Start your day with intelligence. Get The OODA Daily Pulse.
Informing your decisions with actionable intelligence
Start your day with intelligence. Get The OODA Daily Pulse.
Informing your decisions with actionable intelligence
Home > OODA Analysis and Briefs
To counterbalance the current obsession with the ongoing FTX/Sam Bankman-Fried trial – and its impact on the future of trust in the cryptocurrency marketplace – we finally tracked down the baseline quantative metrics which illuminate a string we have been trying to pull all year: the current perception of the scale of fraud in the…
Tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise as Chinese vessels reportedly blocked Filipino supply boats headed to an outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal. The incident involved two Philippine coast guard ships, accompanied by two small commercial boats, and a significantly larger Chinese Coast Guard vessel. The encounter lasted several hours, highlighting the…
If Latinos living in the United States were an independent country, the U.S. Latino GDP would be the fifth largest GDP in the world, larger than the GDPs of India, the United Kingdom, or France. As Globalization is transformed and regional power clusters emerge globally, Latino spending power, economic progress, workforce participation, and progress growth…
This post provides observations and compelling views on the threat of intrusive surveillance technologies.
AI use cases are starting to emerge (that transcend the “AI for Enterprise” marketplace) and illuminate the promise of artificial intelligence to solve tough societal problems. The California Policy Lab and the University of Chicago Poverty Lab “have used County data to predict homelessness among single adults receiving mainstream County services.” This AI-based computer model…
To better understand how the CHIPS and Science Act can promote regional economic growth and innovation, The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ (CSIS) Renewing American Innovation Project held an all day conference earlier this year on ‘Enhancing the Regional Impact of the CHIPS and Science Act’ cohosted by the Indiana University Public Policy Institute.…
The September OODA Network Monthly Meeting was held on Friday, September 15, 2023. The OODA Network was joined at this month’s meeting by Dan Madden from Squadra Ventures. Dan discussed with the network a report he was actively drafting at the time of the meeting – capturing his observations and findings from a recent trip…
Our annual OODAcon brings together the hackers, thinkers, strategists, disruptors, leaders, technologists, and creators with one foot in the future to discuss the most pressing issues of the day and provide insight into the ways technology is evolving. OODAcon is not just about understanding the future, but developing the resiliency to thrive and survive in an…
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) and State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) have just released a report analyzing the evolution of cyber tactics, objectives, and capacities of the Russian government and government-controlled threat groups in the first half of 2023. The report and details here.
This post provides insights into some major elements in the US government concerned with countering foreign malign influence, highlighting some overlaps and possible discontinuities.
Swatting is a dangerous and illegal hoax or prank in which someone falsely reports a critical incident to law enforcement, with the intention of causing a heavily armed police or SWAT team to respond to a specific location. Swatting-as-a-Service (SaaS) is a disturbing development where individuals can pay others or hire “services” to carry out…
In the shadow of the recent MGM Cyberattack (and other recent ransomware attacks in U.S. and in the Pacific Islands), cyber defense is in the spotlight. Specifically, what role should corporate boards play in human risk management, as well social and human engineering defenses? Following are OODA Loop resources on these cyber threats, addressing the…
OODA CEO Matt Devost and Raymond Roberts, in a fireside chat on The Future of Money at OODAcon 2022, began with a discussion of origins of their interest in bitcoin, the history of money and the global fiat currency standard as a necessary introduction to a longer discussion of the future of money. Later in the…
According to the customer development, lean startup model, a firm grasp on “market type” (i.e. creating a new market or entering an existing market) is central to any startup companies success or incumbent companies efforts at innovation (or self-cannibalization to stay ahead of external disruption). How will Elon Musk’s vision of X handle the already…
This post examines the type of technology leadership required in large enterprises like the government.
