Category Archives: cyberwar

AI-Piloted Fighter Jets

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News from Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology:

China Claims Its AI Can Beat Human Pilots in Battle: Chinese state media reported that an AI system had successfully defeated human pilots during simulated dogfights. According to the Global Times report, the system had shot down several PLA pilots during a handful of virtual exercises in recent years. Observers outside China noted that while reports coming out of state-controlled media outlets should be taken with a grain of salt, the capabilities described in the report are not outside the realm of possibility…

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Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 3

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For more than a decade, China orchestrated a sophisticated espionage campaign against Nortel Networks, using Huawei, Chinese civilians working in Canada, and even organized crime gangs to steal important technical and operational information. When… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 3→

Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems

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“If you think any of these systems are going to work as expected in wartime, you’re fooling yourself.”

That was Bruce’s response at a conference hosted by US Transportation Command in 2017, after learning that their computerized logistical systems were mostly unclassified and on the Internet. That may be necessary to keep in touch with civilian companies like FedEx in peacetime or when fighting terrorists or insurgents. But in a new era facing off with China or Russia, it is dangerously complacent.

Any twenty-first century war will include cyber operations. Weapons and support systems will be successfully attacked. …

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Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 2

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In China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 1 we explored the story of two Chinese military officers, veterans of the semi-conflict with Taiwan, who helped shape the role of cyber in modern warfare in China and beyond with special guest Lieutenant C… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 2→

Iranian hackers hit Israel with disk wiper in disguise of ransomware

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By Deeba Ahmed
According to SentinelOne, Iranian hackers have developed a combo of disk wiper and ransomware and their target is Israel.
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Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 1

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Back in the 1990s, cyberwarfare was a word rarely used in the West – and definitely unheard of in China, which was just taking its first steps on the Internet. Two Chinese military officers, veterans of the semi-conflict with Taiwan, helped shape … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 1→

Including Hackers in NATO Wargames

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This essay makes the point that actual computer hackers would be a useful addition to NATO wargames:

The international information security community is filled with smart people who are not in a military structure, many of whom would be excited to pose as independent actors in any upcoming wargames. Including them would increase the reality of the game and the skills of the soldiers building and training on these networks. Hackers and cyberwar experts would demonstrate how industrial control systems such as power supply for refrigeration and temperature monitoring in vaccine production facilities are critical infrastructure; they’re easy targets and should be among NATO’s priorities at the moment…

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Cyber Security Roundup for January 2021

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A suspected nation-state sophisticated cyber-attack of SolarWinds which led to the distribution of a tainted version the SolarWinds Orion network monitoring tool, compromising their customers, dominated the cyber headlines in mid-December 2020.  This w… Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for January 2021→

Fact vs. Fiction: Film Industry’s Portrayal of Cybersecurity

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Article by Beau Peters
The movie industry is infamous for its loose depictions of hacking and cybersecurity. Hollywood often gets a lot wrong about hacking and digital protections, but what does it get right?
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Ranking National Cyber Power

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Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center published the “National Cyber Power Index 2020: Methodology and Analytical Considerations.” The rankings: 1. US, 2. China, 3. UK, 4. Russia, 5. Netherlands, 6. France, 7. Germany, 8. Canada, 9. Japan, 10. Australia, 11. Israel. More countries are in the document.

We could — and should — argue about the criteria and the methodology, but it’s good that someone is starting this conversation.

Executive Summary: The Belfer National Cyber Power Index (NCPI) measures 30 countries’ cyber capabilities in the context of seven national objectives, using 32 intent indicators and 27 capability indicators with evidence collected from publicly available data…

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