House subpanel requests funds for cyber warfare, armed drones

June 20, 2017, 11:52 am

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“Language in the bill supports counter-propaganda efforts, especially through the NATO alliance, aides said.” </end editorial>  By: Joe Gould, June 20, 2017 (Photo Credit: J.M. Eddins Jr./U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee is advancing language to support the Trump administration’s $12.3 billion funding request for America’s most elite military forces. The Armed Services… Continue reading House subpanel requests funds for cyber warfare, armed drones

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PSYOP: USACAPOC dedicates new headquarters to fallen N.C. soldier

June 20, 2017, 12:06 pm

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By Drew Brooks Pfc. Alan H. Newton had a seemingly endless supply of love. While he was known for rescuing any animal spotted near his family’s home in Star — and a few people in need, too — Newton’s greatest loves were his family and his country, officials said. Nearly eight years after he was… Continue reading PSYOP: USACAPOC dedicates new headquarters to fallen N.C. soldier

The United States and Ukraine might sign a security agreement stipulating for placement of American military equipment in Ukraine.

June 20, 2017, 12:33 pm

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Storing military equipment in a forward staging area was something the US has done for ages.  In West Germany, it was called POMCUS.  POMCUS (Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured in Unit Sets) was a system that kept large amounts of pre-positioned U.S. military equipment in West Germany during the Cold War. I lived in a forward-deployed… Continue reading The United States and Ukraine might sign a security agreement stipulating for placement of American military equipment in Ukraine.

Event: #DISINFOWEEK l Albright, Murphy, Hurd Headline June 29 Conference

June 20, 2017, 12:39 pm

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Disinformation: The Next Frontier and How to Strike BackThursday, June 29, 2017 9:00 a.m. Featuring: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright Chairman, National Democratic Institute • Senator Chris Murphy US Senator for Connecticut, US Senate • Congressman Will Hurd Representative, 23rd District of Texas, US House of Representatives • Mr. Clinton Watts Senior Fellow, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, George Washington University • Mr. Jakub Janda Head, Kremlin Watch… Continue reading Event: #DISINFOWEEK l Albright, Murphy, Hurd Headline June 29 Conference

How An Entire Nation Became Russia’s Test Lab For Cyberwar

June 20, 2017, 12:52 pm

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ANDY GREENBERG The clocks read zero when the lights went out. It was a Saturday night last December, and Oleksii Yasinsky was sitting on the couch with his wife and teenage son in the living room of their Kiev apartment. The 40-year-old Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher and his family were an hour into Oliver Stone’s film… Continue reading How An Entire Nation Became Russia’s Test Lab For Cyberwar

Social Media Is A Propaganda Powerhouse

June 21, 2017, 8:29 am

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by Erik Sass , Staff Writer @eriksass1, 3 hours ago Forget cat videos and carefully staged vacation snapshots — social media’s real killer app is spreading propaganda, disinformation and fake news, according to a new study from the University of Oxford’s Computational Propaganda Research Project. The CPRP researchers examined the spread of news and opinion with covert support… Continue reading Social Media Is A Propaganda Powerhouse

Russia calls US statement on eastern Ukraine ‘inappropriate and incorrect’

June 21, 2017, 8:33 am

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Despite overwhelming proof that Russia has soldiers, leaders, equipment and is operating in Donbass, Russia denies it is there. Keeping and increasing sanctions on Russia is one of the many tools the US has to change Russia’s tune. </end editorial> BY OLIVIA BEAVERS – 06/21/17 09:34 AM EDT A top Russian official on Wednesday called the U.S.… Continue reading Russia calls US statement on eastern Ukraine ‘inappropriate and incorrect’

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 21 June 2017

June 21, 2017, 9:30 am

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s self-destructive and destructive meltdown has produced much interesting reading today. The Russian FLANKER harrassing a RIVET JOINT continues to draw attention, while Zvezda releases a clip of an F-16 flying formation on a Russian transport, describing it as an  “Su-27 fighter chases NATO F-16 away from… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 21 June 2017

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CyCon 2018 Call for Papers is Now Open

June 21, 2017, 11:08 am

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CyCon 2018 Call for Papers is Now Open NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence is proud to announce the Call for Papers for the anniversary conference on cyber conflict in 2018, CyCon C.  To celebrate the milestone the cyber security community is invited to shape the focus of the 10th CyCon. Instead of setting… Continue reading CyCon 2018 Call for Papers is Now Open

Trump thinks Russia didn’t interfere in the election. An FBI official just said it did.

June 21, 2017, 3:54 pm

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I disagree with Bill Priestap in only one conclusion that he makes to Senator Dianne Feinstein of the Senate Intelligence Committee.  He stated that Russia had three goals during the US presidential election of 2016.  The first being to sow discord and undermine the democratic process in the United States (which is actually two different… Continue reading Trump thinks Russia didn’t interfere in the election. An FBI official just said it did.

