Facebook Closes Troll Accounts Tracked to French Military, Russia
Facebook shut down two massive disinformation campaigns emanating from Russian and France which targeted several African countries.
Cyber Warfare
Watch: This U.S. Space Force Video Made Me a Believer
It’s easy to pick on the new guy. But we hadn’t really given Space Force it’s due until we watched this video. Now we wish we could join.
Justice Department Indicts Six Russian GRU Officers for Cybercrimes
The Russians had allegedly tried to camouflage the cyberattack to make them appear like the work of China or North Korea.
The Immortals: Iran’s elite cyberwarfare unit
This article was written by Jeremy Walker and originally published on Grey Dynamics. The threat posed by Iranian cyber actors has been a growing concern for the past decade, yet people have yet to see the destructive capabilities these actors could produce. Iran can affect global infrastructure, drag out and disrupt a potential Middle East […]
The US Space Force just had its first launch (into cyberspace)
The United States Space Force, now officially the sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, saw its first launch into cyberspace earlier this week, as the branch’s new website went live. SpaceForce.mil is up and running, populated with information pertaining to the new branch’s establishment, mission and future plans. Despite the ideas many people tend […]
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Tesla says its new ‘Cybertruck’ can withstand small arms fire, but fails the metal ball test
On Thursday, Tesla unveiled their new (and unusual) pickup truck that looks a lot like how movies in the 1980s assumed cars would look like today. The Cybertruck is the sixth vehicle Tesla has unveiled since opening its doors in 2003; but this is the first of their vehicles intended for rugged off-road and utilitarian […]
Hijacking artificial limbs? Researchers demonstrate how cyber hackers can do it
According to a Congressional report, about 1,645 veterans lost limbs during the War on Terror years, causing bodily harm and lasting effects but also a heavy psychological burden. Not all veterans require prosthetics or even want them, but for the ones who do, innovations in this field cannot come soon enough. However, with more technology […]
Cyber warfare: US Cyber Command strikes back at Russia
“The fact that the 2018 election process moved forward without successful Russian intervention was not a coincidence,” according to U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. The Republican from South Dakota refused to elaborate on specific mission details targeting the Internet Research Agency (IRA) in the Washington Post. Rounds added, without the aid of United States Cyber Command […]
Cyber warfare: Did Russia hack the Army’s Stryker Dragoon armored vehicles?
In 2017, the U.S. Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment stationed in Europe received the first batch of the improved or up-gunned—in military parlance—Stryker Dragoon armored vehicles. Commanders on the ground requested them, as the 2nd needed to improve its capabilities against near-peer adversaries in theatre. In Europe, this likely would mean Russia. The term adversary is […]
A China-US space race could mean more cyberattacks targeting the US defense industry
China’s space program has been making news lately after the country managed to land a probe on the dark side of the moon—a first for humanity. The lander, named “Chang’e 4,” contains a self-contained biosphere and plant seeds, which sprouted earlier this month. This is the first time in history humankind has grown any biological […]
A cyber attack on the US could be worse than a nuclear strike: Pentagon adds ‘digital’ weapons to WMD list
Last year, the United States found itself inundated with headlines about nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missiles. For the first time since the Cold War, Americans found themselves living with the specter of a nuclear attack, with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un testing a series of missiles and nuclear devices each aimed specifically at developing the […]
