Summary of Russians intercepting SR-71's

All the billions of taxpayer dollars that we sank into SR-71, only to operate it as a high-speed party crasher (ref. having it fly over dictators' palaces and parades). The Soviets, of course, knew it was coming hours in advance, without any need to have a spy in place either in USAF command or as a landscaping contractor near its air base.
Here is a rough translation of an email from a Russian communication intelligence specialist recalling the ease of detecting the SR-71. What a crude use of such a fine machinery!

"As far as the SR-71 in transit, I have none [i.e., data of my own - blog], however, several of them are over Barents Sea, for example, as Blimey 99, at 17:16 according to the the time marker. Opus 38, at 26:08, communicates through Gold 23 (KC-135), Croughton [RAF base - blog] does not hear, but we in Kaluga  - 5 AUs. One of the best ways to ID them is their mentioning of the real time GMT:
Op's normal at 34while RC-135, TR-1 и U-2 communicate in the 4-digit format: 0834.
[Other telltale signs] are of course, the pilot's voice, stifled by the high altitude pressure suit, the typical background noise of the radio, the Barents triangulation, then Baltics, and the KC-135Q modified for high altitude refueling, loitering along its [SR-71] route.
It always felt pleasantly reassuring to know that it was escorted by Mig-25, so it would never get lost or get bored.
[SR-71] always presented real danger, since in an hour that it spends over Barents Sea, it always detected all of our mobile SA launchers and could have directed a strike against them. We did not have the mobile launchers like the S-300, so we had to redeploy to other sites, and that was hours of hard work. That is why the main countermeasure against it was to guess its ETA, to turn off all the mobile systems, and leave only the fixed sites. Then the Dumb Yanks would come the next day, a different aircraft, and there were two of them at Mildenhall in England.
After the flight, this machine was not so reliable. Its speed up to 3200 and the latitude 25000 [was something]. One time it experienced a malfunction upon exiting Barents area, barely limped to Norway, the the HC-130 rescue was deployed, the helicopters. A week after it flew over to England, and ion another 2 weeks back home to Edwards [AFB], Nevada, all the while, by an unusual track - the way of SR only - not over the Atlantic, but over the [North] Pole and Canada, the way he reported through radio comm.
Let me know if anything not clear here, I will explain, just let me know the call sign and time of comm. Even though it has been 21 years, I still remember almost all."

Что касается SR-71-на перелёте нету, а так несколько штук в Баренцевом море есть, например Blimy 99, 17:16 по таймеру записи, Opus 38, 26:08, работает через Gold 23 (KC-135), его Croughton не слышит, а у нас в Калуге 5 баллов. Отличительным разведпризнаком SR-71 является упоминание текущего время Гринвича только в минутах текущего часа, т.е. Op's normal at 34, тогда как RC-135, TR-1 и U-2 в 4-х значном формате, 0834, 8 часов 34 мин. Ну и конечно сдавленный голос в высотном костюме, характерный фон радиостанции, пеленг Баренцево, потом Балтика, болтающиеся KC-135Q по его маршруту-модификация танкеров, сделанных для его заправки на большей высоте. И приятное осознание того, что летит он в компании двух МиГ-25, чтобы нескучно было и не заблудился. Он представлял реальную опасность, за 1 час нахождения в Баренцевом море вычислял все наши мобильные комплексы ПВО и мог навести на них удар. Мобилок, как С-300 тогда не было ,по-этому приходилось свёртываться и перебазироваться, а это несколько часов нелёгкой работы. По-этому в борьбе с ним главное было угадать когда прилетит ,мобильные комплексы выключались, оставались только стационарные. Тогда пиндосы прилетали на следующий день, на другом, их два в Mildenholl'е в Англии было. После полёта ТО на пару дней, машина не очень надёжная. Зато скорость до 3200 и высота 25000. Один раз сломался при выходе из Баренцево, еле допукал до Норвегии, HC-130 спасательные поднимали, вертушки. Потом через неделю перелетел в Англию, а ещё через 2 недели улетел домой в Эдвардс, Невада, причём по необычному маршруту, так летел только SR-не через Атлантику, а через полюс и Канаду., где и отмечался на связи. Кому что непонятно, спросите, укажите время записи и позывной, подскажу, всего-то 21 год прошёл, почти всё помню.