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 22 June 2017

June 22, 2017, 10:40 am

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia again contributing MSM traffic on multiple fronts, while its ongoing internal meltdown continues. More aerial harassment in the Baltics, more on assassinations in the West, military buildup blamed on NATO, and some truly grotesque reports around Russian Orthodox fundamentalism (COCW applies). Russia to classify personal data… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 22 June 2017

Experts Urge Congress and Trump to Arm Ukraine | National Security Task Force of the Friends of Ukraine Network

June 22, 2017, 10:47 am

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Recommendations by the bipartisan National Security Task Force of the Friends of Ukraine Network for US military aid and support of Ukraine. US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst A bipartisan task force made up of… Continue reading Experts Urge Congress and Trump to Arm Ukraine | National Security Task Force of the Friends of Ukraine Network

Influence Options – Dr. Steve Tatham

June 22, 2017, 12:30 pm

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A dear friend, Dr. Steve Tatham, a former senior UK military Officer, eminently qualified IO and Psyop officer, started up a company, Influence Options, in the UK. I’ve worked with Steve for almost as long as I can remember. He is “good quality people”, the best, and he’s been working on the front lines in the information environment… Continue reading Influence Options – Dr. Steve Tatham

US calls on Russia to end violent ‘intimidation’ in eastern Ukraine

June 22, 2017, 6:13 pm

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BY JOHN BOWDEN – 06/22/17 The State Department on Thursday condemned Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine for “violence and intimidation” against international monitor groups in the region. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Thursday during a press briefing that the United States is “deeply concerned” about recent violence against civilian members of the aid group… Continue reading US calls on Russia to end violent ‘intimidation’ in eastern Ukraine

Report: Russia may have accidentally revealed new military satellites

June 23, 2017, 7:26 am

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By: Paige Williams, June 22, 2017 (Photo Credit: IHS Markit/PA via Business Wire) WASHINGTON — Russia may have accidentally revealed its new military satellites, according to an IHS Markit report. On June 6, a group of Russian defense officials, including Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu, toured the ISS Reshetnev satellite factory near Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photographs from a… Continue reading Report: Russia may have accidentally revealed new military satellites

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Putin directed election hacking

June 23, 2017, 7:29 am

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23 June 2017 Vladimir Putin was directly involved in hacking the 2016 election, the Washington Post reports, leading off an 8,000-word deep dive into what the U.S. intelligence community knew and what then-President Barack Obama tried to do about Russian efforts to “to disrupt and discredit the U.S. presidential race” and, in fact, to “defeat… Continue reading Putin directed election hacking

Our Information Warfare Against Russia Is Working

June 23, 2017, 8:56 am

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The West is suffering from Russian Information Warfare efforts designed to sow chaos, undermine democracy, and promote Russian national interests. There have been widespread calls to counter Russian propaganda but few actual efforts by state or multi-state governments or defense organizations and none larger than a handful or two of worker bees. On this blog,… Continue reading Our Information Warfare Against Russia Is Working

Brutal Kangaroo is the CIA tool suite for hacking Air-Gapped Networks

June 23, 2017, 9:03 am

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June 22, 2017  By Pierluigi Paganini WikiLeaks has published a new batch of Wikileaks documents that detail the Brutal Kangaroo tool suite for hacking Air-Gapped Networks. WikiLeaks has published a new batch of documents belonging to the Vault 7 leak, the last archive includes the documentation related to a tool dubbed Brutal Kangaroo used by the CIA for Microsoft… Continue reading Brutal Kangaroo is the CIA tool suite for hacking Air-Gapped Networks

How China’s cyber command is being built to supersede its U.S. military counterpart

June 23, 2017, 9:06 am

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Chris Bing JUN 22, 2017 | CYBERSCOOP As U.S. leaders contemplate a proper definition for “cyberwar,” their counterparts in China have been building a unit capable of fighting such a large-scale conflict. China’s rival to U.S. Cyber Command, the ambiguously named Strategic Support Force (SSF), is quietly growing at a time when the country’s sizable military is… Continue reading How China’s cyber command is being built to supersede its U.S. military counterpart

How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument

June 23, 2017, 9:23 am

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Citation: Gary King, Jennifer Pan, and Margaret E. Roberts. Forthcoming. “How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument.” American Political Science Review. Copy at http://j.mp/2ovks0q Download Citation (uncorrected) Article Proofs 643 KB Supplementary Appendix 363 KB Abstract: The Chinese government has long been suspected of hiring as many as 2,000,000… Continue reading How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument