When somebody puts something in the garbage, that means it's trash, and leave it there

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Kimmo Huosionmaa

Sometimes we would find interesting things like DVD films in the garbages, and of course, we would like to watch those films. But in this case, we must remember old advice, that is given in every business school in the world, and that is "there are no free lunches". In this case, we must think that nobody would ever throw away some DVD films without the reason. And this means that those DVD films might be stolen, and they might be some trap for lawyers or somebody like that. This means that that stolen property would be equipped with the "tracking cookie" and then the hacker would see, that somebody would use them in their computers. In this case, the hacker has made the copy of the DVD, and equip it with tracking software.


This pirate DVD has been put in the original box, what has been stolen from some supermarket.  After that, the hacker just calls the cops, and if the targeted person is some kind of lawyer, would this kind of action make serious damage to that person's reputation. Also, those DVD:s might involve very complicated and sophisticated harmful software, what can be used to control all system, where that DVD would slip that malware. In this case, the DVD film has been used as the "Troyan horse", what will install the malicious software to some computer system. In this case, the hackers would leave this kind of merchandise in the near of targeted company, and then some employer would find it.


After that, the employer, who might be some kind of director would put that DVD film in the computer's DVD station. Then this DVD would upload the malware in the system. This is one way to send the tracking software in the system. Here I must say that nobody would put anything like unopened DVD's in the garbage, and that's why those things should leave in that place.  Many people believe, that those DVD:s are ready for the watch, but we must remember, that they might be stolen.


And if in the lawyers or medical doctors office would found the stolen property, that would make bad things for reputation and career. The easiest way to make problems for some person is just taking this kind of stuff in the garbage and then watch from the window when somebody would take those DVD:s to car or home, and then just call the cops, and claim this person as the thief. This is the very fine idea if somebody wants to destroy other persons reputation.  So leave all trash to garbage is the key rule of the business live. Leave all stuff, what you find in the garbage there. That stuff causes only the problems, and of course, those DVD:s can be in so bad condition, that they would destroy the DVD station.



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The security problems with keyless cars and modern computers might cause horrible situations

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Computers are everywhere, and this means that the next generation criminals might use them more often than firearms. Hacker doesn't need the license for equipment, and this is the reason, why modern criminals are using computer breaking for closing the alarming systems and transferring money to their own accounts and other computer-based methods in their actions. Hackers are modern thieves, who slip into the system and then steal money or information for their employers.


When hackers would break in some car's computer systems, they would cause the horrible situation. And the worst of all is that the driver would lock in the car, and thermostat turned in full power. If that happens out of city area and the hacker can jam the mobile telephone and locks the breaks, the situation would be like in some horror movie.  The keyless car is the very nice idea. But there is the little problem, it can accidentally turn it motor on if there would be some malfunctions in the ignition system or its control circuit. Also if the computer programs, what is controlling that system involves some critical code-errors would the motor start to run without warning in the garage.


But when we are thinking about the cars, what is very highly automatized is a possibility that some hackers can break in the ignition system of that kind of car by using electric locking system as the gate. And in this kind of cases, the hacker can turn on the motor by some kind of remote control software. But there is another way to make this trick. If the hacker would slip little computer program to the microchip, what controls the locking and alarming system,  this person might start the motor very easily without any trace.


This means that hacker just replaces the ignition control software by self-modified code, what involves the code, what would start the engine in the certain time. And after that, the car can run its motor until somebody notices that. But who would make that kind of trick? Sometimes I have thought that, if the targetted vehicle belonged to some cargo company, would the motive in this kind of action be, that the competitor would want to increase the fuel bill of that company, or maybe the competitor wants some contracts, by using unethical methods for getting those contracts. In those cases, the competitor might hire hackers to make dirty jobs for the vehicles.


And if in the cars or trucks ABS-system would be hacked, that only one wheel would be locked in the middle of the drive, would it cause slowing the services. And then clients would get new partners for logistics. But if the garage is involved in the house, where the people lives, is one risk. This is that somebody wants to kill the owners of the house by using carbon monoxide, what is created in the engine of the car. This would be the very deadly thing and the new weapon in the hands of organized crime. Computers make life easier, but they are also causing new threats, and this is the reason, why law enforcement should advantage and get new skills all the time. And criminals are clever.


They are always forward of law enforcement because the criminals must act before law enforcement can begin the operations. And the data security is the key element in the safety of modern vehicles. If some hacker takes some of the systems of the car in control,  it could make very bad things. Or what would you think the situation that somebody would lock the driver in the car and turn the thermostat in maximum level by hacking the computer of the car? Or what if somebody hacks the radio of the vehicle, and turns the stereo in full power?


