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AI Wins Against Humans In Simulated Air To Air Combat In What Air Force Colonel Calls a “Big Blue vs Gary Kasparov” Moment

What if future historians consider the big event of 2020 to be the time that AI was proven to be better than humans at Air to Air combat? It has just done that, and this demonstration via simulators will no doubt accelerate AI research in ways that has an impact on a broad range of…
The Smart Way For Contractors To Meet New DoD CMMC and DFARS Requirements

Any company that seeks to do business with the Department of Defense, including subcontractors, must comply with new regulations designed to reduce the risks to the nation of cyber threats. Changes to government rules over the last 5 years have included a steadily increasing number of technical requirements for security programs, new requirements to report…
OODA Video: The Future of Enterprise IT

The megatrends of Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Mobility, Big Data, Robotics, IoT and Cybersecurity are interacting together in ways that will deliver great new capabilities to the enterprise. But there are risks as well. Studying the future of these megatrends will help enterprises make optimal decisions today. This video provides a concise overview of these…
DHS Worried About Ransomware Attacks for 2020 Election

According to an intelligence report issued by the Department of Homeland Security, one of the top 2020 election security concerns is ransomware. A report entitled “Cybercriminals and Criminal Hackers Capable of Disrupting Election Infrastructure”, echos concerns CISA head Chris Krebs articulate at the Black Hat security conference in early August. According to the report, the…
The Clean Network Initiative: Another Nail in the Coffin of An Open Internet

For over twenty years the United States has consistently been the strongest voice for an open Internet that connects people all around the world. It was not a place for sovereignty and closed borders, the priorities of Russia, China, Iran, and other states scared of how the free flow of information might undermine their regime’s…
The Future Includes Manned Vertical Lift and Attack Helicopters

Manned Attack Helicopters will remain an essential part of the Vertical Lift Force in the United States for the foreseeable future, despite the recent proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles. As the existing fleet of manned attack helicopters approaches end of life, the U. S. Military prepares to replace, update and repair these critical assets. This…
OODA Network Interview: Dr. Jen Buss

This post is based on an interview with Dr. Jen Buss, President of Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. It is part of our series of interviews of OODA Network members “Ask for the best available science you can get, and then make a decision and live with it. There will always be MORE data later,…
Counter-Disinformation Tradecraft For Professionals And Leaders – OODA Training Event

OODA is pleased to offer this unique online training event with OODA Expert Marc Ambinder. OODA Network Members receive 50% off. Please log-in to view the discount code or use this opportunity to Join Our Network (Link). Training Date: August 27, 2020 at 13:00 p.m. (EST) Course Description: Viral misinformation and disinformation campaigns cause otherwise…
What Executives Need To Know About The Report of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission

In 2019 Congress passed legislation signed into law by the President establishing the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, chartered to develop a consensus on a strategic approach to defending the US against cyber attacks of significant consequences. The commission was established to be bi-partisan and also staffed and chartered to be as informed as possible by…
Iran Plagued with Almost a Dozen Explosions over a Three Week Period

Over the past few weeks, Iran has experienced an alarming amount of explosions occurring at various critical infrastructure locations. This post recaps explosions reported in the media and adds context which may help assess what will come next. At the time of this writing, 11 major events have been reported. Iran is a closed society…
Seeking Security Alpha

In cybersecurity, it has long been assumed that the attacker has the advantage and that defenders must deploy a disproportionate amount of resources (time, money, etc.) to even try and maintain some parity. In this piece, we’ve conducted interviews with two successful CISOs to provide insight into how they view security alpha issues. Mark Weatherford…
OODA Network Interview: Jen Hoar

Jen Hoar has been a part of the OODA expert network for a decade, specializing in the HUMINT skills that can be utilized to derive nuance and information from conversations and interviews. “I’ve come to be surprised at how indispensable listening to your intuition is, including when you have a ton of information at your…
OODA Video: The Intelligence Workstation of the Future

This video provide additional context on our concept of an Intelligence Workstation of the Future. The Intelligence Workstation of the Future will empower analysts in new ways, combining the most modern analytical and visualization tools with enterprise security and governance technologies. This post explores this workstation, leading to actionable recommendations that organizations can put in…
OODA Video: An AI Security Framework