The intelligent and funny Russians monitoring of B-52, RC-135

P-3 Orion is"lumberjacky", and more quips of that sort.
Below is the translated transcript of the most interesting part of a cellphone conversation between OSNAZ sigint/elint veterans on the holy soil of their own motherland. One of my well-wishing acquaintances with the talent for comprehending Russian military lingo, has in his possession government-issued mobile-phone monitoring device and the sense of smell for good stuff: herebelow the veteran had monitored US and NATO dating back to 1986.

...during my time, U-2 flew only over the Mediterranean, from Acrotiri in Cyprus...they are not here...they sniffed Lybia together with P-3 Orion...
there was a war in 1986...our guy from GCCS latched on to 24 F-111 flying the England-Gibraltar-Mediterranean lengthwise route...

...transferred it to his op officer, who in turn forwarded it to Moscow, who said they [the US] won't have guts, but within 4 hours Libya no longer had air defenses, part of its navy and air force. They [the Russian monitors] did their job, they warned within 4 hours...
Instead of U-2 they flew TR-1 (the improved version) over West Germany, surveilled the GSVG (Formations of Soviet Forces in Germany)... from the altitude of 27000 and the speed of 700, had plenty to look at during the 5 hours...

The record has RIDDLE 26, time 0745, had the habit of talking directly to Croughton, not SKYBIRD...that day the call sign was SHAMROCK. The same day there was INLACK 83 at 10:04, frequently for a radio check, and 2-3 hours afterward followed up with an opreport of "normal" and 4-digit time stamp...

Radio exchange resembles RC-135, only with a different transmitter background...flight zone. RC-135 often hung around the Baltic, sent HARVARD and then BROTHER messages, who knows what that meant, but they always mentioned the nautical mile distance from the shore (of the USSR), while within the international airspace...

These flights were reconnaissance as well as for provocation, along borders. At the end of the tape there is this handsome guy, at 53:53, FLOME24, after broadcasting the 0810 time says five zero nautical miles off shore in international air space and continuing mission. Property-Croughton...RC-135: BOWK33 29:13 sends two 3-digit number messages, ISSUE40 at 30:32 sends 5 number messages...

All of the B-52 used call sign Muse, even during their training at Saragossa, Spain, with MUSE CONTROL as the base station, which was trackable as Croughton...the bombers used their own radio operators...According to the treaty with us [the Soviets] they could not remain in Europe permanently. Those were the happy days, they reported every broadcast...Mind you, the SR-71 at 59:13, call sign CURNEY83, the distinguishing number were two digits of 04, no time stamp, and that was the same guy speaking...

What's interesting is that Croughton can't hear him, and the GLADIOLA, the HQ comm center answers him...he always came across with echo...the most lumberjacky plane was P-3, call sign minus numbers, like NUS, loiters for 8 hours, hourly roars out alphanumerics, annoyed the heck out of us as well as his own guys, he was KRUPP (38:58), or ROME (57:18) over the Mediterranean...over the Baltic, the exchange was like that of RC-135, with HARVARD, BROTHER, and MIND and some more alphanumerics.

