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DHS cyber shakeup faces new hurdles
DHS cyber shakeup faces new hurdles By Morgan Chalfant – 07/30/17 08:41 PM EDT An effort in Congress to reorganize the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity efforts is finally gaining steam,...
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Chinese Cyber Diplomacy in a New Era of Uncertainty
By Adam Segal Sunday, July 30, 2017, 9:30 AM PDF VERSION Last month the Hoover Institution published my paper entitled “Chinese Cyber Diplomacy in a New Era of Uncertainty” as part of its Aegis Paper...
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Hyten says information warfare will be key to future conflict
Stratcom Worried by Slow Pace of U.S. Nuclear Modernization Hyten says information warfare will be key to future conflict BY: Bill Gertz July 31, 2017 5:00 am The commander in charge of American...
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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – July 31, 2017
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – July 31, 2017 by milnews.ca #CANvsISIL ” ‘Our work is not done’: Canadian troops help secure Mosul as future battles loom” “Canadian troops help secure Mosul as future battles...
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Baghdad Ten Years Ago – 29 JUL 07
WEEK 37: Ah, progress. Time for the Iraqi politicians to get in the way. BLINKSMANSHIP “There he goes again” – President Ronald Reagan The Tawafuq Front, the largest Sunni political bloc, is...
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Facebook ‘dark ads’ can swing political opinions, research shows
Monday 31 July 2017 05.07 EDT Last modified on Monday 31 July 2017 08.41 EDT Using “psychographic” profiles of individual voters generated from publicly stated interests really does work, according to...
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How to hack back legally … with the FBI’s help [Black Hat 2017]
By: Aaron Boyd The FBI needs the private sector’s help taking down some of the largest, most complicated threats facing cyberspace. While the bureau has a wealth of technical expertise, it’s often...
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A new widget delivers fact-checking where readers want it
By Alexios Mantzarlis • July 20, 2016 Most fact-checking websites have forms that allow readers to submit claims they would like to get checked (see, for example, here and here). Istinomer, a Serbian...
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The US Navy’s prototype railgun is awe-inspiring
New footage has been released of the gun so powerful it’s a danger to itself By: Richard de Silva Posted: 07/25/2017 The United States Office of Naval Research (ONR) has released incredible footage of...
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German Election: Waiting For Leaks
Assessing online conversations about document dumps Timeline of tweets posted on the various leak-related hashtags on Twitter, from November 2016 to July 2017. Hackers already targeted elections in the...
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The Morning Vertical — August 1, 2017
THE MORNING VERTICAL by Brian Whitmore 01.08.2017 On My Mind One way or another, we’re in for a helluva show next year. One way or another, the March 2018 presidential election will probably be...
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New statistical model examines massive amounts of data to automatically spot...
Date: July 31, 2017 Source: American Statistical AssociationSummary:With Summary: With the number of security breaches and cyber-attacks on the rise, cyber-security experts may soon have a new tool in...
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Pentagon, State Department devise plans to provide arms to Ukraine: Report
The Departments of Defense and State have come up with plans to provide Ukraine with weapons as the country continues to battle Russia-backed separatists, and are now seeking support from the White...
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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – August 1, 2017
Tidbits from Both Sides of the Fight MILNEWS.ca Highlights – August 1, 2017 leave a comment » #CANvsISIL DND’s latest on Operation IMPACT Everyone Else Vs. ISIL “Nimitz Carrier Strike Group Begins...
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The State Department is missing $79 million in anti-ISIS funding because...
Just posting the article, I did not write this. This is for your SA. Currently, the Global Engagement Center at State is at a standstill. It is close to going backward without funding. Congress...
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President’s Commentary: Ground Forces March to Cyber Battlefield
This article appears in Signal Magazine, a publication of AFCEA. The author, Lt. Gen. Robert M. Shea, USMC (Ret.), is the President and CEO of AFCEA. What is confusing is his use of the term...
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UK Government announces major new cyber security innovation centre
What I find most interesting is that the UK government intends to support businesses to a certain degree. UK firms have access to the latest cyber technology to secure their businesses’ Still, the...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 1 August 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Reports on the possible provision of lethal aid to Ukraine has produced two good articles in WSJ and NYT. Some excellent...
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New Bill Seeks Basic IoT Security Standards
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/08/new-bill-seeks-basic-iot-security-standards/ Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would set baseline security standards for the government’s...
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The Daily Vertical: Sanctifying An Empire
The views expressed in this commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL. Vladimir Putin’s regime acts like it owns the memory and the narrative of the Second World War. The Kremlin...
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