The security and ethics of AI are one of the hottest topics in the AI domain today. The security framework presented here can be immediately applied to any AI solution to accelerate its use in your enterprise.
Master the Skill of Spies, Investigators and Journalists to Better Your Business – OODA Training Event

What if you could land new clients, build relationships with investors and partners, and develop new contacts simply by asking more, and saying less? Add the art of inquiring to your skills repertoire from a journalist-turned-corporate investigator, who has leveraged the potent act of asking, and listening, to turn strangers into sources and contacts into…

Briefs

China is building its own AI at a rapid pace

China’s tech giants are racing to catch up in the AI arms race. The Chinese government has approved more than 40 AI models in the past six months since it began this process, according to local media reports cited by Reuters, as tech companies seek to make up ground on US rivals like OpenAI. That…
Israeli Government: Smallest of SMBs Hit Hardest in Cyberattacks

Some 33,000 small and medium sized businesses in Israel experienced a cyber attack last year, with 7,000 suffering major damage. new data shows that 5% of the businesses surveyed reported that they suffered from some form of cyber attack. The smallest businesses, those with five to 20 employees, were hit the most. Business in the…
Iran’s ‘Cyber Centers’ Dodge Sanctions to Sell Cyber Operations

Public records and documents leaked by Iranian anti-government groups suggest that several Middle Eastern cybersecurity firms are part of networks of government officials and cybersecurity specialists that have links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The firms have contributed to, or are responsible for, cyber attacks on democratic processes in Western countries, have targeted industrial…
SolarWinds Files Motion to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit

In a filing with the US Southern District Court of New York, SolarWinds argued that the SEC was outside of its depth of expertise as well as its scope of authority when charging SolarWinds and its Chief Information Security officer with mishandling the 2020 Russian-backed cyber attack on its Orion platform. The SEC charged SolarWinds…
Israeli forces kill three Palestinian fighters in West Bank hospital raid

Israeli forces killed three members of Palestinian armed groups in. hospital in the occupied West Bank. Footage showed a unit was disguised as medics and other civilians making their way through the hospital with rifles. The Israeli military said the men were hiding in the Jenin hospital, and that one was about to carry out…
At least 10 killed in overnight attack by Baloch rebels in Pakistan

At least six fighters and four security officials were killed in an attack overnight in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The attackers belonged to the Balochistan Liberation Army and targeted military and security installations with guns and rockets in Mach, 65km south of Quetta, Balochistan’s capital. After facing resistance, the attackers moved to less secure areas. There…
Hamas studying Gaza truce plan as Israeli hardliners threaten PM

Hamas has confirmed that it is reviewing a proposal for a truce in Gaza while members of the Israeli government have threatened to collapse the coalition if a deal is not to their liking. The proposal was developed in Paris over the weekend to halt the war and enable the exchange of Israeli and Palestinian…
China approves over 40 AI models for public use in past six months

China has approved more than 40 artificial intelligence (AI) models for public use in the first six months since authorities began the approval process, as the country strives to catch up to the U.S. in AI development, according to Chinese media. Chinese regulators granted approvals to a total of 14 large language models (LLM) for…
Google’s Lumiere brings AI video closer to real than unreal

Google’s new video generation AI model Lumiere uses a new diffusion model called Space-Time-U-Net, or STUNet, that figures out where things are in a video (space) and how they simultaneously move and change (time). Ars Technica reports this method lets Lumiere create the video in one process instead of putting smaller still frames together. Lumiere starts…
Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal After EU Veto Threat IRobot CEO steps down and company cuts

Amazon.com Inc. has abandoned its planned $1.4 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot Corp. after clashing with European Union regulators who had threatened to block the deal. The end of the deal is a sign of the intense pressure Amazon is facing to prove its actions don’t harm competition, as its influence grows in retail,…
Nvidia’s Big Tech Rivals Put Their Own A.I. Chips on the Table

In September, Amazon said it would invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a San Francisco start-up working on artificial intelligence. Soon after, an Amazon executive sent a private message to an executive at another company. He said Anthropic had won the deal because it agreed to build its A.I. using specialized computer chips designed…
Anthropic confirms it suffered a data leak