При мне U-2 летали только в Средиземном море с Acrotiri о. Крит, здесь их нет, вынюхивали Ливию на пару с P-3 Orion, в 86-м там война была, парень с GCCS словил 24 F-111 по маршруту Англия-Гибралтар-Сред. море поперёк, отдал оперативному, тот в Москву, там, подумали не посмеют, через 4 часа у Ливии не было ПВО, части флота, части ВВС. А предупредили почти за 4 часа, т.е. выполнили задачу разведки. Вместо U-2 летал TR-1(улучшенный) над ФРГ, за ГСВГ наблюдал, с высоты 27000 и скорости 700 за 5 часов много высматривал. В записи есть, Riddle 26, время записи 07:45, имели привычку выходить не SkyBird, а напрямую на Croughton, позывной в тот день Shemrock. И ещё один в тот же день, Inlack 83, 10:04, часто первый выход Radio check, через 2-3 часа op's normal время 4 цифры. Радиообмен похож на RC-135, но другой фон передатчика, зона полёта. RC-135 часто торчали в Балтике, давали радиограммы Harvard и сразу после Brother, почему так назывались, не знали, но в них всегда говорили в скольких морских милях от берега (СССР) находятся в международном воздушном пространстве. Такие полёты были и разведовательные и провакационные, вдоль границ. В конце плёнки есть такой красавец, 53:53, Flome24 после времени time 0810 говорит 50(five-zero) nautical miles of shore in international air space and continuing mission. Property-Croughton.RC-135: Bowk33 29:13, выдаёт две кодогруппы по 3 символа, Issue40, 30:32, выдаёт 5 кодогрупп. Все B-52 позывной Muese(на этих учениях), даже на время их нахождения на учених в Сарагосе, Испания, работала станция Muese-control, пеленговалась как Croughton, просто свои люди сидели для бомберов. По договору с нами постоянно базироваться в Европе они не могут. Докладывался каждый выход на связь, были весёлые дни. Обрати внимание на SR-71 59:13, позывной Curney 83, отличительный признак время в двух цифрах 04, без указания часа, так говорил только он. Но интересно, что Croughton его не слышит и отвечает ему ВКП ГК в Атлантике Gladiola, его всегда было слышно с эхо. Самый дуболомный самолёт-P-3, позывной слово без цифр, как у НУС, летает 8 часов, орёт каждый час буквы-цифры, доставал и нас и их, если в Сред.море, Krupp 38:58, Rome 57:16, Если в Балтике, то на RC-135 радиообмен похож, Harvard и сразу после Brother.Mind, 46:56, и ещё буквы-цифры.

These top Russian Comsecgru brass use openly their email boxes

my bot reports that Widnows XP Porofessional computers licensed to Russian Federation opneed critical US documents dirextly from the email boxes ( i.e. mail.xxxxx.zz) of these top directors of the facility:

ALFEROV, Alexander Pavlovich (Алферов Александр Павлович)
KISELEV, Boris Valentinovich (Киселев Борис Валентинович)
PYARIN, Victor Anatolevich (Пярин Виктор Анатольевич)
MITROFANOV, Sergey Vasilevich (Митрофанов Сергей Васильевич)

the computers are assigned or located at the FAPSI commnads:
В/ч 2580
В/ч 16660 one of the commands at the Russia's equivalent of US NSA - FAPSI, ФАПСИ, formerly ЦОПУПС, TsOPUPS, Central Separate Field Center for Government Communications (Центральный Отдельный Полевой Узел Правительственной Связи)

Putin's Exotic Tropo Site

This is the center for Russia's Tropospheric Radio Relay network called Sever ("North," ironically, it is truly severed from the rest of the country), near Norilsk. According to my source, besides the typical Gorizont-M and TP-120 systems , it has unique, custom produced signals processing equipment supplied by a group of military ("OOO" and "unitary") enterprises that also include the famed Tochmash of the silenced handgun fame.

The area is off-limits, though the landscape is too wintry and forbidding throughout most of he year, and its perimeter is studded with "photography prohibited" signs. The source says the military sections of the Russian radio spectrum are exceptionally active (thanks to Putin, no doubt) around the installation.

The center, despite its high security status, responds to anyone who knows how to exploit the tropospheric communications technology whenever the center's callsign "Луч" (LOOCH) is heard on its hailing frequency.

The installation and the network ares staffed by employees sent directly from the Moscow Electrotechnical Communications Institute, now MTUSI; Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical Communications Institute, now SPbGUT; Minsk Radiotechnical Institute, now BGUIR; and Sverdlovsk Communications and Electronics Technical School, now UrTISI.

Russians reactivating their SIGINT sites?- another secret list

I just played with the idea of sending out our spybot again, just for the heck of it. It came back with this wild and cool, NSA-grade material. Some of the bot returns is in a confusing encoding that would not paste here intact. I translated wherever I could, with the help of our good old military adviser. This center does not seem to be on the list, nor this radar site is associated with anything herebelow.

The bot reports of GRU units seem to be poised for activation, relocation or inventory.

