This is a special edition of the Joshua Tree Report. I'm mainly posting it to clear a bunch of stuff that's gotten badly backed up. I hope to be back on track this coming Sunday.
General Data
I'm foregoing the general data in this edition. It'll return in the next regular edition of the Joshua Tree Report.
In the News
Here are a few of the top stories since the last Joshua Tree Report.
Egypt-Iran: A possible thaw in relations? (al Jazeera)
The CIA's "Development Tradecraft DOs and DON'Ts" (Schneier on Security)
WikiLeaks Reveals How the CIA Can Hack a Mac's Hidden Code (Wired)
New WikiLeaks dump: The CIA built Thunderbolt exploit, implants to target Macs (Ars Technica)
US diplomat arrested over contacts with Chinese spies (AFP)
New details emerge about 2014 Russian hack of the State Department: It was ‘hand to hand combat’ (Washington Post)
Israel Bombed Damascus — And Didn’t Need Stealth Fighters to Do It (War is Boring)
Swedish parliament holds first war game in 20 years (AFP)
Libya's Khalifa Haftar 'retakes oil ports from Islamist militia' (BBC)
Russian special forces sent to back renegade Libyan general – reports (The Guardian)
Moscow apparently has forces at base in Egypt (AFP)
Exclusive: Russia appears to deploy forces in Egypt, eyes on Libya role - sources (Reuters)
Can Russia resolve the conflict in Libya? (al Jazeera)
What Americans Need to Know if Russia Intervenes in Libya's Civil War (Rand Corporation)
Putin's Real Syria Agenda (Institute for the Study of War)
US general: Russia may be supplying Taliban fighters (al Jazeera)
Syria war: Russia denies aiding Kurds to set up a military base (BBC)
The Risks of Forgetting Yemen’s Southern Secessionist Movement (War on the Rocks)
Saudi Arabia: Trump meeting a 'historic turning point' (al Jazeera)
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Supremacy Falters (Wall Street Journal)
Are Low-Cost “COIN” Air Forces The Future of Tactical Air Power? (The Aviatonist via Small Wars Journal)
Is China’s New Amphibious Assault Ship a Big Waste of Time? (War is Boring)
The Hidden Potential of NATO’s Gator Navies (Defense One)
MormonLeaks Goes to Battle With Mormon Church Over Leaked 'Enemy List' (Gizmodo)
Russian Bank Says Hackers Are Trying to Make It Look Like Its Servers Are Contacting Trump (Gizmodo)
American Farmers Are Turning To Ukraine To Hack Into Their Own Tractors: Report (Jalopnik)
The futility of secrets in the age of technology (al Jazeera)
If You Want to Stop Big Data Breaches, Start With Databases (Wired)
Someone is putting lots of work into hacking Github developers (Ars Technica)
How did Yahoo get breached? Employee got spear phished, FBI suggests (Ars Technica)
Vault 7 lessons on insider threats (GCN)
Security News This Week: Yes, Even Internet-Connected Dishwashers Can Get Hacked (Wired)
Smart Sex Toy Maker Agrees to Pay Customers $10k Each For Violating Privacy (Gizmodo)
Zero Days, Thousands of Nights: The Life and Times of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Their Exploits (RAND Corporation)
UK targets WhatsApp encryption after London attack (AFP)
Web pioneer slams UK, US calls to weaken encryption (AFP)
Don't blame WhatsApp for the Westminster attack (al Jazeera)
How would Scotland vote in second referendum? (al Jazeera)
The Arab airlines using Trump's bans for marketing (al Jazeera)
North Sea haddock taken off sustainable 'fish to eat' list (BBC)
This Scrolling Storybook Is Also Playing Its Own Fantastic Soundtrack (Sploid)
Top Podcasts
These were my favorite podcasts since the last Joshua Tree Report.
HackerNinjaScissors - Robert M Lee - Cyber Threat Intel (Cyberspeak)
HackerNinjaScissors - Lauren Pearce - Journey of a Malware Analyst (CyberSpeak)
Episode 029 - Marcus Luttrell Talks Lone Survivor (SOFREP Radio)
2013/14 podcasts: Cyberwar and Peace (King's College London War Studies Podcast)
The Art of Manliness #218: The Lost Arts of Modern Civilization (The Art of Manliness)
The Art of Manliness #234: Haggling and Deal Making Advice From a FBI Hostage Negotiator (The Art of Manliness)
Risky Business #447 -- Struts bug owns everyone, RAND 0day report and more (Risky Business)
Risky Business #448 -- Dan Geer on cloud providers: Too big to fail? (Risky Business)
Risky Business #448 -- Dan Geer on cloud providers: Too big to fail? (Risky Business)
Risky Business #450 -- From Mirai to mushroom clouds in five easy steps (Risky Business)
The Promise and Peril of Cyber Operations (War on the Rocks)
The Americans S:5 | E:1 Amber Waves of Grain (The Americans Podcast by Slate Magazine)
Guardian Long Read: The hi-tech war on science fraud – podcast (The Guardian)
Guardian Long Read: 'London Bridge is down': the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death – podcast (The Guardian)
Dusting off the Stoor 11th February 2015 (BBC Radio Orkney)
The Wey Hid Wis, HMS Hampshire Special (BBC Radio Orkney)
Course Report
The course report shall be posted separately, and shall resume in the next regular edition of the Joshua Tree Report.
Quote of the Week
"'Gordon Highlanders,' once said General Haldane to us, 'always remember that "greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends," and remember that the British race have ever been ready to sacrifice their lives for humanity.'"
- Robert Annan Leitch, Daffodils on the Battlefield and Other Sketches
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