News to Me: U.S. Air Force Notice On Use Of Social Networking Sites For Computer Network Exploitation

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May 10, 2013 in U.S. Air Force



The following notice was published in the May issue of the Illinois Air National Guard 183rd Fighter Wing monthly newsletter Falcon View.  Despite the spelling mistake in the first paragraph, the notice is apparently authentic.




Notice to Airman 2013-080-001:



(U//FOUO) EXECUTIVE SUMMERY: Nation-state adversaries regularly use accounts on popular social networking sites to facilitate social engineering against DoD members. Information disclosed or discovered on social networking sites creates a significant operations security (OPSEC) concern and in the context of a wide spread collection effort could be by adversaries to form a classified picture.

(U//FOUO) MISSION IMPACT: Poor OPSEC practices or general disclosures of sensitive information can lead to kinetic adversary responses to U.S. forces’ actions, potentially leading to mission degradation or even loss of life. Additionally, malware introduced into AF networks via social network sites can degrade or disrupt operations.

(U//FOUO) DETAILS: The nature of social networking sites (SNS) which promote socialization and the sharing of information makes personnel more susceptible to exploitation. SNS applications give the common user an increased opportunity to release official information. In the past two years, there are several examples of adversaries using or attempting to use SNS for likely cyber espionage.

(U//FOUO) ACTIONS: All Air Force members must be aware that they are a potential target of cyber exploitation/espionage and take appropriate caution when using social networking sites. Do not accept contact requests from individuals who you do not personally know and trust. Additionally, hackers are known to spoof requests so that any request may appear to be from someone you know, so treat all requests with suspicion and vigilance. Only accept a request if there is a high level of certainty regarding the identity and authenticity of the requestor. Finally, be aware of the security settings on these websites and do not inadvertently release sensitive information to the public because of careless use.



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euralmanac:

Young, Wired and Angry: a Revised Portrait of Hungary’s Right-Wing Extremists

Though largely ignored by the national media, Hungary’s right-wing extremist Jobbik party operates within a surprisingly well-developed and self-sustained online universe. What’s more, recent studies have found that the party’s supporters aren’t the “losers” that many experts thought they were.

For years, Hungary’s right-wing extremists have very effectively utilized the Internet to reach their goals. They use it to disseminate their messages and to organize demonstrations and campaigns — many of which also involve hate speech and incitement. “The Internet has been and remains very important to us,” says Márton Gyöngyösi, a Jobbik member of parliament. He explains that this is “not only on account of our limited access to the traditional media, but also because a major part of our supporters and voters are young people who we can best reach via new media.”

Experts have been observing this trend for some time now. “During the 2010 election campaign, the Internet played a key role for Jobbik,” says Áron Buzogány, a German-Hungarian political scientist who studies social movements in Eastern Europe. “When compared with the other parties, Jobbik had the most up-to-date Internet presence based on Web 2.0 (tools). People visiting these (web)pages could take an active role in helping shape them, thereby becoming part of the campaign themselves.”

Budapest-based political scientist József Jeskó, who has been studying the online activities of Hungary’s right-wing extremists for years, reaches a similar conclusion. “Jobbik is the first party in the history of Hungary to have effectively used the Internet’s advantages for its own purposes,” he says. Jeskó emphasizes, however, that Jobbik neither built up nor controls the online network of Hungarian right-wing extremists itself. Instead, he says, “Small groups with similar convictions, but many different interests, have made contact with the help of the Internet and jointly created a virtual world for themselves.” (via SPIEGEL ONLINE)

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Homeland Security Given Green Light to Monitor American Journalists

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Under the National Operations Center (NOC)’s Media Monitoring Initiative that emerged from the Department of Homeland Security in November, Washington has written permission to collect and retain personal information from journalists, news anchors, reporters or anyone who uses “traditional and/or social media in real time to keep their audience situationally aware and informed.”

According to DHS, the definition of personal identifiable information can consist of any intellect “that permits the identity of an individual to be directly or indirectly inferred, including any information which is linked or linkable to that individual.”

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