Those things are the horror-scenarios in modern life. and maybe modern "voodoo men" would use those car radios for subliminal commands to give all the money to them. In this scenario in the car's stereo system would infect the program, what starts to send infra-sound messages to the driver. In some rumors, the pilots of planes what attacked to WTC-building in 2001 were targeted that kind of commands, what was given by "white noise". But those rumors are without evidence. Same way some very bad trades are sometimes believed to make under the influence of infra sound loudspeakers. And that kind of things might be used in next-generation mafia-men, who wants to make inexpensive contracts. And that kind of systems is more effective than guns. The users of those methods would not catch in the same way that the regular gangsters, what makes them more dangerous than any "Don Corleone" could ever be.

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Why are hackers so unusual criminals?

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Kimmo Huosionmaa

People always talking about hackers and the threats what those people cause for the national security. Normally the talking is turning the thing, why those people are not able to locate using the standard police methodology? The problem with the hackers is normally that those people will not hang in the shopping centers or bubs like normal criminals. Normal police methodology is meant for tracking the drug dealers, who normally operate in the streets.


The tracking the hackers is difficult because the tracker must go inside hackers residency.  Many hackers actually work from home, and that makes the tracking of them very difficult because if the hackers don't want to be tracked, and they have right financial resources, they will be very difficult to track by the net.

The problem is that those people can make series of the computers, what they can remote use, and that makes the tracking those persons very difficult. If the hacker uses series of many computers remotely before this person attacks against the target, will the tracking very difficult. But for this action, the hacker needs comrades, who will take the remotely used computers in the right places. And then the hacker can jump to those computers, and then makes the strike against the interesting target.


But this action needs resources and the problem with the other method, what is infect some computers with the virus, what opens the computer for remote use, is that the person whose computer is infected can just shut the computer because the workstation is not working correctly, and remove the virus by just re-installing the operating system. The hacker needs the trusted platform for the work. And that kind of platform, where is series of the computer located all over the world needs very much financial and social relationship for this kind of action.


In the case the hackers have got the passwords of the target system by using the sodium pentothal or stealing the password by photographing the screens, they must hide their position, even they are sitting opposite the target. The hackers can use UAV:s to surveillance the offices and those vehicles can also equip with  laser microphones to record the competitions in the office. And they might able to get the passwords in their hands.  In that case, they must route their signal around the world, because that will hide their real location.


Even if the passwords are stolen, and the target organization gets the information about it, they might use the passwords as the "honeypots", what means that every user, who uses those passwords will be tracked by IP-addresses and the "trap server" also tries to get the mac-address of the WLAN-card. Because that information might use to track the model of the device, what is used by the hackers.


If the trackers will get the mark of the WLAN-card, they might get the model of the computer, and by using the payment information, they might track those hackers. Some computers are sold very small numbers, and if the hackers are used their credit cards or fill the guarantee card, they might track by using that information.

Why computer virus is so effective weapon?

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If we really think why computerized attack is so effective in  hands of terrorists or governments, is that equipment for that kind of attack are very cheap. Even with open source solutions is possible to program effective malware, and almost every person in the world can buy computer and download necessarily software from the net. Only thing what they next need is programmer who wants to make that kind of software. Malware could be masked as antivirus software, and if somebody downloads it by mistake, the attacker can take computer in control, and he can fish many vital information from target system.


 Or he can make that system so called zombie-platform, what can use as delivering platform for other malware programs, or if attacker takes many computers under his or her personal control, this person can begin denial of service attack with multiple computers, what can send millions of  echo request asks to one target systems. Those kind of denial of service  attack can cause serious damages to some net markets business. But when somebody wants to make viruses and he have right relationships, can he mask his work as antivirus-developing.


That kind of action makes possible to get virus-code from the net and make Trojan horses what looks like antivirus software. After making suitable software must those malware makers only give offer to their target company, and if they are good enough they use some well known antivirus company email, where they offer cheap packet of their product only for longtime partners. And the message is of course marked as "confidential", and link to loading page only give wrong page, what belongs to those criminals. And after that this company will download spy program what can monitor all data traffic what can be sent to those infected computers. This kind of attack is useful for industrial spying.


When we are talking about situation where attackers have agent inside target company, they can put virus code to the system from USB-stick. The code can bypass antivirus software if it is transferred as text documents, and after that just copy pasted to some programming tool. And if those attackers are sharp, they can do virus in system, without any warning. If target is firm what makes antivirus tools attacker can replace some components of program updates with malware code, and one example of that kind of action is that infected firewall can route data what have been set from that computer to third part who is industrial spy.


Who would be that "agent". He can be some real spy, who wants to help this persons homeland. But this person might be also some guy who criminals or spy's blackmails to co-operative. That's why persons who uses narcotics are good target for criminals, because they need money for their narcotics hobby. And some "bad guys" might offer that person free drugs or they can threat this person to tell this things about him to that target person's boss or other authorities. And what would you think what will happen, if narcotic user makes code for antivirus company. They would kick this person off right away immediately when they sees marks of using of drugs. Or reason for this co-operation with criminals might be revenge. This person might got so much bad things by his working partners that he or she can sell themselves to some "bad guys".