burst at the nearby Samarco mine it co-owns with BHP.

Vale’s plan to cut output was expected to cost 5 billion reais ($1.3 billion) over the next three years, and involved suspending operations at mines producing some 40 million tonnes of iron ore and 11 million tonnes of pellets per year, Schvartsman told journalists in Brasilia.

Brazilian prosecutors have said they will bring criminal charges against those responsible for the disaster and on Tuesday they arrested three Vale employees, including two senior managers at Corrego do Feijao. The have also arrested two engineers from German auditor firm TUV SUD.

In the town of Brumadinho, which was devastated by the torrent of mining waste, Vale workers organized to demand more from the company. In a letter seen by Reuters, the local miners’ union demanded months of additional pay and years of guaranteed employment, among other benefits.

As death toll rises from Vale disaster, shares plummet

In a separate statement, the union said it had asked Vale for the last two years to move the company dining hall, which was located directly under the dam, a charge that Vale denied.

A worker outside the cafeteria who narrowly escaped the fast-moving mud flow told Reuters he doubted anyone inside had made it out alive. [L1N1ZU00Q]

On a hilltop site, Brumadinho cemetery director Jose Eustaquio da Silva, 63, has been working long days, digging 98 graves with his team in one cemetery alone. So far, five of the graves have been filled as recovery crews comb through mud from the disaster.

“Everyone is tense,” he said. “People who live near other dams are tense as well.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vale-sa-disaster/vale-says-it-will-sacrifice-output-for-dam-safety-in-brazil-idUSKCN1PO0L2?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29