Over at the Wired defense technology blog "Danger Room," Noah Shachtman writes:
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to —
and "full control" of — any kind of computer there is. And once the
info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their
"adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected."The government is growing increasingly interested in waging war
online. The Air Force recently put together a "Cyberspace Command,"
with a charter to rule networks the way its fighter jets rule the
skies. The Department of Homeland Security, Darpa, and other agencies
are teaming up for a five-year, $30 billion "national cybersecurity
iniative." That includes an electronic test range, where
federally-funded hackers can test out the latest electronic attacks.
"You used to need an army to wage a war," a recent Air Force
commercial notes. "Now, all you need is an Internet connection."On Monday, the Air Force Research Laboratory introduced a two-year,
$11 million effort to put together hardware and software tools for
"Dominant Cyber Offensive Engagement." "Of interest are any and all
techniques to enable user and/or root level access," a request for
proposals notes, "to both fixed (PC) or mobile computing platforms…
Link to full post.
