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  • OODA Network Interview: Jason Zann

    Our latest OODA Network interview with Jason Zann from RiskIQ. Jason’s career path is a bit non-traditional and certainly didn’t follow a prescribed path.  Read about how his ping-pong-ball approach has made allowed him to become a visionary in the cybersecurity industry and why RiskIQ thinks more transparency will take some of the bite out…

  • The DoDIIS Conference: Insights into how IT supports some of the most critical missions in the nation

    With this post we provide some insights for OODA members from the 2-5 August 2019 DoDIIS conference. We have aimed this overview for three broad types of decision-makers: 1) The startup tech executive seeking to better serve government missions, 2) Business leaders seeking insights into global risks and mitigation efforts relevant to your organization, and…

  • The 5G Supply Chain Blind Spot: A more concerted effort to assess risk from the services supplied by our adversaries is required

    Winning the worldwide “race to 5G” is a top priority for the United States. As the global competition unfolds, we have continued to hear about the technological and economic benefits associated with leadership in the wireless domain. Earlier this year, CTIA, a trade association representing the wireless communications industry, released a report that said, “America’s…

  • Here is How the FBI Wants You to Protect Your Audio/Visual Devices from Cyberattack

    An FBI bulletin provides an overview and detailed recommendations on how cyberattackers are targeting audio/visual systems to compromise corporate networks along with recommendations on how to prevent such attacks.

  • CISA Outlines Agency’s Strategic Intent

    The newly formed Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)has released a strategic intent document outlining the agencies role in protecting U.S. critical infrastructure and cyberspace.  It is important for OODA Network Members to track the emergent roles and responsibilities of this agency as it will be a critical component of cyber and infrastructure security moving…

  • The (Dis)illusion of Control: Context on the concept of increasing cost to adversaries

    Conventional wisdom is telling us that “assumption of breach” is the new normal. Some well-respected names in computer security would have you believe that the appropriate response to such conditions is to increase the cost to the attackers. If you’re too expensive to breach – so the logic goes – the bad guys will go…

  • Cyber War: The Fastest Way to Improve Cybersecurity

    For all the benefits IT in general and the Internet specifically have given us, it has also introduced significant risks to our well-being and way of life. Yet cybersecurity is still not a priority for a majority of people and organizations. No amount of warnings about the risks associated with poor cybersecurity have helped drive…

  • OODA Network Interview: Andy Lustig

    This post is based on an interview with Andy Lustig at Cooley. It is part of our series of interviews of OODA Network members. Our objective with these interviews is to provide actionable information of interest to the community, including insights that can help with your own career progression.

  • The Global Ungoverned Area

    There are places on this planet where good, civilized people simply do not voluntarily go, or willingly stay. What elected governments do in safer and more developed parts of the world are carried out in these areas by despots and militias, often at terrible cost to those who have nowhere else to go and no…

  • What You Really Need To Know About the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

    There is something you really need to know about the State of California. They have optimized around a key function that they do very very well. They know how to collect money from corporations. They know how to collect taxes, and know how to levy large fines and collect on them. The business that owes…

  • Def Con is the Most Valuable Security Conference of the Year.  Here’s Why.

    There are literally hundreds of cybersecurity conferences hosted around the world each year and as a result it can be difficult to determine which conferences provided the highest value in the domain.  While each of these events bring community value in their own unique way, Def Con is the most valuable event of the year…

  • Cyber Threat Analysis Report Vol 1, Edition 9

    A Forlorn Hope No matter how much you try to spin it, cybersecurity is a cost. You can implement cheap or even free solutions to address a wide range of problems, but there has yet to be a demonstration of security adding real, sustainable value. JPMorgan Chase spends a half-billion dollars on security, but if…

  • Startup Tech CEO: How do you form a federal channel partner strategy?

    This is the next in our series of special reports for OODA members focused on federal business strategies for the Startup CEO (find them all here). This special report focuses on channel partner strategies for high tech firms.

