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The cryptocurrencies’ potential to facilitate money laundering and financing illicit activities has long informed Bitcoin-insecure politicians’ hawkish postures on crypto regulation. With the release by the Department of Justice (DoJ) of an indictment of twelve Russian intelligence officers last Friday, which includes a count of an alleged conspiracy to launder money ‘through cryptocurrencies such as…
Behold the Bogomol tanklet! Built by Belarus, this compact car-sized unmanned ground vehicle joins the growing ranks of robotic weapons designed for combat. We’ve seen some form of remote-control armored vehicle developed by everyone from Russia to Iraq, with a similar purpose shared by all armored vehicles: deliver pain to the enemy, all while keeping…
“Cyberwar as a form of interstate confrontation has entered an active phase.” Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame, Industroyer, Informzashchita, Lurk, EternalBlue, Blackenergy, etc etc Allegations that Russian hackers stole emails from top Democrats in the United States, in an effort to influence the results of America’s presidential election, are now more than a year old. Last…
“Some believe cyber is just like rain — an environmental condition you have to fight in — rather than a major war-fighting capability.” The U.S. military has made great strides to develop a cyber workforce. For the Army, this has included creating a cyber command, cyber schools and a cyber military occupational specialty for…
Der Bundesverfassungsschutz warnt: Laut Verfassungschutz sind deutsche Medienunternehmen und Organisationen im Bereich der Chemiewaffenforschung wieder Ziel eines Hackerangriffs geworden. Indizien weisen auf einen Angriff aus Russland. Von Anja Bröker, WDR Die Angriffe verlaufen immer gleich. Ein scheinbar harmloses Word-Dokument hängt im Anhang einer E-Mail. Beim Öffnen der Datei wird dem Opfer empfohlen, die Ausführung von…
EMP-proof can even survive a nuclear blast Can your Moto 360 communicate using classified waveforms? Would your Pebble Time survive a nuclear blast? No chance – you may as well throw your smartwatch in the bin now. The Ivan Drago of the smartwatch world – the Argus-Spektr Company’s Strelets – has been detailed by…
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon’s commercial technology hub, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, has outposts in Silicon Valley, Boston and Austin. But it’s now stepping up its commitment to one vital region to which it has not paid as much attention in the last three years: Washington, D.C. The tech office has brought on Michael Madsen as…
It’s hard to build a service powered by artificial intelligence. So hard, in fact, that some startups have worked out it’s cheaper and easier to get humans to behave like robots than it is to get machines to behave like humans. “Using a human to do the job lets you skip over a load of…
Blockchains seem like the perfect technology for online voting. They can act as “bulletin boards,” global ledgers that were hypothesized (but never truly realized) in decades of e-voting research. Better still, blockchains enable smart contracts, which can execute on-chain elections autonomously and do away with election authorities. Unfortunately, smart contracts aren’t just good for running…
If your mobile carrier offers LTE, also known as the 4G network, you need to beware as your network communication can be hijacked remotely. A team of researchers has discovered some critical weaknesses in the ubiquitous LTE mobile device standard that could allow sophisticated hackers to spy on users’ cellular networks, modify the contents of…
Insider Theft Report #2 Today A former employee of Israel-based cyber arms dealer NSO Group has been accused of stealing spyware source code from the company and attempting to sell it for $50 million, Israel’s Justice Ministry announced this week. The suspect has not been named, but court documents reveal that he’s a 38-year-old…
By Paul Mozur – June 22, 2018 – The New York Times JINJIANG, China — With a dragnet closing in, engineers at a Taiwanese chip maker holding American secrets did their best to conceal a daring case of corporate espionage. As the police raided their offices, human resources workers gave the engineers a warning…
A soldier who gets separated or lost in a hostile landscape naturally wants to send a radio signal as a call for help. The problem: Enemies can often see the signal too. To break this conundrum, the Army recently awarded a $33.9 million contract to support development of new technology. “The motto is to leave…
Blockchain Mining Hardware and 6 EH/s Pool Giant Bitmain Valued at $12 Billion in New Funding Round of $300 Million to $400 Million – lead by Sequoia, US-Coatue, and EDBI-Singapore. Chinese bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has reportedly closed a Series B round funding, which values the firm at approximately $12 billion. Chinese business media…
Remember, Ethereum is a ‘blockchain’ with “voting” options. Essentially, the solution to the current problem is yet another algorithm upgrade. Ethereum is in the midst of a “gas crisis.” At least, that’s according to Taylor Monahan, CEO of MyCrypto, who took to Twitter this week to remind users of best practices for setting transaction…
That *IS* the whole story: China is driving ahead of Silicon Valley and the rest of the United States on venture capital dollars invested into startups. ICO/ITO’s are not even in the picture on this one. The old line about Silcon Valley VC’s still holds true: most don’t want to invest more than 40 miles…
This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) Experts say that when quantum computers are fully operational, they will upend the use of password-protected systems, artificial intelligence and other areas of information technology. “Whoever achieves quantum first, everything they are doing and have been doing is irrelevant,” Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, said recently. However, the…
This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) The adoption of blockchain technology – decentralized ledgers, smart contracts – is gaining traction across many different sectors. It is inevitable that military organizations across the globe will want to ensure they stay ahead of the curve. Blockchain already has various military applications, as suggested by coincentral.com:…
This post is also available in: עברית (Hebrew) The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is supporting a technology that integrates blockchain with existing solutions for border security applications. Blockchain is a technology that is highly resistant to data modification. Transactions in a blockchain network are recorded as blocks of information in a chronological chain of…
The Russian Ministry of Defense is launching a research lab to analyze how blockchain technology can be used to mitigate cybersecurity attacks, a local newspaper reported Friday. The nation’s military technology accelerator, referred to as the ERA, is launching a special scientific lab to determine whether blockchain technology can be used to identify cyber attacks…
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