Threat Journal from October 17, 2015

Click here to view this issue in your browser Oct 17, 2015 Threat Journal is a weekly supplement to the AlertsUSA National Threat and Incident Notification Service for Mobile Devices WEEKLY THREAT ROUNDUP Now Published Each Saturday Afternoon Showdown in the S. China Sea Oct 17, 2015 On October 15, AlertsUSA issued the following related Flash message to subscriber mobile devices: 10/15 (Thurs) – China accuses US of “ceaseless provocations” in S. China Sea, threatens use of force to stop Navy ships from breaching 12mi exclusion zone of disputed islands. What You Need To Know On Wednesday of this week AlertsUSA subscribers were notified via SMS messages to their mobile devices regarding new warnings from China over aplanned U.S. “freedom of navigation ” mission to skirt artificial islands Beijing has constructed in the South China Sea. Writing in the Global Times, a publication that is effective run by the Chinese communist party, Rear Admiral Yang Yi of the People’s Liberation Army Navy stated that China would deliver a “head-on blow” to any foreign forces “violating” China’s sovereignty and “Safeguarding maritime rights calls for force and power.” According to Chief of Naval Operation Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, “It should not be a surprise to anybody that we would exercise freedom of navigation through wherever international law will allow.” Last week, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying also warned against any such patrols, saying, “We will never allow any country to violate China’s territorial waters and airspace in the Spratly Islands, in the name of protecting freedom of navigation and over flight.” Readers are reminded that in Summer of 2012 China claimed roughly 75% of the entire S. China Sea as their territorial waters, cutting into historical claims by Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Since that time, they have been employing a tactic of slow, but ongoing development, including dredging and reclamation efforts on several islands, the building of military facilities, the drilling of exploratory oil and gas wells within the territorial waters of several countries, and more. Readers may also recall that in November 2013, China declared an air defense identification zone over most of the disputed East China Sea, enraging Japan. Chinese authorities began enforcing ADIZ using military aircraft, requiring all aircraft flying through the area identify themselves. While commercial airlines have complied, U.S. and Japanese military aircraft have not. This past March, China publicly stated they may take a similar step in the S. China sea if they perceived a great enough threat. As previously reported by AlertsUSA Threat journal on multiple occasions over the past several years, China’s efforts at seizing control of the waters and airspace of a large chunk of the China Sea region is not only due to the rich fishing grounds and sizeable untapped reserves of oil and natural gas in the area, but also because the country is now deploying nuclear armed ballistic missile submarines and aircraft carriers from bases on Hainan Island as well as the mainland coast. As such, operational buffer space is needed. AlertsUSA continues to monitor ongoing developments in this region and will immediately notify service subscribers of changes in the overall threat picture as events warrant. AlertsUSA.com OTHER ALERTS ISSUED THIS WEEK BUT NOT DETAILED IN THIS NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10/13 – US Embassy Israel warning Americans of need for incr security awareness due to rising political violence / unrest. Potential for add’l violence remains high. 10/12 – Tensions incr between Turkey and Russia flwg multiple airspace violations. NATO issues veiled threat promising to back Turkey in the event of armed conflict. * Homeland Security Threat Info Direct to Your Mobile Device * Get Away Early, Give Your Family Extra Safety. * In Wide Use By Gov, 1st Responders, Travelers. * 24/7/365 Monitoring. No Hype. Just the Bad Stuff. * Issued Hours and Days before the MSM. * On your Cell Phone, Tablet or Email. * We Give The Clear Truth, Unlike the MSM. * Over a Decade in Operation! We are NOT part of the government. In fact, they are our customers! “I work for the government, travel often and have children away in college. Your service is invaluable in helping me protect my clan. It also has the effect of bringing us closer as the kids frequently call after receiving your alerts.” Harry S. Arlington, VA. Islamic State Spokesman Calls for New Holy War Oct 17, 2015 On October 13, AlertsUSA issued the following related Flash message to subscriber mobile