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Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for years

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Latest Vault7 release exposes network-spying operation CIA kept secret since 2007. DAN GOODIN – 6/15/2017, 6:39 PM Home routers from 10 manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, can be turned into covert listening posts that allow the Central Intelligence Agency to monitor and manipulate incoming and outgoing traffic and infect connected devices. That’s according to… Continue reading Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for years

Anti-Canada propaganda greets troops in Latvia

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CBC IN LATVIA Anti-Canada propaganda greets troops in Latvia News site runs photos of disgraced, cross-dressing colonel, suggesting military is full of homosexuals By Chris Brown, CBC News Posted: Jun 16, 2017 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 16, 2017 8:51 AM ET Russian-language propagandists are taking aim at Canada’s military mission to Latvia by linking… Continue reading Anti-Canada propaganda greets troops in Latvia

The war we’re not fighting against ISIS

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Truth be told, we are fighting a war of information against ISIS.  The Global Engagement Center has been waging this war for years, but outside the targeted area, we do not see it. This is not warfare waged in English… The church can respond and wage war against ISIS by any means it wants but… Continue reading The war we’re not fighting against ISIS

Russia recognizes yellow toy duck as a method of political agitation

Facebook using artificial intelligence to combat terrorist propaganda

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Also: Facebook’s AI for targeting terrorists will go beyond Muslim extremists VentureBeat 12:20 Facebook Finally Turns AI on Terrorist Propaganda Direct Marketing News 12:01 Facebook Using AI to Wipe Out Terrorist Accounts Entrepreneur Magazine 11:46 Facebook explains how it uses AI to catch terrorists online Digital Journal 11:39 Facebook Using AI to Combat Terrorist Propaganda… Continue reading Facebook using artificial intelligence to combat terrorist propaganda

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 16 June 2017

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s self-inflicted MSM flagellation continues, with major MSM blowback from Putin’s call-in (multiple Choke on Coffee Warnings), and Buzzfeed and Times reports on Russian assassinations of Russian emigres in the UK. Ukrainians detain suspects in Voronenkov assassination. New US sanctions bill targets European political corruption by blocking… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 16 June 2017

European Parliament Committee Recommends End-To-End Encryption For All Electronic Communications

‘Too Long On Your Throne’: Was Putin’s Big Phone-In Show Massively Trolled?


‘Crash Override’ malware heightens fears for US electric grid

What the Romans did for us: on the age-old art of propaganda

Countering disinformation online will require long-term engagement from the feds

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 17 June 2017

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s self-inflicted MSM flagellation continues, unabated. Some truly excellent essays and analyses on last week’s events in Russia. US sanctions expected to cripple oil industry in Russia. RFE/RL podcast notable, pointing out that in the absence of a salable propaganda theme, Putin may as done in the… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 17 June 2017

Army of Ukraine Continues to Close with and Destroy Russian Hordes

Yats: Keeping Out the “Medieval Empire”

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Former Ukrainian PM and now de facto ambassador at large Arseniy Yatsenyuk yesterday posted some photos of the new Cold War style border defences Ukraine is constructing to keep the Russians out. Curiously, the language he uses in his English language version of this posting is dumbed… Continue reading Yats: Keeping Out the “Medieval Empire”

Burqas Banned And LGBT Muslims Welcome At Germany’s First ‘Liberal’ Mosque


Escape from Putin’s info bubble emboldens Russian youth

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LONDON — The worldview of Russians under the age of 30, like their contemporaries everywhere, is shaped by YouTube, V’Kontaktye (Russia’s answer to Facebook) and hundreds of news, music and political websites and blogs. They don’t bother to watch Russian TV, with its Kremlin-controlled content, so they’re not trapped in the state’s information bubble. That… Continue reading Escape from Putin’s info bubble emboldens Russian youth

NBC vows to air interview with conspiracy theorist Jones

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Normally I wouldn’t even think twice about blogging this story, but the lead up to this story and the possible outcome is significant in the inform and influence world. Last weekend Megyn Kelly made her debut on NBC with an interview with Russian President Putin. Her coverage was soundly lambasted by many critics, saying she… Continue reading NBC vows to air interview with conspiracy theorist Jones

Did Russia Kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Or Not? Russia – Professionals Or Not?

“Most common way that fake news spreads is from laziness” – Aric Toler (Bellingcat)

Russia Today considers legal action over Emmanuel Macron ‘propaganda’ comments

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