  • The Wolf is Here: Cyber threats that have been long predicted are coming true on a daily basis

    For decades we’ve heard that iCalamity is right around the corner. For decades we’ve largely ignored pleas to try and address computer security issues when they are relatively cheap and easy, before they got too large and complicated to do at all. We have been living a fairy tale life, and absent bold action and…

  • Your Strategy For This Stage Of The U.S.-China Trade War

    What should your business do in response to the current situation between the U.S. and China? The short answer is to stay agile! We provide tips on what do do in this special report. Although trade tensions with China have been brewing for decades, the U.S. began accelerating actions in response in early 2017 and…

Briefs

  • Bot Swarm: Attacks From Middle East & Africa Are Notably Up

    The number of reported bot attacks originating from the Middle East and Africa increased over the past year, totaling 34% of all attacks reported in a survey of US and UK businesses. The research showed that e-commerce was the most-attacked sector, with 28% of online retailers reporting bot attacks originating from the Middle East last…

  • Why open source is the cradle of artificial intelligence

    In a way, open source and artificial intelligence were born together. Back in 1971, if you’d mentioned AI to most people, they might have thought of Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. However, AI was already a real subject that year at MIT, where Richard M. Stallman (RMS) joined MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. Years later,…

  • US finalizes rules to prevent China from benefiting from $52 billion in chips funding

    The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday is issuing final rules to prevent semiconductor manufacturing subsidies from being used by China and other countries deemed to pose American national security concerns. The regulation is the final hurdle before the Biden administration can begin awarding $39 billion in subsidies for semiconductor production. The landmark “Chips and Science”…

  • Looking to Space in the Race to Decarbonize

    Ali Hajimiri thinks there’s a better way to power the planet — one that’s not getting the attention it deserves. The Caltech professor of electrical engineering envisages thousands of solar panels floating in space, unobstructed by clouds and unhindered by day-night cycles, wirelessly transmitting massive amounts of energy to receivers on Earth. This year, that vision…

  • Top 10 DeFi Hacks You Need to Know

    Learning about the top 10 DeFi hacks is a smart move that can help you to better understand the market’s history and future. The world of DeFi (Decentralized Finance) remains an exciting and expanding sector of the blockchain industry. These unique and often experimental platforms focus on bringing more flexibility, privacy, and ROI opportunities to…

  • MohBad mourners teargassed at Nigeria’s Lekki toll gate after Lagos concert

    Fans mourning the death of Afrobeats star MohBad were teargassed by police in Lagos, Nigeria, as they gathered at the Lekki toll gate after a memorial concert for the late singer. MohBad, whose real name was Ilerioluwa Aloba, passed away in a Lagos hospital last week. An outpouring of grief and demands for transparency regarding…

  • Two jailed for killing French bus driver over Covid mask rule

    Two men, Wyssem Manai and Maxime Guyennon, have been sentenced to 15 and 13 years in jail, respectively, for beating a French bus driver, Philippe Monguillot, to death in the city of Bayonne in 2020. The attack occurred after Monguillot asked a group of men on his bus to show their tickets and properly wear…

  • Timbuktu siege: Two killed in Mali mortar attack

    Two people have been killed and five others injured in Timbuktu, a historic city in northern Mali, as shells were fired, with the military attributing the attack to “terrorists.” Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has faced recent sieges by jihadists, resulting in severe food shortages. While French forces ousted Islamist and Tuareg fighters who…

  • A flood of new AI products just arrived — whether we’re ready or not

    Big Tech launched multiple new artificial intelligence products this week, capable of reading emails and documents or conversing in a personal way. But even in their public unveilings, these new tools were already making mistakes — inventing information or getting basic facts confused — a sign that the tech giants are rushing out their latest…

  • Car Cybersecurity Study Shows Drop in Critical Vulnerabilities Over Past Decade

    An automotive cybersecurity study shows that critical-risk vulnerabilities have decreased in the past decade due to the industry placing increasing importance on cybersecurity. In terms of impact, the percentage of car vulnerabilities with a critical rating went from 25% of the total in 2016, to 10% in 2018, and 12% in 2022. In terms of…

  • Signal Takes a Quantum Leap with E2EE Protocol Upgrade

    Signal has announced an upgrade to its end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol to protect its users from encryption-breaking attacks through quantum computers. Although Quantum computers are not yet powerful enough to be perceived as a threat for public-key cryptography, this does not mean they will not become a one in the future. Many organizations and companies…

