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Russia is top threat to national security, US general says – BBC News

Seems a bit hawkish. “So if you want to talk about a nation that could pose an existential threat to the United States, I’d have to point to Russia.” via Russia is top threat to national security, US general says – BBC News.

Former Saudi foreign minister dies: Saudi sources | Top News | Reuters

Considering what else is going on in the world, this is highly relevant. Although he resigned in April, I’m sure policy underwent little change. That may no longer be the case. Former Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal died on Thursday, two Saudi sources said, two months after he was replaced following 40 years inContinue reading “Former Saudi foreign minister dies: Saudi sources | Top News | Reuters”

April Fool’s Day 2014 (not a joke): NATO Breaks Off Diplomatic Relations with Russia Over a Year Ago

Didn’t realize this, but I guess NATO dropped diplomatic ties with Russia on April 1, 2014. I don’t think that was an April Fool’s Day joke. “We have decided to suspend all practical civilian and military cooperation between NATO and Russia.” http://www.nato.int/nrc-website/en/articles/20140327-announcement/index.html

Initial Look at HackingTeam Exploits Source Code

My initial look at the HackingTeam Exploits source code found projects using a number of different programming languages: Ruby to attack OSX with a fake zip file, lots of Python run rampant (e.g. modern script kiddies), and a C++ project that looked like it was associated with Microsoft Visual C++ (maybe the zero-day kernel FlashContinue reading “Initial Look at HackingTeam Exploits Source Code”

China stocks dive in panic selling – MarketWatch

Been watching this all day. In the last 45 minutes the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP is down around ~5%. Chinese stocks plunged rapidly out of the Wednesday open, with the Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -4.66% starting down 7% and extending the loss to 8.2%, before recovering slightly to 4.8%. via China stocks dive in panic sellingContinue reading “China stocks dive in panic selling – MarketWatch”