It’s been an eventful week for AI startup Anthropic, creator of the Claude family of large language models (LLMs) and associated chatbots. The company says that on Monday, January 22nd, it became aware that a contractor inadvertently sent a file containing non-sensitive customer information to a third party. The file detailed a “subset” of customer…
North Korea’s Kim ‘Guided’ Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile Test: KCNA

North Korean state media say the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, oversaw the launch of two submarine-launched cruise missiles (SLCM), the second test of the weapon within days. They were testing the newly-developed Pulhwasal-3-31 missiles, which is a new generation of nuclear capable cruise missiles as North Korea seeks to enhance the weapons of the…
Iran Launches Three Satellites amid Rising Tensions with Western Powers

Iran has successfully launched three satellites for the first time using its carrier rocket developed by the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics. The West fears this milestone will boost Tehran’s ballistic program. The launch comes amid heightened tensions in the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on the Gaza Strip, sparking fears…
These are the Countries that have said They Will Pause Funding to UNRWA

Several countries said over the weekend that they would suspend funding for the United Nations agency that provides food, water and other essential services for Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. These announcements come after Israel accused a dozen employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) of participating in the Oct. 7…
Biden Vows to Retaliate After Strike Against American Forces in Jordan

The low-level attacks by Iranian proxy groups on American troops in the Middle East have now turned deadly and intensified the pressure on President Biden to respond. In the attack, three American service members were killed and two dozen injured by a drone in Jordan. Until now, the president has carefully calibrated his responses to…
New WhatsApp Leak Details Huge Update For All iPhone Users

WhatsApp has had a leak revealing a huge upgrade coming for iPhone users. The first upgrade for iPhone users is the soon release of cue passkeys. These link WhatsApp accounts to a device’s biometric or PIN security, rather than relying on SMS codes. The further away upgrade for iPhone users is to collate non WhatsApp…
Elusive Chinese Cyberspy Group Hijacks Software Updates to Deliver Malware

The Chinese cyberespionage group, Blackwood, has been caught delivering malware to entities in China and Japan. Blackwood attacks are characterized by the deployment of NSPX30, a sophisticated implant that includes a backdoor, a dropper, installers, loaders, and an orchestrator, and which can hide its command-and-control (C&C) communication through packet interception. According to ESET, Blackwood likely…
Series of Cyberattacks Hit Ukrainian Critical Infrastructure Organizations

Several Ukrainian critical infrastructure entities were hit in cyber attacks this week. Naftogaz, the country’s largest owned oil and gas company, was one of the organizations that was attacked. The CEO of Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal service provider, said that its postal operating services were disrupted after attackers hit the network infrastructure of its partners.…
FTC investigating Microsoft, Amazon, and Google investments into OpenAI and Anthropic

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened an inquiry into the investments of Big Tech companies that provide cloud services to smaller AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The FTC sent letters to Alphabet, Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI, requiring the companies to explain the impact these investments have on the competitive landscape of generative AI. The…
Elon Musk’s AI start-up seeks to raise $6bn from investors to challenge OpenAI

Elon Musk’s xAI is in talks to raise up to $6bn, as the Tesla and X chief looks to global investors, including in Hong Kong, to finance his challenge to Microsoft-backed OpenAI. The billionaire’s artificial intelligence start-up has courted wealthy individuals and investors around the world in recent weeks, according to multiple people familiar with…
Humanoid Robot Startup Debuts Electric, Somersaulting Robot

We were just writing about dramatic positive exponential technology of humanoid robots and what we expect over the next 12 months. Now this. MagicLab, a humanoid robotics startup, has debuted a prototype of its electric bipedal robot. In a video release, the robot is shown performing front flips, in a feat of engineering that the…
Baidu’s Ernie AI chatbot to power Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 smartphones

Baidu AI Cloud will be integrating its Ernie chatbot into Samsung’s Galaxy S24 smartphones, allowing users to translate calls in real time, among other features. Ernie is the Chinese tech giant’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence technology that’s able to generate humanlike responses to users’ prompts. It comes a week…
US and Iraq Agree to Start Talks to End Presence of US-Led Coalition

