Wednesday, August 28, 2019

PSYOPS -

 

Persuasive Communications. 
All communications systematically conveyinformation and impressions directly to allinvolved. Personal conclusions that result willinteract with individual perceptions to changeor reinforce attitudes and behaviors.

Command Disruption.  
directly interferes with thecapabilities of an opponent to succeed incombat but also can have serious impactupon the opponent’s morale, cohesion,discipline, and public support essential toefficient operations.

Information Denial.
Competing partiescan systematically deny opponentsinformation they require to formulatedecisions. The Information SecurityProgram establishes procedures to protectclassified information and the OPSECprogram establishes measures to denyunclassified but sensitive indicators offriendly activities

Intelligence Shaping.
possible tosystematically convey and deny data toopposing intelligence systems with theobjective of causing opposing analysts toderive selected judgments. 
judgmentsinteract with the perceptions of opposingplanners and decision makers to influenceestimates upon which capabilities, intentions,and actions are based
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Dissemination Plan.
 The dissemination plan must take into account the type of PSYOP product
A joint communications plan should be prepared to ensure thatcommunications systems are compatibleand adequate
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Means.  
The most numerous andgenerally useful means to conduct PSYOP areopen sources of information.  
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Personnel.
Dedicated personnel withadequate language and area expertise andresources are needed during MOOTW andwar to conduct theater, operational, andtactical PSYOP. 
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Inter-Service, Interagency. 
The formation of an Office of the Secretary of Defense level inter-Service and, in some cases,interagency level committee may be necessaryto facilitate coordination  
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planning PSYOP for joint operations and planning for overt peacetime PSYOPprograms. Peacetime programs are planned inconsonance with the respective USAmbassador’s country plan and support nationalobjectives and policy. Plans for MOOTW andwar also support national objectives and policy,but generally have a different focus for PSYOPthan peacetime programs 
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MOOTW Involving the Use or Threatof Force. MOOTW involving the useor threat of force require the applicationof the diplomatic, military, economic,and informational instruments ofnational power. 
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Objectives. 
 PSYOP are directedtoward selected target audiences insupport of MOOTW to achieve the objectives
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psychological media/ moyens psychologiquesThe media, technical or non-technical, which establish any kind of communication with a target audience.
  psychological operation/ opération psychologiquePsyOpPlanned activities using methods of communication and other means directed at approved audiences in order to influence perceptions, 
 attitudes and behaviour, affecting the achievement of political and military objectives.


psychological operations approach/ forme d'opérations psychologiquesThe technique adopted to induce a desired reaction on the part of the target audience

 psychological situation/ situation psychologiqueThe current emotional state, mental disposition or other behavioral motivation of a target audience, basically founded on its national political, social, economic, and psychological peculiarities but also subject to the influence of circumstances and events

psychological theme/ thème psychologiqueAn idea or topic on whicha psychological operation is based

rotective security/ sûreté1The organized system of defensive measures instituted and maintained at all levels of command with the aim of achieving and maintaining security

patrol/ patrouilleA detachment of ground, sea, or air forces sent out for the purpose of gathering information or carrying out a destructive, harassing, mopping up, or security mission.

open-source intelligence/ renseignement de sources ouvertesOSINTIntelligence derived from publicly available information, as well as other unclassified information that has limited public distribution or access

Approaches to verbal judo:
Avoidance - Recognizing a conflict early and heading it off before it becomes one. 
Withdrawing - Retreating on a position temporarily until a more advantageoustime.
Deflecting - Changing the topic or focus of a conflict. 
Compromise - Making a deal that's advantageous to both parties 

 

PSYOPS - Psychological Warfare

MOTTO

  • DA MIHI LIBERTATEM AUT MORTEM
  • GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH
  • DEJTE MI SVOBODU NEBO SMRT

Úkoly PSYOPS jsou:

  • oslabit odhodlání cílových skupin protivníka, či potenciálního protivníka klást odpor nebo vést aktivní bojovou činnost
  • přispět k celkovému hodnocení situace v prostoru operace z pohledu psychologického dopadu našich vojenských činností na příslušníky druhé strany
  • posílit podporu spojenců pro vytyčené politické a vojenské cíle
  • Získat podporu a spolupráci nezúčastněných a nerozhodnutých cílových skupin

Základní definice PSYOPS zní:

Plánované a cílevědomé psychologické působení na cílové skupiny, prováděné v době míru, za stavu vnějšího ohrožení státu a v době války, zaměřené na cílové skupiny k ovlivnění jejich postojů a chování, pro dosažení politických a vojenských cílů stanovených představiteli státu a Armády České Republiky.

Cílem :

je změnít přístup a chování cílových skupin tak, aby se shodovaly s vlastními operacemi

 

Monday, August 26, 2019

CISCO Configuration register stuck at 0x3922 - bug CSCvh27335

- bug associated :  CSCvh27335
- multiple platforms affected
- incl. C800 series, C180x series 
- same issue also with Cisco ISR 2811
- changing confreg values doesn't work via ROMMON nor via config
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SOLUTION:

Change the console baud-rate to a default which is 9600.
After the reload a correct 0x2102 value would show up properly.

conf t
  line con 0
    speed 9600
do wr
do sh ver | s register

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MagLab-phys-R01(config-line)#do sh ver 
Cisco IOS Software, C180X Software (C180X-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M), Version 15.1(4)M12a, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YH13, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

R01 uptime is 3 hours, 25 minutes
System image file is "flash:c180x.bin"
Last reload type: Normal Reload


Cisco 1802 (MPC8500) processor (revision 0x200) with 589824K/65536K bytes of memory.

9 FastEthernet interfaces
1 ISDN Basic Rate interface
1 ATM interface
1 Virtual Private Network (VPN) Module
250880K bytes of ATA CompactFlash (Read/Write)
Configuration register is 0x3922  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<




 

MagLab-phys-R01#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
MagLab-phys-R01(config)#config-r
MagLab-phys-R01(config)#config-register 0x2102
MagLab-phys-R01(config)# do sh ver | s register
      
Configuration register is 0x3922

MagLab-phys-R01(config)#line con 0
MagLab-phys-R01(config-line)#speed 9600
MagLab-phys-R01(config-line)#do sh ver | s register
         
Configuration register is 0x3922 (will be 0x2102 at next reload)

MagLab-phys-R01(config-line)#
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Sunday, August 25, 2019

Stealthy Torii - a level above Mirai

A large range of internet of things (IoT) devices being attacked by malware with advanced capabilities and the researchers said "its sophistication is a level above anything we have seen before".

2018 has been a year where the Mirai and QBot variants just keep coming. Any script kiddie now can use the Mirai source code, make a few changes, give it a new Japanese-sounding name, and then release it as a new botnet.

As per Avast:
 the Torii tries to be more stealthy and persistent once the device is compromised, and it does not (yet) do the usual stuff a botnet does

Instead, it comes with a quite rich set of features for exfiltration of (sensitive) information, modular architecture capable of fetching and executing other commands and executables and all of it via multiple layers of encrypted communication.

Torii can infect a wide range of devices and it provides support for a wide range of target architectures, including MIPS, ARM, x86, x64, PowerPC, SuperH, and others.

Telnet attacks have been coming to his honeypot from Tor exit nodes, so Avast decided to name this botnet strain “Torii”.