  • Apple Patches 3 Zero-Days Likely Exploited by Spyware Vendor to Hack iPhones

    Apple announced on Thursday that its latest operating system updates patch three new zero-day vulnerabilities. Based on the previous work of the organizations credited for reporting the flaws, they have likely been exploited by a spyware vendor. The zero-days included a malicious app able to bypass signature verification, a kennel flaw that allows a local…

  • T-Mobile Racks Up Third Consumer Data Exposure of 2023

    Multiple T-Mobile USA customers have reported seeing the sensitive information of other customers when logging in to view their personal account. The leaked data includes credit card balances, purchase history, credit card information, device IDs, and home addresses. As of Sept. 20, T-Mobile said that the issue has been resolved and was due to a…

  • Cisco buying cybersecurity firm Splunk for $28 billion, bolstering defenses as use of AI widens

    Cisco is buying the cybersecurity firm Splunk in a $28 billion deal as it bolsters its defenses against potential security threats that may be heightened by the widening use of artificial intelligence. The Silicon Valley networking tech giant will pay $157 per Splunk Inc. share. “Our combined capabilities will drive the next generation of AI-enabled security and…

  • AMD takes AI inferencing to space with Versal chip

    You can get further out on the edge than space. And that’s where the AMD Versal AI Edge chip is headed, said Advanced Micro Devices. The new adaptive computing chip — the Versal™ AI Edge XQRVE2302 — is a radiation-tolerant, space-grade technology built as a complete system-on-chip (SoC). It’s qualified for space flight. The chip…

  • Defense Department Awards Chip Funding to Fuel Domestic Research

    The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that it was awarding $238 million through the Defense Department to set up eight hubs around the United States for promoting innovation in the semiconductor industry. The funds are one of the earliest releases of the nearly $53 billion in grants and subsidies that Congress and the Biden administration have…

  • NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid

    Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid. A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest. The sample capsule will parachute into…

  • Is it possible to regulate artificial intelligence?

    Can artificial intelligence be kept under control? Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, says that believing it can be is akin to “magical thinking”. “In many cases politicians and their aides have a weak understanding of how the internet works, and what it is possible to achieve,” says Mr Wales, who has spent many hours explaining…

  • South Korea lawmakers vote to sack prime minister

    South Korea’s opposition-controlled parliament has urged President Yoon Suk-yeol to fire his prime minister over alleged policy failures and incompetence. Lawmakers voted 175-116 in favor of urging Han Duck-soo’s dismissal. The motion was signed by 168 opposition lawmakers. The motion alleges that the cabinet led by Han caused a crisis for peace on the Korean…

  • Azerbaijan halts Karabakh offensive after ceasefire deal with Armenian separatists

    Azerbaijan’s president has declared that the country’s sovereignty has been restored over after a 24-hour military offensive. The offensive was in Nagorno-Karabakh against ethnic-Armenian forces and Azerbaijan’s army was praised after Karabakh forces agreed to surrender. The South Caucasus enclave is recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan and is home to 120,000 ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijan…

  • Poland will stop providing weapons to Ukraine as dispute over grain imports deepens

    Poland announced Wednesday it would stop providing weapons to Ukraine as a temporary ban on Ukrainian grain imports is causing a growing dispute between the two countries. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on social media that weapons will no longer be transferred to Ukraine because the country is now arming Poland. Poland had been…

  • MGM Resorts Computers Back Up After 10 Days as Analysts Eye Effects of Casino Cyberattacks

    MGM Resorts began operating normally after detecting a cyber attack on September 10 that prompted a computer shutdown to attempt to shield data from the attackers. The cyberattack data would include hotel reservations and credit card processing. A rival casino, Caesars Entertainment disclosed last week that it was hit by a cyberattack on September 7…

  • FBI, CISA Issue Joint Warning on ‘Snatch’ Ransomware-as-a-Service

    Advisories from the FBI and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency typically indicate that a threat merits priority attention from organizations that may be impacted. “Snatch,” a ransomware-as-a-service, Raas, operation has been active since at least 2018 and is the subject of an alert from the two agencies this week. The threat actor is said…

