Hidden Cobra, The Korean Dance of Peace →

via Dan Goodin's superlative reportage at ArsTechnica, we learn of the action in Panmunjom was - colloquially - the tip of the iceberg...

"It would be highly unusual for any country to cease intelligence gathering operations in the midst of some of the most important talks in their history," Sergio Caltagirone, director of threat intelligence at security firm Dragos, told Ars. Previously, he was a senior threat intelligence analyst at the US National Security Agency. "In fact, we would expect espionage activity to grow during periods of negotiation." - via Dan Goodin reporting at ArsTechnica

North Korean Computer Center Open Library Created →

Martyn Williams, writing at 38North, reports on the new North Korean Computer Center - ostensibly, an open library of Democratic People's Republic of Korea created (mostly modified) software. We strongly suggest caution when opening any files (eg., PDFs, DOCs, Binaries, et cetera and running any software from the library - especially with this caveat descendit onustus...:

"In publishing the PDF files, the team running the site had to strip out tracking code that had been inserted into the files by the Red Star OS. The software adds a hard-drive serial number to files when they are opened, potentially allowing the government the ability to determine all the computers on which a file has been viewed." - via Martyn Williams, writing at 38North