devices: 10/13 (Tues) – ISIS spokesman al-Adnani releases new threatening audio msg targeting the US. Prev msgs of this kind have been followed by actual attacks. AlertsUSA monitoring. What You Need To Know On Tuesday, subscribers were notified of a new audio message from ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani within which he calls on Muslim youth world-wide to launch a “Holy War” against US and Russia in retaliation for their “crusader’s war” on Muslims in Syria. Quoting Adnani, “Islamic youth everywhere, ignite jihad against the Russians and the Americans in their crusaders’ war against Muslims.” AlertsUSA again cautions readers that in the days and weeks following previous Islamic State messages calling for faithful Muslims in the West to carry out attacks, such attacks have in fact taken place. The first such call was in Sept of 2014 when ISIS released a video within which Adnani, called for attacks on both soldiers and civilians in Australia, France, Canada and the US. Since that and subsequent videos, the world has in fact seen attacks on soldiers, civilians and government buildings in Canada (see this and this ), a hostage siege in a coffee shop in Australia, multiple attacks by Muslims on police here in the U.S. (see this and this ) and multiple attacks in and around Paris, France (see this, this and this). AlertsUSA continues to monitor the overall domestic and international threat environment and will immediately notify service subscribers via SMS messages of new alerts, warnings and advisories or any developments which signal a change the overall threat picture for American citizens as events warrant. World News Roundup Oct 17, 2015 Other Developments We Are Following AMERICAS Putin Calls U.S. `Weak’ on Syria as Russia Talks Are Shunned A Second Snowden Has Leaked a Mother Lode of Drone Docs Obama U-turn on troops withdrawal makes Afghanistan an election issue Narco planes, millions in payloads, fly past Peru military Cyber threat prompts the Navy to reinstate celestial navigation lessons Pentagon Could Be ‘Shredding’ Docs About Female Rangers EUROPE Jihadis declare Sweden first European ‘caliphate’ US to place army equipment in Poland before July Navy to participate in missile defense test in Europe Merkel faces domestic revolt over refugee welcome Hungary says fence finished on Croatian border Swiss anti-immigration party set for win in national elections MIDDLE EAST Iran ‘deploys troops’ to help Syrian army offensive Russian Military Uses Syria as Proving Ground, and West Takes Notice Iran airs unseen footage of secret underground missile base U.S. military might already have the data to identify Islamic State leaders Turkey begins to build a wall along its border with Syria Turkey warns U.S., Russia against backing Kurdish militia in Syria Afghanistan decision seals Obama’s legacy as the ‘twilight war’ president Isis Inc: how oil fuels the jihadi terrorists ASIA Chinese admiral visits Iran, wants closer defense cooperation China’s Air Force Can Now Launch Long-Range, Precision Strikes How to Challenge China’s New Islands? Carefully Which South China Sea Island Holds the Greatest Military Significance? Japan restarts second nuclear reactor despite public opposition ARM YOURSELF WITH KNOWLEDGE USING THESE FREE REFERENCES In order to help ground readers in the truth on Islam and enable you to crush liberal “Religion of Peace” arguments, AlertsUSA has compiled two free reports filled with passages from Islamic holy books covering some of the most controversial (and often denied) aspects of Islamic teachings, traditions and dogma. Now you can see them for yourself ! DEADLY VERSES 164 Passages about Jihad from the Koran SEX, WOMEN AND ISLAM 80 Passages on Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Female Inferiority, Wife Beating and Related Doctrines from Islamic Holy Texts Travel Security Update The U.S. Dept. of State is the authoritative federal source for information on the security situation at travel destinations worldwide. 