  • CrowdStrike Brings AI and Cloud Application Security to Falcon

    CrowdStrike announced a series of enhancements to its Falcon security platform at its annual Fal.Con show in Las Vegas this week. One of the new security enhancements is a new Raptor release with generative-AI capabilities. The company also announced that it acquired Bionic to add cloud application security to its portfolio. CrowdStrike Falcon previously covered…

  • Spain players agree to end boycott before Nations League games

    Most of the Spain women’s national football team has agreed to end their boycott, according to Victor Francos, the secretary of state for sports. The decision was reached after over seven hours of meetings and comes after the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) committed to “immediate and profound changes.” The boycott had begun in protest after…

  • The Author’s Guild launches class-action lawsuit against OpenAI

    The Author’s Guild in the United States opened a class-action lawsuit against the Microsoft-backed OpenAI on Sept. 19 due to its alleged misuse of copyrighted material in the training of its artificial intelligence (AI) models. According to court documents, the oldest and largest professional organization for writers in the U.S. is operating under the Copyright Act…

  • India warns citizens in Canada to be cautious

    India has issued an advisory urging its citizens in Canada to exercise extreme caution, citing growing anti-India activities and politically-condoned hate crimes and criminal violence in Canada. This advisory follows recent tensions between the two countries, marked by the expulsion of diplomats. Canada is investigating allegations linking the Indian state to the killing of a…

  • After record flight, Firefly, Space Force look to accelerate launches

    In 2018, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the small, nimble research arm of the Pentagon, challenged the space industry to do what it said “no one has done before”: launch satellites to orbit “on extremely short notice,” in an attempt to make rockets fly as frequently as airplanes. Two years later, DARPA pronounced the…

  • Iran hijab bill: Women face 10 years in jail for ‘inappropriate’ dress

    Iran’s parliament has passed a bill that would increase prison terms and fines for women and girls who break the country’s strict dress code. Those dressed “inappropriately” face up to 10 years in jail under the bill. The move comes a year after protests erupted over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was…

  • China accuses U.S. of hacking Huawei servers since 2009

    China has accused the U.S. of continuously hacking Huawei’s servers and conducting cyberattacks to steal other critical data since 2009, the latest salvo between Beijing and Washington as tensions further escalate. China’s Ministry of State Security on Wednesday released a post on its official WeChat account titled “Revealing key despicable methods by U.S. intelligence agencies in…

  • Nagorno-Karabakh forces agree Azerbaijan demand to disarm

    Ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh have agreed to a ceasefire proposal that includes complete disarmament, following a recent offensive by Azerbaijan’s army. The move came after Azerbaijan demanded a full surrender. At least 32 people have been killed, including seven civilians, and 200 wounded since the Azerbaijani military launched operations. The ceasefire agreement was reached…

  • Atos Unify Vulnerabilities Could Allow Hackers to Backdoor Systems

    Security researchers at SEC Consult have discovered two critical vulnerabilities in Atos Unify products that could allow malicious actors to take control of the targeted system. These vulnerabilities affect the Atos Unify Session Border Controller (SBC), OpenScape Branch product for remote offices, and Border Control Function (BCF) for emergency services. The first flaw (CVE-2023-36618) allows…

  • DHS Publishes New Recommendations on Cyber Incident Reporting

    The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a document outlining recommendations for federal agencies to streamline cyber incident reporting to protect critical infrastructure entities. The document provides definitions for reportable cyber incidents and reporting timelines, recommends adopting a model reporting form, and outlines when reporting might be delayed. It also suggests ways to…

  • Artificial Intelligence And The Boardroom: Immediate Actions Items

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been described as a Promethean Moment. What is meant by this is that it is one of the times in humankind’s history when everything changes due to a new tool being discovered. It may not be an exaggeration to compare the potential impact of AI to other monumental discoveries that changed…

  • Discern Security Emerges From Stealth Mode With $3 Million in Funding

    California-based cybersecurity startup Discern Security has emerged from stealth mode with $3 million in funding from investors including BoldCap, WestWave Capital, Cyber Mentor Fund, Security Syndicate, and angel investors. Discern Security offers a platform for ongoing policy management across all security tools within an organization. The platform leverages AI to continuously monitor and optimize security…

