Countermeasures are defensive technologies or modules that are used to detect, deter, or deny attacks. Necessary countermeasures in an application should be identified using threat analysis to ensure that the application is protected against common types of attacks based on the threats it faces. A weakness or design flaw of a countermeasure, or the lack of a necessary countermeasure results in a vulnerability that can make the application susceptible to attacks.

"...spatially ubiquitous, and locally intelligent geotextiles that could monitor, from below, in real-time, and with remarkable accuracy, everything that passes through the landscapes above them."

You don't pay extra for the capability to take yourself into a situation where you will get killed. You pay extra for the capability to get out of that situation if you ever find yourself so unfortunate to be in it.

Thinking like yours, "To spend the money on one, then not use the capabilities you paid for, makes little sense" is the exact reason why private pilots die quite often. We have multiple missile countermeasure systems, yet I do not deliberately fly into weapon standoff ranges. Too often, inexperienced pilots push the limits of their aircraft and their capabilities and then blame it on god when tragedy strikes.

'This program is a proof of concept that SOPA will not help prevent piracy. The program, implemented as a Firefox extension, simply contacts offshore domain name resolution services to obtain the IP address for any desired website, and accesses those websites directly via IP. Similar offshore resolution services will eventually maintain their own cache of websites, without blacklisting, in order to meet the demand created by SOPA.' -- A challenger appears.

'A threatening attorney must be made to realize that his life is much better returned to intimidating average people. He should want nothing to do with you. You are the pig who enjoys getting dirty. When your name is mentioned to him, it should trigger a recurring nightmare and sudden stomach pain. Remember, attorneys do not want legal problems resolved. Resolution of conflicts dries up his billable hours. He wants as much chaos and destruction as possible. That way he becomes more important. However, it’s amazing how despite a tolerance for causing pain for others he will usually have a very low tolerance for pain himself. Most attorneys have no balls. I make sure I don’t seem like I’m crazy and emotional, I seem crazy and deliberate. No one wants to get into a legal fight with someone who’s crazy and deliberate.' -- I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request. Do you have any evidence to suggest this matter hasn't already been settled in the private?

It’s been a while since we’ve mentioned Agnitio, it was earlier this year in March: Agnitio v1.2 – Manual Security Code Review Tool. The author notified me of a new version that was recently released with quite a few additions. For those not familiar with it, Agnitio is a tool to help developers and security [...]

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"CV Dazzle is camouflage from face detection. It is a response to the growing prowess of computer vision technology and the resulting phenomenon of shrinking privacy."

Introduction iViZ is the industry’s first company to position themselves as an on-demand penetration testing service for web applications. This is very different from the normal low cost vulnerability assessment services like Qualys, Hackersafe, Hackerguardian etc.  Unlike conventional solutions, iViZ delivers consultant-grade quality with...

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Routines for hunting down kernel symbols from from kallsyms, System.map, vmlinux, vmlinuz, and remote symbol servers. Examples: $ ./ksymhunter prepare_kernel_cred [+] trying to resolve prepare_kernel_cred... [+] resolved prepare_kernel_cred using /boot/System.map-2.6.38-gentoo [+] resolved prepare_kernel_cred to 0xffffffff81061060 And.. $...

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'#Ostracism of Persons: 55. Social boycott; 56. Selective social boycott [Positive social preferencing of voluntaryists]; 57. Lysistratic nonaction [The withholding of sexual relations]; 58. Excommunication [Negative social preferencing of statists/government workers]; 59. Interdict #Withdrawal from the Social System: 65. Stay-at-home; 66. Total personal noncooperation; 67. "Flight" of workers; 68. Sanctuary; 69. Collective disappearance; 70. Protest emigration #Action by Holders of Financial Resources: 86. Withdrawal of bank deposits; 87. Refusal to pay fees, dues, and assessments; 88. Refusal to pay debts or interest; 89. Severance of funds and credit; 90. Revenue refusal; 91. Refusal of a government's money #Political Intervention: 193. Overloading of administrative systems; 194. Disclosing identities of secret agents; 195. Seeking imprisonment; 196. Civil disobedience of "neutral" laws; 197. Work-on without collaboration; 198. Dual sovereignty and parallel government'

'The full face mask Pixelhead acts as media camouflage, completely shielding the head to ensure that your face is not recognizable on photographs taken in public places without securing permission. A simple piece of fabric creates a little piece of anonymity for the Internet age.'

"The Jolly Roger it is." -- Starve the beast, me hearties!

'The idea is to write a how-to on building mesh networks. The n00bs must understand it. Mesh networks are usefull, as they cannot be censored nor shut down. Later on that How-to can become part of Anonymous' uber-secret handbook regarding safety.' -- 'The first section of this article will focus on personal safety. Personal safety can be spoken of in two different spheres: Physical Safety and Internet Safety. It is important to remember that these two spheres overlap: a lapse of internet safety could lead to physical identification. However, by keeping in mind a few important rules you can drastically reduce the chance of being singled out and identified. The second section of this article will go into specifics regarding technology that can be used to communicate anonymously, maintain secrecy, and protest effectively.' -- http://goo.gl/SuY0f

'Mikalah uses Facebook but when she goes to log out, she deactivates her Facebook account. ...when she’s not logged in, no one can post messages on her wall or send her messages privately or browse her content. But when she’s logged in, they can do all of that. And she can delete anything that she doesn’t like. ...she wants to be a part of Facebook when it makes sense and not risk the possibility that people will be snooping when she’s not around. ...you’re not searchable when you’re not around. You really are invisible except when you’re there. And when you’re there, your friends know it, which is great. What Mikalah does gives her the ability to let Facebook be useful to her when she’s present but not live on when she’s not. -- Shamika doesn’t deactivate her Facebook profile but she does delete every wall message, status update, and Like shortly after it’s posted. When she’s done reading a friend’s comment on her page, she’ll delete it. ...“too much drama.”' -- Ghosts in the shell

'Here's a cool little phone app called Sukey to help people navigate during a protest/riot. Very useful in avoiding kettling (a slang term for police crowd containment). NOTE: A slight variant of this could be used to direct open source protests by select routes and targets/takedowns (using a reddit style upvote process for each)'

'Egyptians with dial-up modems get no Internet connection when they call into their local ISP, but calling an international number to reach a modem in another country gives them a connection to the outside world. We Rebuild is looking to expand those dial-up options. It has set up a dial-up phone number in Sweden and is compiling a list of other numbers Egyptians can call. It is also distributing information about its activities on a Wiki page. [We Rebuild] has set up an IRC for people who can help with ham radio transmissions from Egypt. They are trying to spread the word about the radio band they are monitoring so that people in Egypt know where to transmit. Some ham enthusiasts are setting up an FTP site where people can record what they hear and post the recordings. So far, they say they've picked up Morse code messages...' -- Internet doesn't afraid of anything!

'Introduction: The Internet remains one of the most powerful means ever created to give voice to repressed people around the world. Unfortunately, new technologies have also given authoritarian regimes new means to identify and retaliate against those who speak out despite censorship and surveillance. Below are six basic ideas for those attempting to speak without falling victim to authoritarian surveillance and censorship, and four ideas for the rest of us who want to help support them.'

'Herdict Web is the first collaborative, real-time map of Internet accessibility. Herdict Web seeks to present a real-time picture of Web site accessibility and inaccessibility. By crowdsourcing data from individuals around the world, Herdict Web allows you to see what is inaccessible, where it's inaccessible, and for how long. You can see which countries have the most reports, and which Web sites are most often reported. You can track inaccessibility by country, by keyword, across regions, and over time. Your contributions are what drive the herd.'