The United States and Iraq have agreed to start talks on the future of the US-led military coalition in Iraq with the aim of setting a timetable for a phased withdrawal of troops and the coalition’s end, both governments have announced. The US has been present in Iraq since its 2003 invasion. US combat forces…
Pacific Island Tuvalu Votes as Ties with Taiwan in Spotlight

The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has voted in a national election that is being closely watched by China, Taiwan, the United States and its ally Australia, amid a tussle for influence in the region. A contest for influence in the Pacific between China and the US has seen Tuvalu courted, with Washington recently pledging…
U.S., Sensing Opportunity, Makes New Push for Gaza Cease-Fire

William Burns, the C.I.A. director, plans to meet Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari officials in Europe to try to secure a deal to release hostages being held in the Gaza Strip and broker a prolonged cease-fire. U.S. officials said Israel’s apparent willingness to agree to a cessation of hostilities in return for the release of more…
North Korea set new record by number of crypto hacks in 2023, data shows

North Korea-linked hackers stole nearly $430 million from decentralized finance and also targeted centralized services, exchanges, and wallet providers in 2023. Chainalysis, a blockchain forensic firm, says North Korea-affiliated hacking groups hit record in terms of attempted attacks against decentralized finance (defi) as well as centralized platforms like exchanges in 2023. According to the firm’s…
OpenAI’s Altman discussed chip-making venture with members of Congress

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has had discussions with members of Congress about increasing the world’s supply of advanced computer chips necessary to train and run artificial intelligence programs as he seeks to launch a hugely expensive venture to build new chip factories. Altman has discussed where and how to build new semiconductor factories, known in…
The start-ups making robots a reality

Is it harder for machines to mimic the way humans move or the way humans think? If you had asked me this question a decade ago, my answer would have been “think.” So much of how the brain works is still a mystery. And yet, in just the last year, advancements in artificial intelligence have…
Google settles AI-related chip patent lawsuit that sought $1.67 bln

Google, opens new tab on Wednesday reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit over chips that power the company’s artificial-intelligence technology, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court. The settlement comes the same day that closing arguments were scheduled to begin in a trial on Singular Computing’s lawsuit, which had sought $1.67 billion…
Tech companies are slashing thousands of jobs as they pivot toward AI

SAP is the latest big tech player to cut jobs as it pours money into AI, with the German software giant announcing this week that it is investing more than $2 billion to integrate artificial intelligence into its business as part of what it called “transformation program.” At the same time, the company said Tuesday…
Ring Will No Longer Allow Police to Request Doorbell Camera Footage From Users

Ring announced in a blog post on Wednesday that it will remove its “Request for Assistance” tool that allowed police departments and other emergency services to request footage captured on the doorbell cameras. Police and other services will still be able to post public messages on Ring’s Neighbors app to share safety tips and relevant…
US envoy sees rapid F-16s sale to Turkey after Sweden NATO bid sign-off

Turkey’s parliament ratified Sweden’s bid for NATO membership on Tuesday, and now only Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s final approval remains. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake stated that President Erdogan’s final approval would immediately allow the U.S. State Department to send Congress notification of the $20 billion F-16 sale that has served as an incentive…
Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight; Kyiv demands international probe

There are conflict reports over which country’s forces shot down an Ilyushin Il-76 plane in Russia’s Belgorod region on Wednesday. The plane was carrying 74 passengers, 65 of whom were Ukrainian prisoners of war en route to a swap for Russian PoWs. A senior Russian lawmaker said Russian forces notified the Main Intelligence Directorate of…
Israeli tanks batter hospital districts in Gaza’s Khan Younis, displaced set to flee southward

Israeli forces have completely encircled Gaza’s most populated southern city, Khan Younis. Israel says it is still targeting Hamas militants hiding in civilian infrastructure, but Palestinians claim the operation is cutting off the city’s last remaining hospitals, Nasser and Al Amal. Rescue crews cannot reach the city to collect the dead or treat the wounded,…
Taiwan begins extended one-year conscription in response to China threat