  • Tor-Based Drug Marketplace Piilopuoti Shut Down by Law Enforcement

    Finnish authorities, in cooperation with Europol, have seized the Piilopuoti dark web marketplace, which was facilitating the anonymous trade of narcotics. The marketplace, which had been operating on the Tor network since May 2022, was used for the anonymous sale of narcotics smuggled into Finland. The contents of the site’s web server were seized, and…

  • Companies still don’t know how to handle generative AI risks

    Energized by the hype around generative AI, enterprises are aggressively pursuing practical applications of this new technology while remaining cautious about the risks, according to ISG. ISG research shows 85% of companies surveyed believe investments in generative AI within the next 24 months are important or critical. However, rather than taking a “blank slate” approach,…

  • 5 Reasons Robotics Is The Next Multi-Decade Trend To Watch

    Investors are always trying to predict which trends are next. It is a challenging endeavor. The differences between short-term fads driven by hype and long-term trends driven by fundamental technological advances or structural changes in markets are often only apparent once it is too late. Generative AI is today at – or perhaps just past –…

  • You Can’t Spell Blockchain Without AI: AI Will Dominate Crypto Trading

    It is estimated that between 60 to 75 percent of trading on all major stock markets around the world is algorithmic, dominated by high frequency trading, bots, algo trading, algo portfolio management, and increasingly, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in algorithmic trading and finance. While it is difficult to put a precise figure on…

  • DeepMind uses AI to predict harmful genetic mutations in humans

    Researchers at Google DeepMind have used artificial intelligence to predict whether mutations in human genes are likely to be harmful, in one of the first examples of the technology helping to accelerate the diagnosis of diseases caused by genetic variants. The AI tool, called AlphaMissense, assessed all 71mn ‘‘missense” mutations, in which a single letter…

  • JPEX snares 1,641 investors with HK$1.2 billion of funds in Hong Kong’s largest fraud case in history

    The financial toll in Hong Kong’s cryptocurrency scandal has risen to HK$1.2 billion (US$154 million) involving more than 1,600 investors, making it the single largest financial fraud case in the city’s history and exposing risks faced by local retail investors amid a government push to transform the global financial centre into a virtual asset hub.…

  • Canada says it suspects India involved in Sikh leader murder

    On Monday, Canada announced it obtained solid information linking Indian government agents to the June murder of a Sikh separatist leader living in British Columbia. The Canadian government has since expelled a senior Indian intelligence official. The Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, was shot outside a temple in Surrey, BC on June 18. Nijjar advocated…

  • Pakistani APT Uses YouTube-Mimicking RAT to Spy on Android Devices

    Transparent Tribe is a state-sponsored threat actor linked to Pakistan. SentinelOne observed the APT using a new version of the CapraRAT Android trojan, which distributes itself by masquerading as other well-known applications. Transparent Tribe has used CapraRAT since 2018 to monitor the Kashmir region and human rights activists working on Pakistani issues. In early 2023,…

  • Chinese Hackers Target North American, APAC Firms in Web Skimmer Campaign

    BlackBerry recently warned organizations of a widespread web skimming campaign that has operated for over a year. The ‘Silent Skimmer’ campaign primarily operated in the East Asia region, but expanded to businesses in Canada and the United States in October 2022. The threat actor behind the campaign is likely of Chinese origin. The attacker targets…

  • FBI Hacker USDoD Leaks Highly Sensitive TransUnion Data

    Researchers from vx-underground reported on Sunday that the threat actor “USDoD” stole and leaked sensitive customer information from TransUnion. The leaked database features the personal identifiable information (PII) of 58,505 individuals from various countries, including the United States. The oldest data point in the database is from March 2, 2022, which could indicate the date…

  • Chinese loans to Africa plummet to near two-decade low – study

    Boston University’s Global China Initiative (BUGCI) reported on Tuesday that Chinese sovereign lending fell last year to its lowest level in two decades. The research group identified African nations’ struggles with debt crises and China’s own economic challenges as likely causes of the downturn. BUGCI reported that Chinese lenders provided African nations with around $170…

  • Canadian Government Targeted With DDoS Attacks by Pro-Russia Group

    The Canadian government recently published an alert regarding distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Canadian organizations. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security identified NoName057(16), a Russia-aligned threat actor, as the group behind the attacks. The report stated that NoName057(16) has launched various DDoS attacks against Canada since March 2022. The group primarily targets the Canadian government,…