Ascension Health has disclosed that a data breach exposed the data of 5.6 million individuals. Ascension Health has disclosed that a data breach which occurred in May exposed the data of 5.6 million individuals. The stolen data did include personal information such as social security numbers. Some sources have reported that the Black Banta ransomware…
The 2025 NDAA has provided additional funding to support replacing foreign made telecommunications parts. The 2025 NDAA has allocated $3 billion in funding for the FCC’s Rip-and-Replace Program. This program provides funding to companies to cover the cost of replacing foreign made telecommunications parts. The aim of the program is to promote the cyber security…
The US has requested the extradition of a LockBit developer from Israel. The US has requested that a dual Russian-Israeli citizen be extradited to face crimes related to his involvement with the ransomware group LockBit. The US and other nation’s have aggressively pursued members of the LockBit group in recent months. LockBit has been responsible…
Italian energy giant Eni is firing up the world’s most powerful supercomputer outside the US this Christmas as it races rivals to build the technology infrastructure needed to better explore for new sources of oil and gas. Built at a cost of more than €100mn, Eni’s new machine, HPC6, will be switched on in the…
In something of a stunning development, China appears to already be flying a stealthy, high-performance sixth-generation crewed combat aircraft, imagery of which began to emerge today. At this early stage, we have very little idea about the precise identity of the new aircraft, but many elements of its design are very much in line with…
Scientists at Rice University are working to turn waste heat from industrial processes into electricity. They’ve developed a cutting-edge device that turns heat into electricity with an impressive 60% efficiency, a breakthrough that could redefine how we store and use renewable energy. According to Interesting Engineering, this innovation marks a significant leap toward a cleaner…
Four decades ago, physicists were theorizing that the mind-bending mechanics of quantum physics could be harnessed to make a new kind of computer that’s exponentially more powerful than conventional machines. A series of breakthroughs has now brought “quantum utility” closer to reality. A race is on to develop machines that are accurate enough to faithfully…
Despite General Motor’s decision to shutter its Cruise robotaxi business earlier this month, the U.S. has never been closer to a driverless future. For the autonomous vehicle industry, 2024 will be remembered as the year that at least one major U.S. player — Alphabet -owned Waymo — saw glimmers of mainstream adoption and made strides…
Finnish authorities are investigating an oil tanker that is part of Russia’s shadow fleet over whether it cut an electricity cable between Finland and Estonia. The Eagle S was stopped by Finnish authorities after the Estlink 2 subsea electricity cable in the Gulf of Finland was disconnected on Wednesday. The tanker, which is registered in…
If 2024 was the year of artificial intelligence chatbots becoming more useful, 2025 will be the year AI agents begin to take over. You can think of agents as super-powered AI bots that can take actions on your behalf, such as pulling data from incoming emails and importing it into different apps. You’ve probably heard…
On Tuesday night, the Pakistani military conducted air raids in Afghanistan. The airstrikes targeted the hideouts of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP). This is the first cross-border strike inside of Afghanistan since March, and could potentially spark retaliation by the Taliban. The Taliban confirmed the attack but stated that civilians were targeted and over 46 people…
U.S. President Joe Biden has condemned Russia’s Christmas day attack on Ukraine’s power grid. He called the attack “outrageous” and has promised a “surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine.” On Christmas day, Russia launched over 170 missiles and drones on Ukraine, targeting the country’s energy infrastructure. An energy worker was killed and Ukrainians had to…
On Wednesday, an Azerbaijan Airlines plane tried to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan and crashed, killing dozens. The Kazakh authorities said that at least 29 people survived the crash. The jet was carrying 62 passengers and five crew members when it went down in Kazakhstan. Many of the survivors were hospitalized with various injuries.…
Since Monday, at least 56 have been killed in Mozambique as a result of clashes in the country. Protests arose with unrest over the recent presidential election, which demonstrators claim the governing party rigged. Over 1,530 prisoners escaped from Maputo Central Prison on Wednesday, and 33 prisoners were killed in confrontations with guards trying to…
The ClOp ransomware group has announced that it will soon release the names of over 60 organizations impacted recently by the Cleo attacks. The ransomware group took responsibility for the Cleo attacks in mid-December. Cl0p posted on its Tor-based website that victims would be contacted and given access to a secret chat with proof that…