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Click here to view this issue in your browser Dec 27, 2014 Threat Journal is a weekly supplement to the AlertsUSA National Threat and Incident Notification Service for Mobile Devices WEEKLY THREAT ROUNDUP Now Published Each Saturday Afternoon New Russian Military Doctrine Names the U.S. and NATO as Main Foreign Threats Dec 27, 2014 Tweet On Dec 26, 2014, AlertsUSA issued the following related Flash message to subscriber mobile devices: 12/26 – Vladimir Putin signs new mil doctrine naming NATO, US as main foreign threats, retains strategy to use nukes if country or allies are under conventional attack. What You Need To Know Readers will recall that last week, AlertsUSA and Threat Journal reported on the announcement made by the White House that President Obama would be signing a bill from Congress which adds new sanctions on Russia and would codify into law the provision of lethal military aid to the Ukrainian government. (If you have not had a chance to read the piece, it is well worth taking a few min to review). This week Russia responded and they are clearly not backing down. On Friday the 26th, AlertsUSA subscribers were notified via SMS messages to their mobile devices that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the country’s new military doctrine (See the original Russia version here (PDF)) which “reflects the emergence of new threats against its national security”, names the U.S. and NATO as the federation’s main foreign threats, and which retains the strategy to use nuclear weapons if the country or allies are under conventional attack. According to the revised doctrine, “NATO’s military buildup” and the bloc’s expansion toward the Russian borders are among the main external threats to Russia’s security. Other external threats include the development and deployment of the U.S. strategic missile defense system, the implementation of the ‘global strike’ doctrine, plans to place weapons in space as well as the deployment of high-precision conventional weapons systems. So as to reinforce their message to the West, just a few hours prior to the new military doctrine being signed, Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces carried out another test of an RS-24 Yars ICBM with multiple warheads. Launched from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome in the country’s extreme northwest near the border of Finland, the missile flew across the length of Russia to it’s target at the Kura test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Far East. AlertsUSA continues to closely monitor growing tension in Eastern Europe and the Ukraine and will issue additional alert messages to subscriber mobile devices as threats and events warrant. AlertsUSA.com * Know Instantly If Ebola is Detected in Your Child’s School District. * Get Away Early, Give Your Family Extra Safety. * In Wide Use By Gov, 1st Responders, Travelers. * 24/7/365 Monitoring. No Hype. Just the Bad Stuff * Issued Hours and Days before the MSM. * On your Cell Phone, Tablet or Email. * We Give The Clear Truth, Unlike the MSM. * Over a Decade in Operation! We are NOT part of the government. In fact, they are our customers! “I’m an RN. AlertsUSA keeps me up to the minute with the most pertinent developments in anything nuclear, biological, or chemical that may threaten health either immediately or down the road. Often, as with the emerging “bird flu” virus, I receive such advance notice I have time to include the information into the in-service training I give other nurses.” Susan Y. NY Cop Killer May Have Been Responding to ISIS Fatwa, More Attacks Expected Dec 27, 2014 Between Dec 20-22, 2014, AlertsUSA issued the following related Flash message to subscriber mobile devices: 12/20 – DHS/FBI warning law enfor agencies of need for extra vigilance after ambush-style slaying of two NYPD officers in Brooklyn. Possible Islamic terrorism angle. 12/22 – FBI warning law enf of ISIS plot to bomb interstate highway bridge(s). Initial alert focuses on I-55 Memphis-Arkansas Bridge sometime in Dec. Monitoring… What You Need To Know Twice this week AlertsUSA subscribers were notified via SMS messages to their mobile devices regarding domestic terrorism threats. Perhaps most important, late Saturday of last week subscribers were notified that law enforcement agencies nationwide were being warned of the need for extra vigilance following the ambush-style slaying of two New York City police officers in Brooklyn. NY COP KILLER A MUSLIM, SYMPATHETIC TO JIHAD Despite efforts by the mainstream media to paint the gunman as a disturbed individual deeply troubled by racial tensions and perceived heavy handedness of police towards the black population, investigations by independent media outlets also show cop killer Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley to be a Muslim, an Arabic speaker, and by his own words sympathetic to jihad. Much can be gleaned from his social media accounts (see this, this and this.) Brinsley was also known to visit the notorious Al-Farooq Mosque in Brooklyn, which itself has a 20+ year history of support for terrorism. This specific mosque played host to al Qaeda co-founder Abdullah Azzam. Several of the mosque’s members were behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing plot, including the Blind Sheik, Omar Abdel-Rahman. A one time imam