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New US Electronic Warfare Platform

Schneier on Security

The Army is developing a new electronic warfare pod capable of being put on drones and on trucks.the Silent Crow pod is now the leading contender for the flying flagship of the Army's rebuilt electronic warfare force. Insiders call this cognitive electronic warfare ). Possibly a lot, but it's all still in prototype stage.

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A job ad published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence revealed a secret hacking squad

Security Affairs

The existence of a secret SAS mobile hacker squad, named MAB5 and under the control of the Computer Network Operations (CNO) Exploitation, was revealed by a job ad published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence on an external website, reported Alan Turnbull of Secret Bases. As a military unit it is irregular and unrecognisable.

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DHS report – Voting systems in North Carolina county in 2016 were not hacked

Security Affairs

Computer faults that disrupted voting in a North Carolina county in 2016 were not caused by cyber attacks, a federal investigation states. The analysis of laptops used in some Durham County precincts on Election Day in November 2016 showed inaccurate data to poll workers. On Monday, the U.S. ” reported the AP agency.

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MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Security Affairs

Today I’d like to share an interesting analysis of a Targeted Attack found and dissected by Yoroi (technical details are available here ). The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. For IoC please visit the analysis from here.

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Episode 103: On the Voice-Controlled Internet, How Will We Authenticate?

The Security Ledger

» Related Stories Episode 100: Estonia’s Former CIO talks about engineering a secure electronic vote Fitness apps: Good for your health, not so much for military security Episode 101: The Dystopian IoT looks a lot like the Printer Ink Aisle and City of Atlanta Employees phished on Rogue Wi-Fi. Read the whole entry. »

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MAYHEM MOVES TO PRODUCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

ForAllSecure

As a young professor, I spent 4 weeks every summer visiting these sites as part of the (unremarkably named) Computer Science Study Group , a research program run by DARPA and the Institute for Defense Analysis. Did I also mention that they let me take MILAIR (Military Aircraft Transportation)? The national security agency.

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Mayhem Moves To Production With The Department Of Defense

ForAllSecure

As a young professor, I spent 4 weeks every summer visiting these sites as part of the (unremarkably named) Computer Science Study Group , a research program run by DARPA and the Institute for Defense Analysis. Did I also mention that they let me take MILAIR (Military Aircraft Transportation)? The national security agency.