Defense News presents a rather chilling look at the rising threat of Chinese cyber operations and cyber crime targeting US interests to include defense and industry: Chinese hackers have been able to steal data as diverse as NASA files on the Mars orbiter’s propulsion system, solar panels and fuel tanks, Army helicopter mission planning systems and Air Force flight planning software. China has been able to break into the U.S. military’s non-classified NIPRNet, which could ...

In October, Chinese hackers were able to gain access to the World Bank and this month it seems they have penetrated the International Monetary Fund. The analysis, provided by a former British intelligence officer, concludes that China is using this information for geopolitical leverage during the global financial crisis. Certainly sounds plausible but skips several steps in the process of getting from point A to point B in my opinion. What the Chinese are particularly ...

In October, Chinese hackers were able to gain access to the World Bank and this month it seems they have penetrated the International Monetary Fund. The analysis, provided by a former British intelligence officer, concludes that China is using this information for geopolitical leverage during the global financial crisis. Certainly sounds plausible but skips several steps in the process of getting from point A to point B in my opinion. What the Chinese are particularly ...

The KC Area Transportation Authority recently reported that bike rack usage is on the rise. In the last year the amount bus riders using the bike racks has risen from 1% to 3%. That means that 3% of all bus riders are taking their bike with them. While that doesn’t sound like much, it is a pretty big increase in a short amount of time. Since the Kansas City region lacks any good data bicycling, ...

Europe's stock markets opened lower Tuesday following losses in Asia amid mounting concerns about the world economy following downbeat corporate news in the U.S.

Did you know? Stopping the service associated with Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is not supported by Microsoft. By default, in new installations, Windows Firewall is turned on in both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. If you must disable the firewall, such as when you want to use a third-party firewall program, do not disable Windows Firewall by stopping the service. Instead, use the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security interface (or equivalent Group Policy ...