As African organizations expand their digital footprints, they are simultaneously facing increased threats that the region hasn’t had to deal with in the past. These new threats include increases in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. New data is showing a 30% increase in DDoS attacks in the Middle East and Africa from late 2023 to early…
Employees of General Dynamics were targeted in a recent phishing campaign, leading to the compromise of dozens of employee benefits accounts. Attackers were able to access and make changes to these accounts by using a login portal from a third party. In the phishing attacks, a fraudulent advertisement led employees to a phishing site which…
On Thursday, Japan Airlines was hit by a cyberattack. The incident delayed over 20 domestic flights during the end-of-year holiday travel season. There was no threat to flight safety. The attack was discovered when the company’s network began to malfunction. The attackers were aiming to transmit massive amounts of data, overwhelming the network system. Experts…
Google’s recent unveiling of its quantum computing chip, Willow, marks a significant milestone in the tech industry and might be a game-changer for 2025. With 105 qubits (the basic unit of information used to encode data in quantum computing) – approximately double the number of its predecessor, Sycamore, Willow has demonstrated the capability to perform…
Agentic AI, the more focused alternative to general-purpose generative AI, is gaining momentum in the enterprise, with Forrester having named it a top emerging technology for 2025 in June. Since then, several organizations have begun using the technology, and major vendors such as Salesforce and ServiceNow have offered AI agents to customers. Agentic AI focuses…
OpenAI’s latest o3 model has achieved a breakthrough that has surprised the AI research community. o3 scored an unprecedented 75.7% on the super-difficult ARC-AGI benchmark under standard compute conditions, with a high-compute version reaching 87.5%. While the achievement in ARC-AGI is impressive, it does not yet prove that the code to artificial general intelligence (AGI)…
Waymo, Alphabet, Inc.’s autonomous driving system subsidiary, released a new research report last week showing that Waymo’s autonomous vehicles outperform human-driven vehicles in terms of safety. The Details: Waymo partnered with Swiss Re, a leading reinsurer, to analyze insurance industry third-party auto liability claims from 25.3 million miles of fully autonomous driving. The report showed…
In the annals of technological progress, certain moments stand as turning points when innovation has reached critical mass, catalyzing explosive growth and global adoption. These “Cambrian explosions” fundamentally reshape the way we live and work. Artificial intelligence has had its Cambrian moment. After decades of slow evolution, breakthroughs, such as artificial neural networks (ANNs), have…
Austin’s Apptronik and Bay Area-based Google DeepMind have formed a strategic partnership to enhance the development of AI-powered humanoid robots. The collaboration combines Apptronik’s robotics platform with Google DeepMind’s AI technology to create robots that can operate efficiently in dynamic environments. Apptronik, a robotics company founded in 2016, has roots in the Human Centered Robotics…
Sam Altman is the chairman of a company that promises a brighter future for humankind. No, it’s not OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company he co-founded and now runs as CEO. It’s a company called Oklo, and it’s developing the kind of nuclear power technology that many tech leaders — including Altman himself — say they…
Artificial intelligence has been infiltrating our daily workflows and routine tasks for while now. It may be AI working in the background, as with Gemini’s integration across Google products, or you may be engaging more directly with popular content generators such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Dall-E. Looming in the not-too-distant future are amped-up virtual assistants.…
After a year that saw Ikena Oncology trim back its workforce and pipeline, the oncology biotech thinks it has found a sustainable path forward via a merger into privately owned immunology company Inmagene Biopharmaceuticals. The combined company, which will operate under the InmageneBio name and list on the Nasdaq under the ticker “IMA,” will be…
A new study published in Nature reveals there may be a smarter way to use quantum computers for simulating materials, one that cuts down the computational resources needed for these complex calculations. The findings could help industries like energy, manufacturing and technology design better materials more efficiently. The research focuses on simulating electronic structures—the arrangement…
Humanoid robots are poised to enter warehouses, automotive factories and even some homes in growing numbers in 2025 – but whether they can really take hold remains to be seen. The machines in this new revolution will be different to existing working robots, which are primarily lone arms doing repetitive motions on assembly lines or…