of the mosque, Gulshair Shukrijumah, was father to the notorious Adnan Shukrijumah, a top Al-Qaeda operative who, after being hunted by the FBI for more than a decade, was killed just weeks ago in a gun battle with Pakistani forces. MORE ATTACKS EXPECTED While the killing of the police officers is tragic, this incident is just one of an increasing number of Muslim attacks in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia. Readers are reminded that in mid October, AlertsUSA notified subscribers via SMS messages to their mobile devices that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security were warning law enforcement agencies nationwide about the threat of Islamic State-inspired terror attacks against police officers, soldiers and other government workers. The warning was issued after a string of messages and fatwas appeared on the internet and various social media outlets urging Muslims in Western countries to carry out attacks on “soldiers, patrons, and troops … their police, security and intelligence members.” These messages were originally preceded by a lengthy fatwa issued by ISIS in September which calls for lone wolf Muslims to kill as many as 10 million Americans. ( Arabic Version (PDF) / Analysis ). POLITICALLY INCORRECT TRUTHS However politically incorrect it may be, as we close out 2014 there are two major domestic threats readers are urged to keep on their radar: 1. A major race war is brewing in the United States. Black on white violent crime is experiencing a major upswing nationwide. Watch your back. 2. An increasing tempo of random attacks, by Muslims, on law enforcement, members of the armed services and average citizens. Lest we forget, in just the last few months we have seen Muslim attacks in Australia, beheadings forfailure to convert in Oklahoma, multiple instances of attacks, by Muslims, on police (see this and this), attacks on soldiers and government officials in Canada (see this, this and this) and several European countries (see this, thisand this) and on, and on, and on. And perhaps by design, the growing connection between militant black Americans and Islam is shaping up to be a deadly confluence. (see this andthis). In both instances, we strongly recommend maintaining a high level of vigilance and situational awareness when out and about and if so motivated, avail yourself of local concealed firearm permits. These problems are not going away anytime soon, are expected to increase, and your best line of defense is increased awareness and a means of protecting yourself and family. As has been the case for over 12 years, AlertsUSA continues to closely monitor the overall domestic terrorism threat environment and will immediately notify service subscribers of new alerts, warnings and advisories or any developments which signal a change the overall threat picture as events warrant. What Happened to All the Ebola News Coverage ? Dec 27, 2014 What You Need To Know On Sunday of this week, highly respected investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson told Fox News that the CDC revealed to her they are currently tracking 1,400 possible Ebola cases in the United States, though they are not making the information public. In addition, as of December 24th the World Health Organization reports a total of more than 19,400 cases of Ebola virus disease in the current outbreak, along with 7588 reported deaths. As previously reported, both the WHO and CDC estimate these numbers could be 4 or more times greater due to unreported cases and flawed record keeping. As always, AlertsUSA continues to monitor developments with the spread of this virus and will immediately notify service subscribers of major changes in its spread to different regions, important notices and warnings by government agencies or any other major changes in the overall threat environment as events warrant Travel Security Update The U.S. Dept. of State is the authoritative federal source for information on the security situation at travel destinations worldwide. With tensions rapidly increasing in most regions, readers planning on international travel, even to such common destinations as Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean Islands, are strongly encouraged to do a little research on the security situation prior to departure. Latest USGOV Travel Alerts and Warnings Mexico 12/24/2014 Worldwide Alert 12/19/2014 Worldwide Caution 10/10/2014 Ebola Travel Alert 12/02/2014 See all USGOV Travel Alerts and Warnings HERE. 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President Obama’s “gift” to Americans this holiday season is to renege on his 2009 pledge “to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”