  • Coal from Russia-annexed Ukraine sold in NATO member Turkey

    Reuters reviewed Russian customs data and discovered Russia shipped over 160,000 tonnes of coal from annexed regions of Ukraine to Turkey from February to July of this year. Multiple coal companies listed in the data independently confirmed the destination of their coal, totaling a value of about $14.3 million. Turkey has not imposed trade restrictions…

  • Blinken meets Chinese VP as US-China contacts increase ahead of possible summit

    Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with China’s Vice President Han Zheng at the Chinese mission to the United Nations on Monday. The recent escalation in official U.S.-China contacts could indicate a meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping later this year. After the meeting, Blinken emphasized the importance of improving relations and maintaining open…

  • DeepMind’s cofounder: Generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI.

    DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat. In a recent conversation I had with him, he told me that generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI: bots that can carry out tasks you set for them by calling on other software…

  • US continues to build Space Force strength with new base in Japan

    The United States Space Force’s plan to set up a new command post in Japan could fuel the space race with China, analysts have warned. The command post in Japan will be the third in the Indo-Pacific after sites opened in Hawaii and South Korea last year. According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, a…

  • Using AI In Cybersecurity: Exploring The Advantages And Risks

    Recently, research firm Cybersecurity Ventures shared its “Top 10 Cybersecurity Predictions And Statistics For 2023,” which unveiled the alarming fact that global cybercrime financial damage will reach $8 trillion​​ in 2023 and $10.5 trillion ​​by 2025. These figures, if viewed as a country, “would be the world’s third-largest economy after the U.S. and China.” Although…

  • Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data

    Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed tens of terabytes of sensitive data, including private keys and passwords, while publishing a storage bucket of open source training data on GitHub. In research shared with TechCrunch, cloud security startup Wiz said it discovered a GitHub repository belonging to Microsoft’s AI research division as part of its ongoing work into…

  • Mark Cuban Loses Nearly $1M to Crypto Scam

    Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire technology investor Mark Cuban lost some $870,000 worth of tokens over the weekend after likely clicking on a phishing link after “months of inactivity.” Phishing attacks trick users into divulging sensitive data, downloading malware, and exposing their private information. Such attacks are extremely common in the crypto industry, as users…

  • AI robots capable of carrying out attack on NHS that would cause COVID-like disruption, expert warns

    Robots run by artificial intelligence have the potential to attack the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) and cause a disruption on the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a cybersecurity expert. Ian Hogarth, who works on the U.K.’s AI task force that was formed to help protect against the risks of AI, says…

  • Iranian Official Says Prisoner Exchange with U.S. is Expected Monday

    A prisoner swap between the United States and Iran was expected to take place on Monday, according to a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, after two years of high-stakes negotiations. As a part of the deal, the U.S. had agreed to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue and dismiss federal charges against several…

  • Finland’s President, No Stranger to Russia, Warns Europe About Complacency

    President Biden has consulted the President of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, the person considered most responsible for bringing his country into the NATO alliance, about Russia and its President, Vladimir V. Putin. In a long interview, Mr. Niinisto warned European leaders and citizens not to become complacent over the risks of escalation in Russia’s war against…

  • China Sends Record Number of Military Planes Near Taiwan

    China sent a record number of military aircraft toward the self-governed island democracy of Taiwan. Taiwan’s defense ministry is calling it “destructive” harassment. Taiwan said it tracked 103 People’s Liberation Army aircraft entering its air defense identification zone in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning.  China has ramped up military flights around Taiwan…

  • Biden’s Adviser meets China Foreign Minister in Bid to Ease Tensions

    U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has held “candid” talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Malta this weekend, as the world’s two largest economies seek to stabilize troubled relations over trade and militarisation of the Pacific. During these talks Wang brought up the issue of Taiwan as a “red line that cannot be…

  • ICS Security Firm Dragos Raises $74 Million in Series D Extension

    On Monday, Dragos, a company that specializes in protecting industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT) against cyber threats, announced raising $74 million as part of a Series D extension funding round. This latest funding, led by WestCap, brings the Series D round to $274 million, and the total raised by Dragos to…

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