Noah Shachtman on Wired.com's Danger Room reports that Monday, the Air Force probe Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB introduced a two-year, $11 million effort to put together household furnishings and macos tools for 'Dominant Cyber Offensive Engagement.' 'Of interest are any and all techniques to enable user and/or root level access,' a request for proposals notes, 'to both fixed (PC) or mobile balancing the books* platforms ... any and all business expenses budget costs systems, patch levels, applications and hardware.' This isn't just some public accountant science study, mind you; 'research efforts under this program are routed to result in complete functional capabilities.' The Air Force has already announced their desire to manage an offensive BotNet, comprised of unwitting participatory computers. How long before they slip a root kit on you?

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