Sunday, August 24, 2008

Interesting NSA-like spectra of signals caught over Leningrad



There are two predictable channels, all active this weekend, understandably as Russia got all hot and bothered and rattled sabres at Poland.

In the second screenshot, the Wave application in the Skip One Sample mode shed some light on the high rate transmission session.

The Code300 equipment have been useless. Note the characteristic flower pattern of the SK material. A while later a directional info0matiuon has been obtained, placing the source of the signals somewhere in the environs of the Kirov shipyards, aimed at Russian cruisers scurrying around in the Baltic just east of Poland.

Monday, August 18, 2008

A little bit of Russian diplograms across the Baltic during the Georgian fray

Just to be cheeky, hereunder I bring you a sample of a Russian Diplomatic message sent this Saturday most likely either from an antenna farm in northern Russia, or from a Slava-class cruiser based in Kaliningrad westwards to an embassy in Copenhagen or London.

Their are still using the true and tried 20-tone MFSK.
Here is the transmission decoded:

33333333333YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY3YYYYYYYYRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYY RRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY3YYYYYYYYYYYS9
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44444444444444444444
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825 825 825 1 825 825 825 1 825 825 825 1 S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S9S99S9S9S9S9S9S9
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44444444444444444444
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4MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 01853 03163 29583 62608 85848 20890 32229 47135 33407 01770 17829 29581 45886 18313 64193 84251 03877 14691 85520 51668 51392 97315 92028 58289 97780 86264 57560 26044 56769 76566 71984 78741 96125 82152 92638 18078 80783 12147 82868 94553 00621 94296 11650 04592 05130 05154 30534 14159 15260 64338 11984 67929 77386 73687 77328 81014 75848 43731 69507 83252 17342 71045 68924 65525
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99481 76088 79303 0M871 25937 10116 72734 07113 02604 26174 70409 28835 20009 94220 29759 32628 57604 26642 95017 00115 92616 89331 70493 19462 18539 99399 08531 22668 28656 34746 19424 34051 05205 36361 55293 42453 81253 59983 79552 32527 87120 93334 03071 37980 89417 59675 09082 71198 60251 23574 49641 12374 97985 37176 01615 59203 00971 42814 93426985912 91039 16372 84963 09709
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40051 20229 01134 87393 63119 79089 92815 76114 32335 14460 08450 53790 14615 18880 33373 39165 61725 05102 28457 98259 795M3 91277 30424 83432 07990 96001 68014 41459 25815 92978 49783 94985 01336 45337 17339 73020 77269 33542++++++++++++++++++3333333333

Again, this is a decoded transmission, not unbuttoned, (not deciphered). Of course, they are using a one-time pad, (note the 5-digit groups)

Also worthy of note is the S6 and S9 number station-like S code, which is associated with the Russian Man numbers station known for saying funny and innocent things in English.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

How you can never bank goodwill with bears

There is a lot of things abuzz both sides of the ditch. I don't mean the latest warmongering by Russia, or Georgia. There are reports that Selma on the Baltic is really abuzz for the forth day straight, because it is a military district and a base for naval operations. Russians afraid to leave their back door open?

Russian AGIs (SVVs) sailed westwards, as if the Britain's one-funny-cruiser navy could attack her. Or Swedish closed-cycle subs would launch heretofore unknown Swedish cruise missiles (probably and suitable named Thorstann, or Thorshammer),

My friends behind the bear's curtain assert that this no cover-your-back state of readiness. Really. the clsoest US aircraft carrier is busy dodging Iranian model paper-and-glue airplanes.

Russians, namely Putin, are exploiting hte opportunity in this turmoil, as most intelligence agencies THINK they are using their HUMINT, SIGINT and ELINT on catching whatever breadcrumbs that are falling off the bear's feeding trough. Russians are achieving their goals in Georgia, but northwards, in the Baltic, and in the Red Banner Northern Fleet's own swimming pool they are busy investing in their reaffirming their exclusive access rightn to the Arctic.

Don't forget Sweden's refusal to allow routing of the Northern Stream (Russia's northern pipeline) to feed the Europe.Besides the tit-for-tat diplo-military posturing (also keep in mind that Russia, as USSR and Czar's Empire has NEVER banked goodwill). Swedes were smart, calling Russians' intention to use the pipeline as a excuse to place SOSUS-like high-tech sensors close to Skaane shores. Russian AGIs, oceanographic ships (the academics) and, actually, the cable ships themselves have been spotted waltzing up and down the Bornholm corridor.

While Medved Prived is moving tin soldiers across the cardboard, the electromagnetic spectrum over the Karelia and the Eystrasalt (the Baltic Sea to the Scandinavians, or Vikings) is full of inteersting digital activity. I need to brush up on my FSKs and screenshot application, I means Fireshot, a great Firefox add-on. Thanks for the heads up through the post.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

A comment requested to withhold the BAE spy materials from posting

I have received a comment that was intended as a message, with a request that I rewrite it to eliminate any idiosyncratic features of the sender.

He strongly recommended that I do not post the BAE letter circulating in Moscow (see the previous post):

I don't know what you do for a living, but if you need to keep making beer money with this blog, it would be in your better interests to avoid publishing the BAE materials. There are people in Russia and UK who know how to black hat your blog till it gets barely a visitor a month.

Thanks you, Mr. Compassionate. Not that I am afraid, I undestand I need to prepare the materials better.