The UK Defense Ministry said on Monday that it’s successfully live-tested its new radio frequency weapon that can take down drone swarms for “less than the cost of a pack of mince pies.” “A live firing trial was recently completed by the Army’s Royal Artillery Trials and Development Unit and 7 Air Defence Group at…
Artificial intelligence often gets criticized because it makes up information that appears to be factual, known as hallucinations. The plausible fakes have roiled not only chatbot sessions but lawsuits and medical records. For a time last year, a patently false claim from a new Google chatbot helped drive down the company’s market value by an…
xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, has raised $6 billion, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. Investors gave a minimum of $77,593, per the filing (97 participated, but the document doesn’t reveal their identities). xAI later announced (confirming some earlier reporting) that Andreessen Horowitz , Blackrock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings,…
Honda and Nissan have agreed to attempt to merge to form the 3rd largest automaker in the world. Honda and Nissan have announced that they intend to merge their companies. Mistubshi Motors has also agreed to join the merger talks. The companies plan to finalize the merger by 2026. The merger would create the 3rd…
El Salvador’s Congress has voted to allow mineral mining. El Salvador’s Congress has passed a bill to allow for mineral mining. This bill ends a seven year ban on mineral mining within the country. President Nayib Bukele is expected to sign bill as he has previously expressed support for the measure. There was has been…
Iran’s government has restored access to WhatsApp and Google Play. Iran’s Telecommunications Minister has announced that WhastsApp and Google Play access has been restored. The decision was made by the Supreme Council of Cyber Space in a meeting attended by reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian. The Telecommunication Minister’s announcement indicated that additional bans could be lifted.…
A US Citizen has been sentenced to a 15 year jail term on charges of espionage. A Russian born US Citizen has been sentenced to a 15 year jail term on charges of espionage. He was was already serving a prison term related to bribery charges. The details of the charges have not been made…
McMurry University in Abilene, Texas has suffered a data breach. McMurry University in Abilene, Texas has announced that a data breach has exposed the information of 18,000 individuals. The University became aware of suspicious activity on its network over the summer, but the investigation into that activity took five months. Universities have increasingly become the…
Albania has formally banned TikTok after several rounds of talks. The decision was made in response to several violent incidents in the country. The government made the decision after speaking to hundreds of parents, teaches, and other stakeholders. Albania is the first nation in Europe to enact a ban on TikTok. Read more: https://cybernews.com/news/european-nation-bans-tiktok/
US and Japanese authorities have announced that a North Korean group has stole over $300 million in crypto currencies. The crypto currency was stolen from the Japanese-based exchange DMM Bitcoin. The exchange chosen to shutdown operations following this hack. Authorities believe that the group Hidden Kobra was responsible for the hack. Read more: https://cybernews.com/crypto/north-korean-hackers-steal-308m-crypto-posing-linkedin-recruiter/
The American Addiction Centers has been the victim of a data breach. The Tennessee based American Addiction Centers has disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach in November. The data breach affected approximately 422,000 people. Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the breach. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/american-addiction-centers-data-breach-impacts-422000-people/
Two United States navy pilots have been shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, says the US military. Yemen’s Houthi fighters later on Sunday claimed they had “targeted” the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman a day earlier in an operation that led to “shooting down an F-18 aircraft”. The…
The Philippines has announced plans to buy the United States’ Typhon missile system, triggering China to warn of an impending “arms race” in the Asia Pacific region. Philippine military chief Lieutenant-General Roy Galido said on Monday that the country would acquire the mid-range missile system “for the interest of protecting our sovereignty”. “It is an…
Although Iran has one of the biggest supplies of natural gas and crude oil in the world, it is in a full-blown energy crisis that can be attributed to years of sanctions, mismanagement, aging infrastructure, wasteful consumption, and targeted attacks by Israel. While Iran has been struggling with issues with its infrastructure for years, the…
Ascension Health is notifying roughly 5.6 million individuals that their personal, medical, and payment information was compromised in a ransomware attack in May 2024. The incident occurred on May 8 and resulted in service disruptions that prompted hospitals around the country to revert to downtime procedures and divert emergency medical services. The potentially compromised information,…
