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According to a new report by Der Spiegel, the British signals intelligence spy agency has again employed a quantum insert
technique as a way to target employees (Google Translate) of two companies that are GRX (Global Roaming Exchange) providers.
The lead author of the story in the German magazine is Laura Poitras, one of the journalists known to have access to the entire trove of documents leaked by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden.
GRX is roughly analogous to an IX (Internet Exchange), and it acts as a major exchange for mobile Internet traffic while users roam around the globe. There are only around two dozen such GRX providers globally. This new attack specifically targeted administrators and engineers of Comfone and Mach (which was acquired over the summer by Syniverse), two GRX providers.
Der Spiegel suggests that the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the British sister agency to the NSA, used spoofed versions of LinkedIn and Slashdot pages to serve malware to targets. This type of attack was also used to target nine salaried employees
of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the global oil cartel.
This new revelation may be related to an attack earlier this year against Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS), a subsidiary of the Belgian telecom giant Belgacom. BICS is another one of the few GRX providers worldwide — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of a Bomber Command veteran they had never met, following a newspaper and internet appeal to honour him.
Harold Jellicoe Percival died aged 99 at a nursing home on the Lancashire coast with few friends and little family
, and staff feared no-one would be there to pay their respects.
He was part of the ground team which supported the legendary Dambusters squadron, whose daring raids in May 1943 smashed three dams serving the industrial heartland of the Ruhr valley.
But after a public appeal for the Second World War veteran, an estimated 300 people attended the service at Lytham St Annes, with traffic blocking roads in the area and space running out in the crematorium. He was laid to rest yesterday at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An octopus — via deviantART
A local council in the central west of New South Wales has been invited to take the next step in establishing a Dull and Boring tourism partnership.
Bland Shire, based in West Wyalong, started exploring potential sister-city relationships with Boring in the United States and Dull in Scotland six months ago.
It has now been invited to join an international league of extraordinary communities with other cities with dreary names.
The towns of Boring and Dull already have a pairing relationship that has led to residents linking up via social media.
Steve Bates of the Boring Community Planning Organisation (BCPO) says after a formal request was received, the idea was put to Dull’s community council.
The BCPO officially formed the league on 5 November and has now extended an invitation to Bland Shire — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two Fennec Fox sisters were born at Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee! They have just been named Zahari, meaning blue in Arabic, and Zeiti, meaning green in Arabic. (To tell the sisters apart, they were each given a small spot of food coloring either blue or green on their backs.) They were born on 11 September 2013 to first-time parents, mother Karoo and father Kalahari — via ZooBorns
Just like the smooth sitting kit but with engraved fur to match the furred fox ring. sterling silver comes with 20” sterling rolo chain — via Etsy
If you need to encrypt traffic from your computer or mobile device, you have many options. You could buy a commercial VPN solution, or you could sign up for a VPN service and pay a monthly fee. Or for less money, you could create your own VPN and gain the use of a Linux VPS (Virtual Private Server) anywhere in the world. This roll-your-own option is made possible through the use of the open source OpenVPN project, Linux, and a few open source client-side applications. The VPS-based setup described here is designed to encrypt all the traffic from your laptop, desktop, or mobile phone to your VPN server, which then unencrypts that traffic and passes it on to its destination. This can be very useful if you’re using the Internet from a coffee shop, a hotel, or a conference and you do not trust the network — via ITworld
This elegant home is the last word in one of a kind luxury! The uniqueness and detail shine throughout and there is plenty of space to roam
— appears to be real estate agent code for batshit insane Bond villain lair, BYO white Persian cat — via Zillow
Australia Post franchisees say their businesses are under pressure to survive because of the small sum they are paid to sort and deliver parcels.
The Licensed Post Office Group (LPOs) said there had not been an increase in the sorting rate since 1993.
The franchisees get just 29 cents per parcel.
Group member Angela Cramp said a fall in the number of letters for delivery has been replaced by a big rise in parcel business, because of the popularity on online shopping.
She said the rate of payment was not enough to cover operating expenses.
We are 75 per cent of the Australia Post footprint. We are the best asset that Australia Post has and we are the most undervalued part of their network,
she said.
They cannot hope to service Australia-wide without the LPOs
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
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Add a splash of daring excitement to your simple, black coffee with the help of this octopus mug by One Hundred 80 Degrees. Scalloped, intricately sculpted tentacles serve as the handle on this hot pink mug, making your morning energy boost a fabulously quirky sight to sea
. With this ceramic ocean creature as your morning companion, you’ll be boldly prepared for any adventure the day may bring — via ModCloth
Woodworking For Mere Mortals. Easy woodworking projects every Friday. About this video: I used pine wood and boiled it in water for about ten minutes each time — via Youtube
Zoo keepers have stepped in to raise the Maryland Zoo’s first-ever Lion cubs after their mother died a few days after their birth. The cubs, born on 3 October, appear healthy and are receiving around-the-clock care in an off-exhibit area — via ZooBorns
1.5” square metal glow-in-the-dark pin Black and White Cuddle-fish Design — via Etsy
A story centred on two vampires who have been in love for centuries — via Youtube
Be reminded of warm tropical seas with these translucent pale blue-green tentacle earrings. A great gift for the cephalopod obsessed, science fans, and sea lovers — via Etsy
A man wakes up in a pit of dead bodies with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Fleeing the scene, he breaks into a nearby house and is met at gunpoint by a group of terrified strangers, all suffering from memory loss. Suspicion gives way to violence as the group starts to piece together clues about their identities, but when they uncover a threat that’s more vicious — and hungry — than each other, they are forced to figure out what brought them all together — before it’s too late — via Youtube
The service is less design your own and more have a cushion made up in an existing pattern, but the range of designs available still makes this an attractive option. There are 31 different London Transport moquettes to pick from, including Enid Marx’s 1938 Chevron design and the leopard print pattern used by Midland Red buses in late 1950s. Each cushion is covered in the particular wool and polyester blend used to create this hard-wearing material. A cushion will set you back £45 — via Retro To Go
11 month old orphaned female polar bear cub arrived at the International Polar Bear Conservation Centre at the Assiniboine Park Zoo. It didn’t take long for her to make herself comfortable in her new home — via Youtube
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