Taiwanese military recruits will now serve one-year compulsory military service terms in lieu of the previous four-month requirement. The policy went into effect on Thursday after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen first announced the extension in late 2022. The extension is a direct response to China’s aggressive military posturing, as well as heightened diplomatic and economic…
China-based Hackers Hijack Software Updates to Implant “NSPX30” Spyware

Cybersecurity firm ESET released a report on a previously undiscovered China-based threat actor that conducted a series of adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. The AitM attacks targeted Chinese and Japanese manufacturing, trading, and engineering companies through legitimate update requests from software such as Tencent QQ, Sogou Pinyin, and WPS Office. The threat actor, called Blackwood, inserted a…
Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerability in Enterprise Collaboration Products

Cisco released patches for a recent critical-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20253, on Wednesday. The vulnerability affects Cisco’s Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products. The company explained that an attacker could have executed arbitrary commands and gained web services user privileges by sending specialized messages to the listening port of affected devices. With web services…
HPE Says Russian Government Hackers Had Access to Emails for 6 Months

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recently claimed that the Russian threat groups Midnight Blizzard and Cozy Bear illegally gained access to the company’s cloud-based email environment. After discovering the breach on December 12, HPE conducted an investigation that revealed the threat actors had gained access to their systems as early as May 2023. In a publicly released…
Humanoid robots will join BMW’s production line

BMW’s newest autoworker is 5’6,” 130 pounds, walks on two legs, uses five-fingered hands to assemble machines — and takes a break every five hours to stroll to a charging station and plug itself in. Under a first-of-its-kind deal, humanoid robots from a California company called Figure will begin working in BMW manufacturing plants, starting in…
British intelligence warns AI will cause surge in ransomware volume and impact

Ransomware attacks will increase in both volume and impact over the next two years due to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, British intelligence has warned. In an all-source intelligence assessment published on Wednesday — based on classified intelligence, industry knowledge, academic material and open source — the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was “almost certain”…
OpenAI Quietly Scrapped a Promise to Disclose Key Documents to the Public

Wealthy tech entrepreneurs including Elon Musk launched OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab that they said would involve society and the public in the development of powerful AI, unlike Google and other giant tech companies working behind closed doors. In line with that spirit, OpenAI’s reports to US tax authorities have from its…
Samsung’s EX1 wearable robot is designed to improve mobility in older adults

I tend to be wary when consumer electronics corporations dip their toes into the world of robotics. The category offers an attention grabbing shorthand for companies attempting to bolster their future outlook. More often than not, the systems rolled out on-stage are little more than vaporware. Samsung has mostly played it close to the belt…
Scammers can use AI tools to clone the voices of you and your family—how to protect yourself

A robocall impersonating President Joe Biden urged New Hampshire voters not to participate in Tuesday’s presidential primary — and it probably won’t be the last AI voice scam this election season. “Of course, this will be used by foreign nation states just like the trolling farms they already have. This is just another weapon in the…
Turkey parliament backs Sweden’s Nato membership

Turkish MPs have voted to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, marking a significant step for Sweden’s path to membership. Sweden applied to join NATO in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Turkey had initially withheld approval, citing concerns about Sweden’s alleged support for Kurdish separatists. The recent vote by Turkish MPs (287-55 in favor)…
Myanmar’s army is losing – and facing fire from a militant monk

A monk associated with the ultra-nationalist fringe of the Buddhist clergy in Myanmar has publicly criticized the country’s military ruler, Min Aung Hlaing, and suggested that his deputy, General Soe Win, should take over. This monk, Pauk Ko Taw, is part of the same Buddhist clergy that has traditionally supported the military junta, but recent…
Russian jet crashes carrying Ukrainian PoWs – Moscow

A Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane has crashed in the southern Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border. Russia’s defence ministry said the plane was carrying 65 captured Ukrainian military personnel for a planned prisoner exchange. However, Ukraine’s general staff said the plane was transporting missiles for Russia’s S-300 air defence systems and made no mention…
Thailand: Reformist leader Pita overcomes first court hurdle

Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of Thailand’s Move Forward party, has won a trial and will be re-instated as an MP. Pita and his party had won the most votes in a significant election last year but faced legal challenges that supporters saw as attempts to end his political career. Pita had been suspended as an MP…
Amazon’s French Warehouses Fined Over Employee Surveillance

