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A new paper that discussed Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) has been released by Mandiant and has sparked new interest in the topic.
excerpt from the original post on APT

APT or Advanced Persistent Threat describes cyber attacks mounted by organizational teams that have deep resources, advanced penetration skills, specific target profiles and are remarkably persisent [...]

The Metasploit Framework is a framework that enables penetration testing by combining modular packages of exploit code, payloads and tools such as Meterpreter that allow the tester to maintain access, collect information on the target system and execute pivot attacks against other systems. This script helps the tester by maintaining backdoor access.
Meterpreter Persistence - [...]

Insurgents have learned how to intercept video relays from drones in Iraq and Afghanistan and the vulnerability has existed for some time. Hacking warfare robots will become more of an issue as they become more commonplace. Think about how network hacking techniques can be applied to war scenarios and vice-versa: botnets - [...]

This intriguing article offers up some quick and short thoughts on visual hacking.

Hacking With Pictures - [quietbabylon.com]
1 - TV hypnotherapy
2 - Images become executable
3 - Retinal scanners
4 - Pokemon seizures
5- Flashbang grenades
6 - 2D bar codes
7 - 2nd Life presentation
8 - Sixth Sense hacking
9 - Forged authentication
10 - Digital sleight of hand
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German magazine Der Spiegel describes how a computer hack by the Israeli foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, enabled Israel to identify and eventually destroy a Syrian nuclear installation.
How Israel Destroyed Syria’s Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor - [spiegel.de]

In late 2006, Israeli military intelligence decided to ask the British for their opinion. But almost at the same [...]

This thoroughly researched paper by Dave Dittrich at the University of Washington, reflects on how malware and cyber criminals have evolved their techniques and activites over recent years. Hybrid combinations of penetration methods make it more difficult to defend against the malware and good use of social engineering increases the success percentage.
Nugache [...]

For many years, the top worry of defensive security specialists has been focused on closing/patching holes/vulnerabilities in the operating systems at the perimeter of the information system. This excellent report published by SANS suggests that the attackers are re-focusing their efforts on client side software and web applications that remain more vulnerable. Client applications that [...]

DOD, SANS, CSIS, several universities and other partner organizations are collaborating to find students with cyber abilities and train them to become future cyber warriors.
Pentagon Seeks High School Hackers - [forbes.com]
The so-called Cyber Challenge, which will be officially announced later this month, will create three new national competitions for high school and college students intended [...]

APT or Advanced Persistent Threat describes cyber attacks mounted by organizational teams that have deep resources, advanced penetration skills, specific target profiles and are remarkably persisent in their efforts. They tend to use sophisticated custom malware that can circumvent most defenses, stealthy tactics and demonstrate good situational awareness by evaluating defenders responses and escalating [...]

Some fast food restaurants use cash register keyboards with symbolic diagrams of different food products on them to make it easier to train new staff. The US military is also moving in that direction, trying to take a field that is complex and often accomplished at a highly intuitive level by self-trained individuals and [...]