According to news sources, the USGS in its seismic activity study, claims North Korea has conducted a nuclear test. At the moment, the Pentagon is working to confirm these claims, the South Korean stocks drop like rocks on their stock exchange, and Japan is setting up a task force to assess the situation.
We'll see what comes of this in the coming hours...
Pat unleashed Slackware 11.0 tonight, with an official announcement. Xfce 4.2.3.2, a lightweight and fast desktop environment is now available along with KDE. Still included is the tried and true 2.4.33.3 kernel, with an available 2.6.17.13 or 2.6.18 kernel in /testing. Here's a mini changelog detailing some of the changes from 10.2 to 11.0, including what packages have been added or removed, and other changes that would explain why you're stuck.
Be sure to get the ISO's through BitTorrent, and seed while you can.
From attacking our cyber information infrastructure,
People's Liberation Army writings in recent years have called for the use of all means necessary, including -or particularly- information warfare, to support or advance their nation's interests.[`DoD's efforts to stave off nation-state cyberattacks begin with China <http://www.gcn.com/print/25_25/41716-1.html>`_]
and spies stealing F-16 engines and other sensitive military tech,
On a hot Florida day late in 2005, Ko-Suen "Bill" Moo was preparing for the endgame of a covert operation he'd been orchestrating for nearly two years... The cargo was costing him nearly $4 million, but it was worth it. He would clear $1 million in profit once he made the delivery to his clients, senior officials in the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Moo's package was an F110-GE-129 afterburning turbofan engine, built by General Electric to power America's latest F-16 fighter jet to speeds greater than Mach 2 (1500 mph).
...58-year-old Moo told the arms dealers who had arranged the purchase that he would soon be looking for additional engines--or even an entire F-16. But what the Chinese army wanted most of all was an AGM-129A, the U.S. Air Force's air-launched strategic nuclear-capable cruise missile. The stealth weapon, which flies at 800 miles per hour, can deliver a 150-kiloton W80 warhead to a target 1800 miles away. [`How China Steals U.S. Military Secrets <http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/3319656.html>`_]
to now blinding U.S. satellites,
China has fired high-power lasers at U.S. spy satellites flying over its territory in what experts see as a test of Chinese ability to blind the spacecraft, according to sources.
Pentagon officials, however, have kept quiet regarding China's efforts as part of a Bush administration policy to keep from angering Beijing, which is a leading U.S. trading partner and seen as key to dealing with onerous states like North Korea and Iran. [`China Attempts to Blind U.S. Satellites with Laser <http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2121111&C=america>`_]
how far will America let China go before taking action? Does China even have the right? According to treaty, a nation does not own the space above their territory. God forbid they get testy one day and shoot one down, it'd be 1962 all over again!
Alright, so the US Navy is marking this week as the end of line for the F-14 Tomcat. The Tomcat has been showing its age, becoming more expensive to maintain, and slowly being replaced by F/A-18 Super Hornets. As sad as it is to finally see the Tomcat go, the F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) will be excellent in conjunction with the F/A-18's. Stealthy, super fast, and capable of supporting multiple roles, the JSF will be used by the USAF, US Navy, and USMC. It replaces the F-16, A-10, and AV-8 Harrier jumpjet. That's right, it is STOVL aircraft! Not only that, but there's talks of the USAF and USMC variants to have directed-energy weapons, including solid-state lasers in the future and microwave beams. F-ing badass!
This week the Pratt & Whitney F-135 completed its first series of engine runs.. Congrats Pratt! The F-135, a derivative of the F-119 engine powering the F-22A Raptor delivers 40,000 lbs of thrust, more than any other military jet fighter engine. It was awesome to be a part of such a great company..
I've been following a discussion regarding backdooring PDF files on the full-disclosure mailing list originally posted by David Kierznowski and on eWeek. At his site, he discusses two techniques for exploiting Adobe Acrobat Reader and Professional. Within the POC pdf, there's executable code that will launch a new browser window when opened. This is just a proof-of-concept, but it can be used to open web pages containg malicious code for exploiting holes in IE or Firefox.
The exploit does not affect other PDF readers, like Foxit or xpdf. It does seem to work on other os' as well, including Ubuntu and Fedora Core 5.
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