The (!) GUDOK (ГУДОК), 215- or (в/ч) 34608 th regiment
309 ЦРПУ ОСНАЗ (the central radio transmitting center)
250 ОРТП ОСНАЗ ГСВГ г. Штендаль (the OSNAZ unit in the city of Stendahl)
GRU's БП630 and the 16th KGB directorate (управления КГБ). Some of our specialists says this is not ОсНаз, but a special СС service (специальная служба).
The following regiment numbers:
в/ч 51952 (in Nerastannoye, near Moscow, Chekhov region - Нерастанное, Московская обл., Чеховский р-н)
В/ч 61519 in Novosibirsk region, Новосибирск обл.
в/ч 61615 in Rustavi (Georgia?)Рустави (Гардабани)
в/ч 61330 Odessa, Ukraine г. Одесса, п.Акаржа/ Аккарже, and Ovidiopol (Овидиополь-2)
в/ч 61608 Tzaritzino, (Царицыно)

The data groups below is a result of the bot having converted a table to text, a la MS Windows.
The order of the data - the number of the communication center, the name of the communication center, the locale, military outpost/regiment/detachment number, the channels (ТЛГ/ЗАС/Титан)/frequencies, and activity notes.

215 GUDOK, Moscow reg., Klimovsk, 34608; 210,230,255,285,280 (training only), 220, 200, 205, 265, 260, 245;
210 SHIPUN, Petersburg reg., Gatchina, Tayvorovo, 41480; 215, 230,255
230 GRANULATZIA, Murmansk reg., Kildinstroy, 34630 215,255,210
255 JUMPER, Komi, Vorkuta, 34575; 215,210,285
285 TELEGA, Krasnoyarsk reg., Tiksi, 14145; 215, 255, 240, 220
280 NATRIT, Chukotka, Beringovsky, 51595; Channel for training, alternatively for the use by ZVEZDA
220 NAVESKA, Khabarovsk reg., Sergeyevka, 48260; 215, 240, 285
200 SPOLOKH, ex-NARCOTIC,Irkutsk reg., Oyek, 51870; 215, 220, 205, 240
205 GEOTHERMIA, Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata reg., Shengeldy, 48253 (86621); 215,200. 265
265 BEDRENNYY, Turkmenia, Ashkhabad reg., Geok-Tepe, 34639; 215,260,205
260 RAVNYY, Georgia, Gardebani, Kajory, 51868; 215, 265, 245,
245 PRIBORKA, Ukraine, Odessa, 42028; 215, 260, 210,
408 LAYBA, (ех LASTIC), Ryazan reg., Spassk-Ryazansky, 02565 Reserved for deployment during maneuvers at the range
240 GAZOMETR, Yakutia, 71300; 220-200-205
??? ARCHA., Kaluga reg., Tarus, 34080; Krug facility. Classified
270 BARCA, Cuba, Lourdes POBox 247, 54234;
??? SHATROVYY, Azerbayjan, Akstafa, ZVEZDA-controlled
??? TREZUBETZ, Moscow reg., Shchelkovo, 51428 The ZVEZDA center
??? ??? Petersburg reg., Pavlovsk, 86622 OSNAZ training untis
AVRORA (Аврора), Moscow, The УС ГРУ ГШ Center
OASIS, Kaluga, Echelon 2, KOMETA air defense-controlled

more of the related data de-tabulated, seems to indicate the current, pre-activation status of some of the above and other installations:

