Category Science & Technology

How ISIS Nearly Stumbled On The Ingredients For A ‘Ddirty Bomb’

July 23, 2017 · by · in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, CIA, DIA, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Iran, Iraq, ISIS in Iraq, Israel, national security, Science & Technology, Special Operations, Syria, terrorism, US Military, Weapons Of Mass Destruction · Leave a comment

How ISIS Nearly Stumbled On The Ingredients For A ‘Ddirty Bomb’ By Joby Warrick, Loveday Morris, www.washingtonpost.com View Original July 22nd, 2017 A classroom at the University of Mosul after the city’s liberation in June. Islamic State occupiers tried to use labs to build weapons.Photo by: Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP/Getty Images On the day the Islamic State overran the Iraqi […]

Project Maven To Deploy Computer Algorithms To War Zone By Year’s End

July 23, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Army, artificial intelligence, big data, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, quantum computing, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, US Military · Leave a comment

Project Maven To Deploy Computer Algorithms To War Zone By Year’s End By Cheryl PellerinDoD News, Defense Media Activity By Contact Author, www.defense.gov View Original July 21st, 2017 WASHINGTON, July 21, 2017 — Winning wars with computer algorithms and artificial intelligence were among the topics that Defense Department intelligence officials discussed during a recent Defense One Tech Summit […]

Moscow’s Cyber-Defense How The Russian Government Plans To Protect The Country From The Coming Cyber War

July 22, 2017 · by · in CIA, Covert OIperations, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Defense Industrial Base, Denial & Deception, Department Of Defense, DIA, espionage, spying, Information Operations, Intelligence Community, Internet, national security, NSA, Russia, Science & Technology, social media, technology & innovation, U.S. Cyber Command, US Military, Weapons of Mass Disruption · Leave a comment

Very long, but interesting read.  Definitely worth the time.  RCP, fortunascoirner.com Excerpt: “This is just the demo version of a future large-scale cyberwar,” concludes Group-IB’s report on WannaCry. “It’s become clear how vulnerable the modern world is to digital weapons from the arsenals of intelligence agencies and cyber-armies, when they fall into other hands. Unfortunately, […]

Quadcopter That Swims And Flies Could Be Used For Navy Special Ops

July 22, 2017 · by · in CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, Drones, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, national security, Navy, Robots In War, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, Unmanned aerial systems, US Military · Leave a comment

Quadcopter That Swims And Flies Could Be Used For Navy Special Ops https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/07/21/quadcopter-swims-flies-used-navy-special-ops/? Marco Maia from Rutgers University operates “Naviator,” the first unmanned hybrid aerial-aquatic vehicle to seamlessly transition from airborne to underwater operations and back again, during the Naval Future Force Science and Technology EXPO at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (U.S. Navy/John […]

High-Tech ‘Cyber Nukes’ Threaten Aging Nuclear Deterrents

July 21, 2017 · by · in artificial intelligence, CIA, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Defense Industrial Base, Department Of Defense, DIA, Encryption, Intelligence Community, Internet, military history, national security, NSA, Nuclear, Science & Technology, technology & innovation, U.S. Cyber Command, Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass Disruption · Leave a comment

High-Tech ‘Cyber Nukes’ Threaten Aging Nuclear Deterrents National Security Agency (NSA) Director Adm. Michael S. Rogers testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, D.C., nearly two months ago, before the U.S. House Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee hearing. Covered, ‘Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request for U.S. Cyber Command: Cyber Mission Force Support to […]

AI Could Revolutionize War As Much As Nukes

July 21, 2017 · by · in Air Force, Al Qaeda, Army, artificial intelligence, Department Of Defense, Hybrid War, Intelligence Community, Marines, military history, National Guard, national security, NSA, quantum computing, Robots In War, Science & Technology, Special Operations, technology & innovation, Unmanned aerial systems, US Military · Leave a comment

Excerpts: The Harvard report recommends that the National Security Council, DoD, and State Department should start studying now what internationally agreed-on limits ought to be imposed on AI. Miles Brundage, who researches the impacts of AI on society at the University of Oxford, says there’s reason to think that AI diplomacy can be effective—if countries […]

Was North Korea’s July 4th Surprise A Mobile Launched ICBM

July 21, 2017 · by · in China, CIA, Department Of Defense, DIA, foreign policy, Intelligence Community, Japan, military history, national security, North Korea, Nuclear, POTUS, Science & Technology, South Korea, technology & innovation, US Military, Weapons Of Mass Destruction · Leave a comment

Was North Korea’s July 4th Surprise A Mobile Launched ICBM By Ralph Savelsberg, breakingdefense.com View Original July 21st, 2017 Did North Korean really launch an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on the Fourth of July, as many in the US government and the North Koreans say? A pair of missile defense experts examine the facts and draw their […]

If You Have An Apple IPhone/iPad, Etc. – Upload Security Patch NOW!

July 21, 2017 · by · in artificial intelligence, CIA, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Defense Industrial Base, DIA, Encryption, FBI, Intelligence Community, Internet, national security, NSA, Science & Technology, social media, Special Operations, technology & innovation, U.S. Cyber Command, Weapons of Mass Disruption · Leave a comment

Update Your Apple Devices. Right Now. By Brian Fung, www.washingtonpost.com View Original July 20th, 2017 Apple has released a software update to iOS and macOS that you should download right away. The security update patches a dangerous vulnerability in WiFi chips that allows hackers to “execute arbitrary code” — industry-speak for taking over your device. Through the WiFi chip, a hacker may […]

Hackers Can Breach Burglar Alarm System With $142 Device – It’s Called YARD Stick One — And, It Only Takes Seconds

July 19, 2017 · by · in Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Denial & Deception, espionage, spying, FBI, Intelligence Community, Internet, national security, NSA, Science & Technology, technology & innovation · Leave a comment

Hackers Can Breach Burglar Alarm System With $142 Device – It’s Called YARD Stick One — And, It Only Takes Seconds   http://www.fortunascorner.com        A writer going by the name Wagas, had an article, July 18, 2017, on the cyber security website, HackRead.com, with the title above.  “YARD Stick One, is a hand-held USB stick, easily […]

How To Steal a Mobile Phone Number & Everything Linked To It  — Meet Signaling System 7, A Hacker’s Best Friend

July 19, 2017 · by · in biometrics, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber War, Cybersecurity, Encryption, espionage, spying, FBI, identity management, Internet, national security, NSA, Science & Technology, technology & innovation, U.S. Cyber Command · Leave a comment

How To Steal a Mobile Phone Number & Everything Linked To It  — Meet Signaling System 7, A Hacker’s Best Friend   www.frotunascorner.com        Steven Melendez has a July 18, 2017 article on the website, FastCompany, with the title above.  Mr. Melendez begins by writing how even the most tech-savvy can still be vulnerable, and […]

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