Bug hunters seek hidden flaws, help save lives BALAD AIR BASE, IRAQ (AFPN) — Tech. Sgt. William Lanicek analyzes code samples for zero-day vul­ner­a­bilities in the non-destruc­tive soft­ware inspec­tion shop at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Sergeant Lanicek is an NSA assis­tant shop chief with the 332nd Expedi­tionary Com­pu­ter Main­te­nance Squad­ron and he is deployed from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Olufemi A. Owolabi) AFCYBER builds high-tech hospital at Balad BALAD AIR BASE, IRAQ (AFPN) — Tech. Sgt. Gary Guzman, Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Harding, and Staff Sgt. Robert Luna string data commu­ni­ca­tion cables in the new Air Force Cyber Command Virtual Hospital being built at Balad Air Base in Iraq. The new remote-control hospital is replacing the outdated 20th-century-technology facility. Airmen have installed more than 50,000 anti­virus updates for robotic medical tools and diag­nostic sensors; and have installed video cameras and ICU2 video­conferencing software so medical personnel can "deploy virtually" to an operating room from the comfort of their home stations. State­side nurses will soon perform triage on critically injured soldiers using two-way broad­band video, and doctors will deftly ampu­tate mangled limbs using only a Blackberry. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Shannon Collins) New AFCYBER art exhibit draws huge crowd BARKSDALE AFB, LA (AFPN) — Local mili­tary and civil leaders study an exhibit titled "U.S. Air Force Cyber­space History Through Art," which con­tains more than 50 art pieces from the Air Force Art Program now on display at the Air Force Cyber­space Command head­quarters building. The painting in the fore­ground, titled "Solo Student over the Prime Numbers," is a portrait of a pilot landing a TCP-37 "Legacy Appli­ca­tion" aircraft after flying her first cyber­space dogfight mission. The TCP-37 fills the Air Force's need for a combat trainer so pilots can learn to fly & fight in cyber­space. It entered service in 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shad Eidson) New AFCYBER art exhibit draws huge crowd BARKSDALE AFB, LA (AFPN) — Artist George McCowan explains some of the details of his work titled "A Lesson of Digital Despera­tion," which covers the Hurri­cane Katrina cyber­space relief effort through a collage of images. "Our pilots who fly & fight in cyber­space really helped save the day after Katrina," Lt. Col. Wilson Strip­land (right) told Mr. McCowan. "I'm glad to see that an artist was able to bring it to life, with canvas and paint, in such an inspira­tional way. Network rescue opera­tions were right up there with the more shall-we-say 'visible' heli­copter rescues that every­body watched on TV." Mr. McCowan is an Air Force Art Program artist member. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shad Eidson) Air Force Cyber Command takes over antivirus operations BARKSDALE AFB, LA (AFPN) — Capt. Jason Simmons and Staff Sgt. Clinton Tips force Air Force com­pu­ter users to update anti­virus soft­ware written by Chinese and Russian experts that prevents Chinese and Russian com­pu­ter viruses from infecting top secret Air Force net­works. Simply because they are assigned to Air Force Cyber­space Command, these Airmen can kick a four-star general off the network if he fails to install anti­virus updates in a timely fashion. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo) 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 Afghan children get high-tech gear for school Cyber Team streams video at Busch Series Race Internet security Airmen protect Iraq's combat cyberpower hub Working dog teams search, patrol cyberspace together 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"