Air Force hazmat divers train to stop SCADA terrorism CLASSI­FIED LO­CA­TION, U.S. EASTERN SEA­BOARD (AFPN) — Hazardous-duty divers from the 1st Oper­a­tions Cyber Sup­port Squad­ron race to save a coastal marine eco­system from a hacker attack as part of a "Sub­ver­sive Cyber-terror Anomalies, Defense & Attack" (SCADA) water decon­ta­mi­na­tion exer­cise. This training simu­lates a terrorist who has compu­me­tri­cally injected chlorine, flourine, and other toxic addi­tives into a water treat­ment facility. These chemicals can prove fatal to humans if not properly de­fended from a cyber-attack. In this exer­cise, the terrorist has re­motely opened a valve that has re­leased dihydrogen monoxide contami­nents (shown here in green) directly into the ocean. Cur­rently this training is being held on a monthly basis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tabitha Kuykendall) Cyber-terrorist attacks service­members heading to forward locations UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) — Senior Airman Karen Fox is crippled by a lack of computers as she struggles by hand to schedule the times service­members' personal data will process through the Expedi­tionary Theater Dis­tri­bu­tion Center so they can receive mobility laptops and indi­vi­dual cyber armor. Most of the ETDC was destroyed by a suicide hacker who tried to stop Airmen from transiting into south­west Asia. The ETDC is the largest center in the area of respon­si­bility where thousands of U.S. service­members are issued mobility laptops, anti­virus soft­ware, and computer repair kits on their way to forward deployed loca­tions. Airman Fox is a mobility specialist with the 379th Expedi­tionary Cyber­space Readi­ness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer) Don't play with firewalls HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, HAWAII (AFPN) — Fire­wall fighters from the 15th Cyber­space Engi­neer Squad­ron Fire­wall Pro­tec­tion Flight train on a legacy sewage pump sta­tion at Hickam Air Force Base. Safety offi­cials re­mind people it doesn't take much of a hacker to turn this worst-case scenario into reality when people don't pay atten­tion to the secu­rity of the Super­visory Con­trol And Data Acqui­si­tion (SCADA) equip­ment that guards vital Air Force sewage treat­ment plants. "An entire air base could be flooded with raw sewage," said one offi­cial, "or chemi­cal weapons like chlorine and flourine could be injected into an air base's potable water supply," if care­less people fail to change the default pass­words on SCADA com­pu­ters. (Courtesy photo) Self defense course kicks way into training FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY (AFPN) — Master Sgt. Jack Smith teaches stu­dents in the Advanced Compu­metrics Skills Training Course how to disarm an attacker who is holding a com­pu­ter mouse in Linux Inter­net Network-override Engage­ment training during a class session at the U.S. Air Force Expe­di­tionary Center. LINE training is one of the newest self-defense tech­niques offered at the center. Ser­geant Smith is a 421st Com­pu­ter Training Squad­ron instruc­tor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol) Exercise Primitive Computing '10 teaches Airmen to survive INTERNET AIR FORCE BASE, .MIL (AFPN) — Staff Sgt. Tobi Erskine "multi­tasks" during Exer­cise PRIMI­TIVE COM­PU­TING, which teaches Air Force per­sonnel how to survive & operate during a cyber attack. Instant messaging is replaced with a primi­tive IM device such as a wired tele­phone, and key­boards are replaced with a primi­tive I/O device such as a ball­point pen. A paper-based news web­site (visible in fore­ground) is distri­buted to Airmen in lieu of CNN.com. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Goodrich) Cyber 'chute' to safety DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DE (AFPN) — Master Sgt. Thomas Scheving begins his descent in a Baker Life Chute from the cat­walk of the Dover Air Force Base, Dela­ware, cyber traffic control tower during a cyber drill. The chute was installed to allow con­trol­lers a safe descent to the ground in the event of a cyber attack. Once in the chute, the person keeps his body straight, hands over­head, and con­trols the rate of descent with foot pedals. Ser­geant Scheving is the cyber tower con­trol­ler with the 436th Cyber Opera­tions Support Squad­ron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace) Afghan children get high-tech gear for school KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AFPN) — Tech. Sgt. Shelly Ward distri­butes mouse­pads, com­pu­ter secu­rity ethics pam­phlets, and other essen­tial school supplies to chil­dren at a school in down­town Kabul, Afghan­i­stan. Ser­geant Ward and other volun­teers from the Cyber Secu­rity Tran­si­tion Com­mand volun­teered in the com­mu­nity rela­tions trip spon­sored by coali­tion cyber­space secu­rity forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stacia Zachary) Cyber Team streams video at Busch Series Race IVO NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA (AFPN) — The United States Air Force Cyber Drill Team auto­graphs AF cyber­space recruiting pos­ters after they streamed a near-realtime video feed of their perfor­mance at the Las Vegas Motor Speed­way, Las Vegas, Nev. The Cyber Team is the traveling com­po­nent of the Air Force Cyber Guard and tours Air Force bases world wide show­casing the pre­ci­sion of today's Air Force to recruit, retain, and inspire Airmen for the Air Force cyber­space mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Rusti Caraker) Internet security Airmen protect Iraq's combat cyberpower hub BALAD AIR BASE, IRAQ (AFPN) — Airman 1st Class Marquis Garvin uses a man-portable com­pu­ter virus detec­tor to decon­tam­i­nate a Syman­tec con­trac­tor who had just returned from cleaning up an infected net­work server at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Airman Garvin is assigned to the 332nd Inter­net Secu­rity Forces Squad­ron; the Syman­tec worker's face & name cannot be revealed for secu­rity reasons. Iraqi insur­gents have placed a high priority on killing Syman­tec employees who are vital to the success of coali­tion forces. "I know I'm risking my life just by being here," the Syman­tec con­trac­tor said, "but if I can stop one com­pu­ter virus from falling into the insur­gents' hands, then the risk is worth it..." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth) Working dog teams search, patrol cyberspace together AL UDEID AIR BASE, QATAR (AFPN) — Tech. Sgt. Bob Weigold walks his Inter­net explo­sive detec­tion dog, Tivo, along the net­work peri­meter of the base fire­wall at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Tivo is specially trained to sniff out Inter­net Explo­sive Devices (IEDs). Sergeant Weigold is the 379th Cyber­space Secu­rity Forces Squad­ron Mili­tary Working Dog Sec­tion element leader. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Hatcher) Nuclear warhead antivirus update Airmen capture insurgents' mainframe, CD-ROM duplicator American, Japanese airmen launch cyber-attacks in Geek Edge '10 Yokota installs emergency communications backup system AFMC commander proves CAC is viable in Southwest Asia Unsecured home networks open door for Article 15, court-martial Kadena installs emergency telecom backup system NATO team ensures safe networks during Virus Summit Reservists add major adjustments to T-1 router training Information managers train for future wars McChord AFB is officially renamed "Microsoft AFB"