Joshua? Are you out there?

Ok, safety is something really subjective. I already backbite about the new Windows Mobile Operating System and the iPhone as well. Both are very restrictive. So you may think your little cute mobile computer is safe. That's just not true. Since they are little communication wonders. They are communicating with anyone and anything. So the U.S. Government did this great and wonderful show last week called: cyber.shockwave

Oh my good, i need a TrendMicro Firewall on my Cellphone, now! It was a great event dealing with good old cold war fears. Does this people really think the next generation war which they mentioned is cyber-war is coming from the well known enemies. I have the hunch that this is just not true. Since they are already part of the system. Any country, and i really mean any, can force a crash down of the systems with a few people. All you need are a handful very good people knowing what they are doing. Guess what, i don’t think a Antivirus or Firewall for your Smartphone can stop this. Firewalls and Antivirus can just stop script kiddies, Spyware and Hoax. Real Hackers are still the genius guys doing social engineering, rootkits and so on. The real thing about this story is: “We are just not prepared.” I have the subjective feeling that if a cyber.shockwave hits us by tomorrow, we are in serious trouble. Problem is to identify the bad guys. Which leads me to another point. Did you know that there are maps about almost any country with any possible WLAN. And did you know that it just takes 7 sec. with Backtrack on a floppy, USB Stick or CD-ROM to get a WEP WLAN-Key. And guess what this maps have a detailed GPS coordinate and the WLAN keys. Because guys drive with there car through the streets an checking for active WLANs and hacking them while they are passing by. So where is Joshua? War Games – is telling us that story since the mid 80’s. The only difference is, that the enemy is the computer itself. Other countries are more prepared for a cyber.shokwave to hit the ground. China and Taiwan are battling against each other for a few years now. In a total cyber war. Our countries are telling us to take control over our personal information to protect us. And to stop terrorism. What? The more information they have, the easier it is for a potential aggressors to get the things they need to start the wave. I’m seeing a bright feature.

Can you imagine a cell of 24 hackers having enough time to do that. I can imagine many scenarios.