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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
It is a great read. The funny thing is in the ever escalating techo war of today some very basic and old fashion tricks can really throw the high dollar stuff for a loop. The opposition does this by one time use of pre paid cell phones and other tricks. I know for years some people have said we have ignored the HUMINET side of things and overly relying on technology and I tend to agree. With that over reliance come the very real threat of abuse of that technology and we seem to be seeing that as well.
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Yes and for me it is a good "Whitepaper" for many key leaders, S2 key leaders and anyone in the IC should read and start thinking about. I've seen The Grugq Vids or lectures before,must never seen this interview.
Good INTEL is about a balance. U.S. Has always been a seasaw on INTEL Collection. Going all SIGINT, IMNINT, HUMINT or which peeve they like more. Mainly because Intelligence analysis (Foxes are roled into here) don't know how effectively do their jobs. So a All Source Analysis because more One Source Forcused. I can tell the Military hasn't ignored HUMINT, I say we use that more than we should.
One part I liked was this
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John Little: Hackers are going to have to evolve in the same direction though aren’t they? Technology isn’t their salvation from an OPSEC perspective, in fact it is really the weakest link in their security model, so they will have to fully embrace good old-fashioned tradecraft and deception to avoid detection. Do you see an appreciation of that in the hacking community? It seems like a lot of big name hackers are still making fairly simple OPSEC mistakes.
The Grugq: Exactly, this is really the understanding that needs to sink in: technology alone will not save you. Hacker culture, almost by definition, is technology obsessed. We fetishize technology and gadgets, and this leads us to the deep-seated belief that if we just use the right tool, our problems will be solved. This mindset is fundamentally wrong. At best, I would call it misguided, but really I believe that most of the time it is actually counter productive.
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I like the point of Technology isn’t our salvation from an OPSEC perspective is really good. With these contractor, civilians and military posting things on the internet and SM.
I like some of The Grugq YouTube Vids, but it all matters who he is with.