General News 12/23/2014 at 12:29:35
Obama Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal For “Direct Confrontation With Russia”
By Sherwood Ross (about the author)

opednews.com Headlined to H3 12/23/14

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Obama-Upgrades-Nuclear-Ars-by-Sherwood-Ross-Nuclear-Cover-up_Nuclear-Powers_Obama-Administration_Obama-Nuclear-141223-671.html

President Obama’s “gift” to Americans this holiday season is to renege on his 2009 pledge “to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”

He is upgrading the lethality level of an atomic arsenal already so deadly it can destroy all life on Earth. Then he’ll send Mr. and Mrs. America the bill, estimated by one Federal study at $1-trillion, to pay for the deadly upgrades he wants, rather than the peaceful improvements Americans need.

“The stated goal of the program is to increase the ‘reliability’ of US nuclear forces,” writes Theodore Postol in the Dec. 29 issue of “The Nation”. “But a close analysis reveals a technically sophisticated effort to ready US nuclear forces for a direct confrontation with Russia.”

Author Postol, a former adviser to the Chief of Naval Operations, slams this modernization as “a reckless policy that directly undermines our safety and national security.”

He writes, “No rational actor would take steps to start a nuclear war. But the modernization effort significantly increases the chances of an accident during an unpredicted, and unpredictable crisis—one that could escalate beyond anyone’s capacity to imagine.”

Why, Postol wants to know, does the White House aim to overhaul “the entire US nuclear-weapons arsenal, with a particular focus on improving the fusing systems and accuracy of long-range land- and sea-based ballistic-missile warheads and on increasing the killing power of other nuclear warheads.”

And, he says, the scale and character of these weapons’ effects are so large and so deadly that any notion of using them in a controlled or limited way “is completely disconnected from reality.” Postol’s article is appropriately titled, “Striving for Armageddon: How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”

Today’s nuclear bombs are vastly more deadly than those the U.S. used to scourge Japan at the end of World War Two. But Postol writes that improving the reliability of fuses on the ballistic-missile warheads disguises the fact the fuses “have been modified to increase the killing power of the warheads.”

What’s more, “Painstaking efforts have also gone into improving their delivery accuracy” and when the results of these combined activities are summarized for Russian political leaders, “it is not hard to understand their alarm.” Postol asserts that it is the U.S. that has pushed the Russians to a higher state of alert.

He reminds, “There is a long history of accidents during the Cold War that brought the United States treacherously close to disaster.” In one major false alert, a training tape loaded into a computer “made it appear to US launch officers that a full-scale Soviet attack was under way.”

And he believes the Russians have good reason to be worried. “With a fully modernized arsenal, the formerly ‘less capable’ nuclear warheads will be able to destroy Russian silo-based ICBMs with confidence. This would free up higher-yield nuclear warheads for other war-fighting tasks, enabling the US military to inflict greater damage on Russian command centers, fixed military facilities and civilian industrial infrastructures.”

Despite Mr. Obama’s recognition that peace depends on nuclear disarmament, Postol says, “the US is making those nightmare scenarios more likely by rebuilding the stockpile of atomic warheads as if they were just another form of conventional weapon.” They aren’t.

When Russia was communist and occupying much of Eastern Europe, U.S. leaders claimed they had to be armed to the teeth. Now that the Russians have scrapped the failed Bolshevik system, have become largely capitalist, and have withdrawn from Eastern Europe, President Obama is following the same Cold War policy. Only now the risks are greater than ever.#

Sherwood Ross worked as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News and contributed a regular “Workplace” column for Reuters. He has contributed to national magazines and hosted a talk show on WOL, Washington, D.C. In the Sixties he was active as public (more…)

Over 100,000 WordPress Websites Infected, Yall Be Safe!

More Than 100,000 WordPress Websites Reportedly Infected by Russian Malware

By Geoff Weiss | Entrepreneur – 4 hours ago

Over 100,000 WordPress sites have been infected by a Russian virus called SoakSoak, which loads an attack code onto webpages created through the uber-popular blogging platform, according to a report by Ars Technica.

Google has already flagged roughly 11,000 malicious domains — though it is likely that many more than that have been compromised.

According to Gizmodo, more than 70 million total sites use WordPress as a content-management system — from personal blogs to Time.com. However, only self-hosted sites that use WordPress have been affected by the malware — meaning personal blogs are okay.

The aim of the hackers and the consequences of the virus — whether to steal data or otherwise — remain unclear.

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The malware infiltrated WordPress through a vulnerability in a slideshow plug-in called Slider Revolution. While Slider Revolution has since fixed the bug with updates — it knew about the vulnerability earlier this fall, according to Gizmodo — the older version of the plug-in is still bundled with many WordPress themes.

“The biggest issue is that the RevSlider plugin is a premium plugin,” wrote Sucuri, an online security firm that was first to identify the infection. “It’s not something everyone can easily upgrade and that in itself becomes a disaster for website owners.”

Ars Technica notes that Sucuri also offers a free scanner here, which can determine which sites are actively compromised.

WordPress did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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