A little over a week ago the President of the United States visited the National Security Agency in Ft. Meade, Maryland.  The visit came on the heels of allegations that domestic eavesdropping laws were broken, and that the administration had exceeded its authorized powers.  We aren't going to pick sides on that one but there was a really nice photo that showed up in the Washington Post as part of the story that we should all be proud of.  When I first saw it, I thought:


See the photo or read the article.  The image you see behind the NSA Director is the Talisker Security Wizardry Portal, which includes the DShield world map along with other security information.

By the way, that DShield image doesn't just get there by magic.  It's the result of thousands of volunteers around the globe running sensors that feed information about data flows to a central database repository.  From there, DShield can detect early indications of new threat tools, worm activity, and other malicious trends.  It's no wonder that the NSA likes showing it off to the President!  But to make it work we need more volunteers.  Even if all you have access to is a SOHO router in your house you can probably submit logs to DShield.  Instructions are online at DShield and if you have any questions please drop us a note via our contact form.

Can you tell that Sunday was a slow day?  I suppose that everybody was preparing for the Super Bowl or recovering from the five computers affected by the CME-24 virus on Friday. 

That's OK.  We needed the breather.


Marcus H. Sachs
Handler of the Day