Landmine - Advanced Clandestine Defensive System

Been on our website for sometime, but we wanted to release some additional information to the public about Landmine, our sophisticated custom defensive sensor that detects advanced targeted intrusions with ease.

Check it out! - http://www.digitaloperatives.com/work/landmine_marketing.pdf

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VitaminsBaby.com- Blankie Buddy Review/Giveaway

Vitaminsbaby is an awesome company. Fast communication, fast shipping and great items. Vitaminsbaby has so much stuff on their website to buy. They have clothes for infants and toddlers, shoes, accessories, and books. Some of the outfits come with an adorable Blankie Buddy. The Blankie Buddies are also sold by themselves.  I was sent the Blankie Buddy Bear to review. 

This "Buddy" is absolutely adorable and is great for babies of all ages to snuggle with. My nephew, who is 1 1/2, and my great nephew, who is 1, loved it instantly. Its very soft and not at all cumbersome like other blanket stuffed animals. Another huge plus, its completely machine washable. There are many different Blankie Buddies to choose from, bear, bunny, giraffe, lion, monkey, puppy, dragon, elephant, and an owl. You get a 2-pack for only $16. You can find them  HERE. I was also sent a Blankie Buddy Superplush Bear to giveaway, which is a great value at $16. You can find them HERE. This is made of super soft material, 100% Polyester and also machine washable. Enter below to win this snuggly little "buddy".

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Disclaimer: I was sent these products for free from VitaminsBaby to review for my honest opinion. I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. Your opinions may vary from my opinions.

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Hackers that solve problems...

The nation and the world at large are struggling to come to grips with the fact that we are now more than ever vulnerable in our daily lives to adversarial actions in cyberspace.   Digital Operatives has been working in computer/network/cyber security focused engagements since 2005.  Those engagements have included penetration testing, source code auditing, cyber technology development, advanced technology research and development, and just good old fashioned technology hacking.  It's rather hard to believe it has been so long, but as a company, we've learned so many things along the way.  Specifically in this upcoming series of posts, I hope to share some insights with the community into what we've learned as a team, and how the worldwide community in general may better respond to these structural and fundamental vulnerabilities in the current and future digital age.

Having a more effective strategy:

In many client engagements we are asked for advice on best practice security measures that can help counter adversarial threats.  As hackers, we tend to chuckle a little inside, because the best practice security measures simply don't work.  Best practices may offer solace to CIO's and CSO's that need to feel like they are doing something, but strategically speaking, best practice makes you an easy to defeat target of opportunity.

This is why it is so important to think like hackers during these engagements and help the customer understand that strategic and asymmetric thinking are key aspects of successfully defending a computer system and network.   We currently are developing and selling technologies specifically cultured around this asymmetric and strategic thought process.

Take PAINT (Process Attribution In Network Traffic) as an example.  The idea for PAINT came to me one evening in November 2011.  I had recently been analyzing malware communications protocols and infrastructure and had thought to myself that it seemed ridiculous that none of the current network packet analyzers that I knew about or had worked with were able to discern the source or destination of a packet on a system.  At first, it seemed obvious to me that people were already doing this analysis manually.  I, in fact, have many times run the "netstat -ano" command since the release of Windows XP to see which process was handling packets on which ports.  We decided to submit the idea to DARPA's Cyber Fast Track on the basis that it would require research into what was actually possible (beyond the notion of correlating netstat output to Wireshark).

Believe it or not,  the idea seemed so obvious, that the initial response was rather muted.  Once we started to get the prototype working, the government, as our primary customer for PAINT, started to realize how cool the capability actually was.  We believe this is largely due to the fact that, for a rather small investment, a radically more effective and efficient way to conduct malware analysis and network attribution was born.

This is one part of what we do at Digital Operatives.  We develop low-cost, high-payoff technologies that help to radically change the game.  We like using creativity and innovation when advising clients, because at the end of the day, thinking strategically in this age is the only way to be successful.

Trust me your adversaries are thinking that way.

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Scentsy Wickless Candles Review/Giveaway

  Candles are great right, everybody loves them. But they have their faults. There's the fire (which is dangerous) the smoke (which can't be healthy) and there's always unused wax on the bottom and sides of the jars. You always have to be careful when children and pets are around. That's where Scentsy comes in. Scensy is a great alternative to candles. You get the smell of a candle without all the draw backs. Scentsy uses a light bulb as the heat source instead of a flame. This is great cause this means the burners don't get to hot. You can touch the burner without burning yourself, you can even touch the wax itself. This is why its safe around your children and pets. And because its non-toxic.

  Within 15 minutes the wax will be melted, then the smell will feel the room. Scentsy has many different warmers to choose from. Plug-ins, small warmers, large warmer, sprays and even a Scentsy Buddy for kids. They have over 80 scents to choose from, and they even have some scents for men. All you have to do is get a warmer and then choose a scent. Each Scentsy Bar comes with eight wickless candle squares for only $5. The squares will last for over two weeks, depending on how long you keep it heated. After it on for about a hour you can turn it off and the smell will last all day. In my opinion they are a wonderful alternative to normal candles. And they make great gifts.
  If you want to win 2 free Scentsy Scent Bars, enter below.

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How to compile libogg for Android

To compile libogg for Android, you just need to create an appropriate jni/Android.mk makefile with the minimum set of files and options needed to compile libogg for Android.

1. Download ogg from http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/ (for example I downloaded libogg-1.1.4.tar.gz)
2. untar the file in your local directory:
   
   $ tar zxf libogg-1.1.4.tar.gz
   
3. create a jni directory and put the following text into a file named jni/Android.mk:
   
   LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)
   
   include $(CLEAR_VARS)
   LOCAL_MODULE    := ogg
   LOCAL_CFLAGS    := \
       -DFIXED_POINT -DUSE_KISS_FFT -DEXPORT="" -UHAVE_CONFIG_H \
       -D_ANDROID
   LOCAL_C_INCLUDES := \
       ../libogg-1.1.4/include
   LOCAL_SRC_FILES := \
       ../libogg-1.1.4/src/bitwise.c \
       ../libogg-1.1.4/src/framing.c
   include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
   
4.  Now your directory should look like the following:
   
   $ ls
   jni/  libogg-1.1.4/  libogg-1.1.4.tar.gz
   
5. change directory to jni and run ndk-build:
   
   $ cd jni; ndk-build V=1

That should do it.

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Surface Pro Giveaway

Welcome to the Surface Pro Giveaway

Organized by: Iowa Mom and Mom to Bed by 8

Co-Hosted by: Bay Area Mommy, Libby's Library, My Vegan Gluten-Free Life, Ottawa Mommy Club and Ultimate Coupon Club.

Powered by an Intel Core i5 processor, Surface Windows 8 Pro provides the power and performance of a laptop in a tablet package. Perfect as your one device — at home, in the office, or on the road — it can run Windows 8 applications, as well as current Windows 7 desktop applications. Starting at an estimated retail price of US$899, Surface Windows 8 Pro will be available in 64GB and 128GB models.

Complete with a Surface pen with Palm Block technology, designed specifically to work with Surface to let customers edit, collaborate and get things done, is included with Surface Windows 8 Pro. This is an awesome prize, I'm gonna try to win.

One lucky winner will receive a 64 GB Surface Pro!

Giveaway ends May 31st at 11:59pm, open to US and Canada residents, ages 18+. To enter please use the Rafflecopter form below.

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Disclosure: I received no compensation for this publication. My opinions are my own and may differ from those of your own. Blogging With The Tate's is not responsible for sponsor prize shipment. Please contact teri@mompoweredmedia.com with questions or to see your business or blog featured on the next big event!

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