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NEW TECH: CyCognito employs offensive bot network to put companies a step a head of attackers

The Last Watchdog

The company was launched in Tel Aviv in 2017 by a couple of former Israeli military cyber ops attack specialists, Rob Gurzeev and Dima Potekhin. I first wrote about criminal botnets at USA TODAY in 2004. ” Shadow risks Another thing about bots, they do what they’re told — for as long as they’re told to do it.

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The role of a secret Dutch mole in the US-Israeli Stuxnet attack on Iran

Security Affairs

In 2004, CIA and Mossad requested help to the the Dutch intelligence to get access to the plant, only in 2007 the mole, who posed as a mechanic working for a front company doing work at Natanz, dropped the virus into the target systems. “[T ] he Dutch mole was the most important way of getting the virus into Natanz,” one of the sources told Yahoo.

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Mayhem Moves To Production With The Department Of Defense

ForAllSecure

Did I also mention that they let me take MILAIR (Military Aircraft Transportation)? To put it in perspective, the first autonomous car challenge was in 2004. A single flaw in a system not only costs money, it puts their mission at risk. I didn’t even have to turn off my electronics during takeoff! Match made.

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Mayhem Moves To Production With The Department Of Defense

ForAllSecure

Did I also mention that they let me take MILAIR (Military Aircraft Transportation)? To put it in perspective, the first autonomous car challenge was in 2004. A single flaw in a system not only costs money, it puts their mission at risk. I didn’t even have to turn off my electronics during takeoff! Match made.

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MAYHEM MOVES TO PRODUCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

ForAllSecure

Did I also mention that they let me take MILAIR (Military Aircraft Transportation)? To put it in perspective, the first autonomous car challenge was in 2004. A single flaw in a system not only costs money, it puts their mission at risk. I didn’t even have to turn off my electronics during takeoff! Match made.