47 ОРПУ Irkutsk Оёк) в/ч 51870 - передан в "Звезду"
50-й ОРПУ (Тикси-1 Морская,) в/ч 14145 "Телега"
99-й ОРПУ (Якутск)
309-й ЦРПУ ОБКЗ (Климовск Школьная,50 в/г «Гривна») в/ч 34608 "Гудок" сф 51г (51-73гг в/ч 71513 )
789-й ОРПУ (Спасск-Рязанский Войкова,2 + п.Панино - полигон) в/ч 02565 "Ластик" сф 42г 811-й ОРПУ (Мурманск п.Кильдинстрой Разина,8) в/ч 34630
902-й ОРПУ (п.Беринговский) - передан в "Звезду"
-й ОРПУ (Дисдорф, ГДР) в/ч 33947 "Горка" - расформирован
-й ОРПУ в/ч 34635 "Грануляция"
-й ОРПУ (Гатчина п.Тайворово) в/ч 41480 -"Звезда"
-й ОРПУ (Одесса п.Верхний Дальник) в/ч 42028 "Приборка" - передан в СБУ Украины
-й ОРПУ (Торенс, Куба) в/ч 54234 "Тростник" - выведен в Гатчину, оперативно вх. в состав "Звезда"
-й ОРПУ "Охрана"
-й ОРПУ "Оазис"
-й ОРПУ (Воркута) "Джемпер"
-й ОРПУ (Ашхабад п.Геок-Тепе) - расформирован
-й ОРПУ (Алма-Ата п.Талгар) - передан КЗ
-й ОРПУ (ГДР) "Низина" -
-й ОРПУ (ГДР) "Марион" -
-й ОРПУ (Монголия) "Горизонт" - в состав "Звезда"
-й ОРПУ (Камрань, Вьетнам) "Восток" - принадлежал ВМФ,
-й ОРПУ (Рангун, Бирма) " " - "Звезда", расформирован
101-й уч.ОРТП ОсНаз (Павловск Обороны,1) в/ч 86622 расф 98г

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and this bonus is the Russkies' record of having intercepted a radio transmissions from a B-52 returning from the Max 2007 airshow:
28.08.07., 6761 кГц ,
18:36 Tuff 01 -> Quid 82 "I'm looking contact with Quid 80"
18:40 Tuff 01 -> Quid 80 "Arsp. time 17:00z, altitude 280, frequency 264,125"
11175 кГц
18:50 Tuff 01 -> Croughton "Dep.: Moscow 13:30z, ETA: Barksdale 02:30z"

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well, what do you say? I am not that impressed... because I am jaded. Putin asleep at the wheel? Would you like the bot to get his credit card numbers, or his Football briefcase combination? Does a Yankee White carry this for him? Inquiring minds want to know.

Numbers stations, CPU signals, Russian poker

The numbers station have been outdated. The new smart and wily kid on the block is actually the old cyphertext. Not only does the text look innocent, having been encrypted with NORVA, but it also serves as a vehicle for unrelated, second purpose messaging.

Thus, a message in NORVA

LITTLE JENNY TAKES SAWFLY LINE LEAF RISES SUNNY DAY

Besides conveying a message the likes of

DO NOT SEND DATA CHANNEL BRAVO KEEP GOLF OPEN

The secondary meaning of the NORVA is

573917739

which could stand for anything, unrelated to the plaintext.

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The new methods of the side-channel attack are the CRT diffuse visible light scan (link to PDF), CPU’s HLT state pickup, HD head seek scan.

It is also possible to distinguish various behaviors of CPU and memory operations. This is observed for artificial cases, like cycles of various CPU instructions, as well as for real-life cases, like RSA decryption.

A low-frequency acoustic source yield information on a much faster CPU in two ways. When the CPU is working on a long operation, it creates a characteristic acoustic spectral signature. Second, the temporal information about the length of each operation is obtained, and this can be used to launch a timing attack, especially when a cryptomaster can affect the input to the operation.

The valuable acoustic information lies above 10KHz, whereas typical noises, including computer fan noise, are found at lower frequencies and can thus be filtered out by proper equipment. In a task-switching systems, different tasks can be distinguished by their different acoustic spectra. When several computers are present, they can be told apart by their unique acoustic signatures, since these are dictated by the hardware, the component temperatures, and other environmental conditions. Very similar to working submarine passive sonar. Here is when SALWISS comes in handy.

The CPU instruction that is the least difficult to detect is the 80x86 HLT instruction. This instruction puts the CPU into a low-power sleep phase until the next hardware interrupt. Modern CPUs temporarily shut down many of the on-chip circuits, thereby significantly lowering power consumption and altering acoustic emissions for relatively long time. The difference between active computation, which never involves HLT instructions, and an idle CPU, where the kernel executes HLT instructions in its idle state, is very distinct. If the only program open is a cryptographic application, then this already suffices to detect the moment the program wakes up for input and when it finishes its cryptographic tasks, and this information can be used to launch timing attacks. There are, of course, other, subtler acoustic cues that carry detailed information.