France’s data protection agency, CNIL, has fined Amazon’s French warehouses unit €32 million ($34.9 million) for implementing an “excessively intrusive” surveillance system to monitor employee performance. The CNIL found that Amazon France Logistique used data from scanners to monitor workers, even down to the second. Scanners would alert management to inactivity exceeding 10 minutes or…
PoC Code Published for Just-Disclosed Fortra GoAnywhere Vulnerability

Proof-of-concept (PoC) code targeting a critical vulnerability in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT (managed file transfer) product was published one day after the vendor’s advisory came out. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-0204, is described as an authentication bypass flaw that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to create an administrator user for the application, via the administration portal.…
Cybercrime’s Silent Operator: The Unraveling of VexTrio’s Malicious Network Empire

VexTrio, a large and complex malicious traffic direction system (TDS) organization, has been tracked by Infoblox for nearly two years. The organization has over 60 affiliates that divert traffic into VexTrio, while it also operates its own TDS network. Each affiliate has its own TDS network, with some sending details to VexTrio and others using…
Major US, UK Water Companies Hit by Ransomware

Two major water companies, Veolia North America in the United States and Southern Water in the United Kingdom, have been targeted in ransomware attacks that resulted in data breaches. In the Veolia attack, the Municipal Water division was hit, leading the company to take down targeted backend systems and servers, disrupting online bill payment systems.…
2024 Cybersecurity Predictions: AI, IoT, EVs And More

As we turn the page on another year, it’s a great time to review what we’re likely to see in cybersecurity in 2024. From a high-level view, many things will remain the same—ransomware and data leakage will persist as the key concerns—but new technologies and threat vectors will ensure that security programs continue to be…
Tech execs say a type of AI that can outdo humans is coming, but have no idea what it looks like

Executives at some of the world’s leading artificial intelligence labs are expecting a form of AI on a par with — or even exceeding — human intelligence to arrive sometime shortly. But what it will eventually look like and how it will be applied remain a mystery. Leaders from the likes of OpenAI, Cohere, Google’s…
Myths Holding Smaller Manufacturers Back From Adopting Automation

For years, small and midsize manufacturers (SMM) have seen automation as out of reach. Between budget constraints, limited expertise and the perception that robots are only for the big players, many SMMs assume automation isn’t a viable option for them. However, today’s reality paints a different story. Advancements in robotics and modular automation platforms have…
Nvidia Alum Snags Funding for Startup That Fixes Broken AI

RagaAI has secured funding to develop a tool that aims to diagnose and fix flaws with artificial intelligence systems, responding to an increasing emphasis on safety and reliability during the AI boom. The startup founded by Gaurav Agarwal, an alumnus of chipmakers Nvidia Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc., has come out of stealth-mode to close…
Why Every Modern Leader Is Now A Chief AI Officer

AI is no longer just a technological tool. It’s a significant societal influencer, reshaping the way we work, communicate and interact. As it becomes increasingly accessible, its transformative power is being recognized by organizations worldwide, leading to the introduction of a new leadership role: the Chief AI Officer. However, the evolution of AI impacts every…
Israel, Czech Republic Reinforce Cyber Partnership Amid Hamas War

The director general of the Israel National Cyber Directorate singed a memorandum with the Czech Republic National Cyber and Information Security Agency to formally improve the cybersecurity relationship between the two countries. The two countries met to discuss threats in cyberspace, including those caused by the Gaza conflict, along with related cybersecurity challenges. Israel’s Gaby…
Turkey’s parliament set to vote on Sweden’s NATO bid this week

The Turkish parliament is set to debate Sweden’s NATO membership bid with a vote expected this week. The debate in the Grand National Assembly is due to take place on Tuesday, with a vote likely in the same day, or on Thursday. Turkey’s ratification of Sweden’s membership bid would leave Hungary as the last holdout…
Civilians killed in missile strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv

Six people were killed and dozens wounded in the Russian missile attacks targeting Kyiv and Kharkiv in Ukraine, according to officials. Residential buildings were hit early on Tuesday in Kharkiv, leading 5 people killed and 42 injured. The city mayor reported a block of flats were destroyed and rescuers were looking through the rubble for…