ISIS targeting Indian hackers for propaganda help

The hackers are being asked to create a database of potential Indian candidates from social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. And they are being offered lucrative deals too. For every ‘job’ that they do, a hacker would be paid in excess of $10,000. Experts are saying this has been the most anyone has been […]

Military “Killer” Robots Closer to Reality? Pentagon Says Yes

The idea of robots on the battlefield is nothing new, but the reality of them being more widely used is becoming more real each day. Robots have been used for years to assist with counter-IED efforts. The South Korean military alone has 7,000 reconnaissance and bomb detection robots. However, they are not capable of making […]

Summer the Chinese Spy and the Hazards of the SHOT Show

Velcro, beards, bacon eater patches, and lots of guns.  It was another typical affair at the SHOT show in Las Vegas yesterday.  After cruising around and linking up with some friends at the Paris casino, our group of ten or so took some seats in one of the many lounges scattered around the floor, sandwiched between […]

Enemy Agents, Spies, Hackers and Scammers want to be Your Friend

This woman appears to be under 30, but claims to have been in the corporate grind since 1996. In addition, her photo, and her similar connections, are all using stock photos as their profile pictures. Image courtesy of the author. Over the past year, SOFREP has drawn the attention of an increasing number of incidents […]

Clinton’s FBI Problem Still Under the Radar

Even as the latest batch of over 3000 of Hillary Clinton’s emails, released on New Year’s Eve, dribbles out, causing another spike in media controversy on the subject, the FBI continues to methodically pore over every single email to determine if classified information was sent via Clinton’s private server.

China’s Unrestricted Warfare (Pt. 1)

The 1999 PLA white paper “Unrestricted Warfare” can help to broaden our definition of what constitutes war before we lose one we didn’t even know we were in.