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I hope more of you knew of Alexander Zaporozhsky. He is the one who helped CIA to bust Hansen. The Russians outsmarted Langley by letting Zaporozhsky visit Moscow unencumbered, building up his feeling of a secure status quo. His last visit was a result of his own yearning to come, entirely oblivious to the intensive operation culminating with his arrival in Moscow for the last time, putting an end to his cushy life in a Maryland suburb.

It seems (hoping against hope that it is no more than “seems”) that while the US security organizations are preoccupied with politically correct policies reflecting the views of new world order, grand new democracies and nation building, Russia, now rid of ideologies that used to guide USSR and KGB till the point of bankruptcy, has succeeded in streamlining its security operations into a no-nonsense, low-profile, mean, lean spying machine.

Nobody got lucky with the original NORVA message (see below).

How to do steganography and NORVA Messaging the crypto way

Veering off the topic of SALWISS displays, we are going to examine, and possibly quiz some of you on the CAIRNORVA decryption. Meanwhile, here is a how-to on a neat steganography method that I found on a forum. It is a set of very simple steps:

• Create a public key;
• Export the public key;
• Use Clip Secure, or an equivalent;
• Set Clip Secure to the OFB mode;
• Encrypt a short text mesaage with CS in OFB mode, make sure that the cyphertext is no longer than 64 symbols;
• Copy and paste the cyphertext at the beginning of the public key, then - trim the key so that the whole assembly looks innocent. Make sure the cyphertext is not chopped or altered.

Test:
Load the key text minus the headers into SC and decrypt. Should be fine.
The public key, however, is corrupted beyond recovery. That is OK.
You post it anonymously to the internet, for example, as a new user of a forum which has an naturally designated slot suitable for a PGP key in user profile, or just into any other area where it is unlikely to arouse suspicion, but render it easy to locate intentionally.

Provided the user's true identity and anonymity has been preserved, it is additionally crucial to ensure that this modified key can be traceable. Now the person for whom it was intended may safely copy it without arousing any suspicion by being aprt of a completely benign traffic of the forum.

The bogus key may arouse suspicion (which is highly unlikely) only when and if a third party will attempt to use it.

Back to the CAIRNORVA. The encrypted message:

GLENN STAKE THAT FAME THREE FOUR THREE ON BOOK.

BUSH LAKE GATES THREE SEEING MOLD MAKE.

GROVE NOTHING BOOK SEVEN WARMING THE JACK.

Take note of the definite, non-abstract nouns – these are your hints. Of course, this goes without saying, do not go on the wild goose chase analyzing the BOOK being repeated, if you have no previous experience with CAIRNORVA.

I used the simplest lexicon encryption. Almost the one you can find on Spammimic.I think you’ll have no problem unbuttoning this:

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This rather wordy encryption unbuttons to data relayed , using rancid as the password.

Again, I would remind you that repeat occurrences of nouns can truly throw you a curve ball. That much I can disclose to you.
The beauty of CAIRNORVA is that you can encrypt short messages without a code book or a PC, or a palmtop. An added-on value is that the method would teach you to think clearly, formulate your message into a simple, crisp sentences, and you might just benefit from this process of a collateral benefit – you might become a Hemingway! Send those unbutton messages by e-mail, y’hear?

Lost Walkie-Talkie Put To Smart Sleep

Recently a soldier's HT got irretrievably lost, to no fault of his own. He did not remember whether he put his set into the default standby mode, either by CHANF or CHANS right before turning it off.

Upon hearing of this episode, where the set was taken for a routine 1 minute communication check by another teammate, the CO clicked CALUS (call user), DISCNOT (color indicator notify) and ANCOCH (announce code change). An unsuspecting finder-keeper will never know what the flashing LED would mean, and through playing with the buttons, which might remind him of a police scanner, would surely deactivate all the HT functions save for the beacon-self-ID frequency beeps. FBI should have an easy time locating this wonder CB radio, and racking up additional favors from the JTF.

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