Russian MFA Deploys Own Version of Fake Exposure – Fail
This ‘Western fake exposure’ site is in English, so the West is the target. Notice the addressee list, the Russian MFA is obviously feeling some pain: EU Mythbusters, Stop Fake, Yevhen Fedchenko,...
View ArticleOPERATION BUGDROP: CYBERX DISCOVERS LARGE-SCALE CYBER-RECONNAISSANCE...
by CyberX Staff | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog | 0 comments CyberX has discovered a new, large-scale cyber-reconnaissance operation targeting a broad range of targets in the Ukraine. Because it eavesdrops on...
View ArticleArmy Information Operations must help to overcome the backlog of Russia from...
Apparently, there is an overlap in propaganda and cyber in the Russian approach, the terms appear to be used interchangeably. </end editorial> (Translation from Russian by my Chrome browser)...
View ArticleRussian Defense Ministry Creates Propaganda Force
It’s interesting this is being announced. “Propaganda should be smart, competent and effective,” Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, announcing the new force. Shoigu did not say whether the...
View ArticleNow Anyone Can Deploy Google’s Troll-Fighting AI
AUTHOR: ANDY GREENBERG.ANDY GREENBERG SECURITY DATE OF PUBLICATION: 02.23.17.02.23.17 TIME OF PUBLICATION: 7:00 AM.7:00 AM LAST SEPTEMBER, A Google offshoot called Jigsaw declared war on trolls,...
View ArticleBaghdad Ten Years Ago: 25 Feb 07
WEEK 15 – 25 Feb 07: I’m a little late because I was on the road and wanted to post the Iraqi cartoon which I couldn’t access. It depicts the last Al Qaeda terrorist wearing a bomb vest chasing down...
View ArticleStrategic Communications and Public Diplomacy “Seen on the Web”– 1 March 2017
By Donald Bishop February 26, 2017 Seen on the Web 1305-1334 / This is a compilation of news, articles, essays, and reports on strategic communications, Public Diplomacy, public affairs, U.S....
View ArticleStrategic Communications in Music
I was considering how music played such a vital part of my life while growing up. Many of my friends come from the same coin as I do, albeit from the other side of the coin. Perhaps music accounts...
View ArticleHow Anti-Democratic Propaganda Is Taking Over the World
Autocrats from Beijing to Moscow are spreading their toxic ideology in more parts of the globe than ever before. And they’re much more sophisticated than you think. By CHRISTOPHER WALKER March 03, 2017...
View ArticleThe Basic Formula For Every Shocking Russia/Trump Revelation
A fairly accurate analysis of how the left and the media deal with each new “revelation” or fabrication. Anything and everything is blown out of proportion. Manufactured outrage. Fabricated evidence....
View ArticleBaghdad Ten Years Ago: 04 Mar 07
WEEK 16 – 4 Mar 07: The agreement between Al Qaeda and the Sunni tribes starts to unravel on the western edge of Baghdad as the terrorists look down upon the lack of brutality from their partners. The...
View ArticleP&G Just Raised the Stakes on Transparency
I was just discussing MOE yesterday… </end editorial The Global Brand Won’t Pay if Transparency Rules Aren’t Followed By: SteelHouse February 2, 2017 This past Monday, the world’s largest consumer...
View ArticleSomeone did this to Stalin bust on Red Square yesterday
Comment from a Ukrainian: That someone deserves a medal and a parade, but if/when caught will be beaten and jailed instead.Filed under: Information operations, Information Warfare, Russia Tagged:...
View ArticleHow I like my coffee
Someone implied, today, that I am… discriminating in how I like my coffee. I thought I’d share my response. After reading this, imagine how I order dinner and when the waitress asks me how I want...
View ArticleTrump, ISIS and Einstein
A big amen to this article. I’ve known Kevin for some time, and I hope to work with him again in the very near future. I do not believe the administration properly understand the importance of...
View ArticleRussia-Insider: Blatant Propagandists Operating Inside the US
Russia-Insider is considered a US corporation, it is incorporated in Connecticut and their website is considered in Arizona. Russia-Insider even says that everyone who works for Russia-Insider lives...
View ArticleRussian Interest In US Information Operations from 20 February 2017 – 9 March...
Recall my blog from 21 February, Russian Interest In US Information Operations from 1 – 20 February 2017. Tonight I revisited that database that I keep. I noticed something completely new. Almost zero...
View ArticleBaghdad Ten Years Ago: 11 Mar 07
WEEK 17 – 11 Mar 07: Every politician is taking a shot at Prime Minister Maliki. Pressure Points Members of the United States Congress are bashing the Administration’s surge plan and threatening to...
View ArticleWhen is a false claim a lie? Here’s what fact-checkers think
March 10, 2017 By Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter Readers have had enough of the media not calling things by their names. Take Don Miller, of Littleton, Colorado, for example: Do you remain asea in...
View ArticleThe Same Old Game, New Rules: The Need for a New Team for the War of Ideas:
The Same Old Game, New Rules: The Need for a New Team for the War of Ideas: By Kevin McCarty There has been much discussion about what is known as the War of Ideas to counter terrorism in the United...
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