We developed an adversarial machine learning (ML) algorithm that uses large language models (LLMs) to generate novel variants of malicious JavaScript code at scale. We have used the results to improve our detection of malicious JavaScript code in the wild by 10%. Recently, advancements in the code understanding capabilities of LLMs have raised concerns about…
It was winner-takes-all in biotech investing in 2024. Larger funds attracted an outsize share of the available investment cash. While many companies struggled, dozens raised at least $100mn. Much of the excitement was generated by red-hot sectors. In late April San Francisco-based artificial intelligence drug discovery start-up Xaira announced it had raised $1bn in one…
Artificial intelligence (AI), throughout 2024, became an increasingly permanent component of many business processes. Particularly across the back office and finance and treasury departments, where critical operating functions like accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) have long been plagued by manually driven inefficiencies, errors and delays, the question for firms of all sizes is…
The Biden administration on Monday initiated a trade investigation into China’s production of older types of computer chips that are integral for cars, dishwashers, telecom networks and military weaponry. The probe could ultimately result in tariffs or other measures to block Chinese chips from entering U.S. markets, though the decision of which, if any approach…
Bitcoin’s rally faces a risk that isn’t on the radar of most crypto investors: quantum computing. The nascent technology, which drew attention this month after Google claimed a breakthrough with its new Willow quantum-computing chip, could one day enable hackers to break the encryption that keeps bitcoin secure. Such a hack could torpedo bitcoin’s price,…
Investors on the hunt for real-world applications of artificial intelligence may want to consider humanoid robots, which some analysts predict could begin replacing human workers at scale by the end of the decade. “Breakthroughs in generative AI are bringing 3D perception, control, skill planning and intelligence to robots,” Rev Lebaredian, Nvidia’s vice president of omniverse…
OpenAI’s new artificial-intelligence project is behind schedule and running up huge bills. It isn’t clear when—or if—it’ll work. There may not be enough data in the world to make it smart enough. The project, officially called GPT-5 and code-named Orion, has been in the works for more than 18 months and is intended to be…
As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence, Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource: millions of hours of footage from drones which can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield. AI has been deployed by both sides on the battlefield during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to identify targets,…
SEALSQ Corp announced the integration of its post-quantum cryptographic chips on WISeSat satellites, marking a significant advancement in securing satellite communications against quantum computing threats. The partnership combines SEALSQ’s semiconductor expertise with WISeSat’s satellite IoT connectivity solutions. Currently, 17 WISeSat satellites equipped with SEALSQ’s chips have been launched via SpaceX, with plans for hundreds more…
The U.S. Department of Commerce has recently asked Nvidia to look into how the company’s products ended up in China over the past year, The Information reported on Thursday, citing a person close to the department. The chip giant has asked big distributors such as Super Micro Computer and Dell Technologies to conduct spot checks…
London-based AI bioprocess simulation software startup New Wave Biotech has raised €1.2 million in its latest funding round through a mix of equity and grant funding to expand its existing team and explore new markets and customers. Investors include EIT Food (supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology) and Innovate UK (part of…
Italy’s data protection agency said on Friday it fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI 15 million euros ($15.58 million) after closing an investigation into use of personal data by the generative artificial intelligence application. The fine comes after the authority found OpenAI processed users’ personal data to “train ChatGPT without having an adequate legal basis and violated…
On Thursday, a large group of university and private industry researchers unveiled Genesis, a new open source computer simulation system that lets robots practice tasks in simulated reality 430,000 times faster than in the real world. Researchers can also use an AI agent to generate 3D physics simulations from text prompts. The accelerated simulation means…
Google is planning to add a new “AI Mode” to its search engine, according to a report from The Information. The company will reportedly display an option to switch to AI Mode from the top of the results page, allowing you to access an interface similar to its Gemini AI chatbot. The new AI Mode…
Israel has conducted strikes against Houthi controlled territory in Yemen. Israeli announced that its air force conducted a series strikes against Houthi controlled territory in Yemen. These strikes targeted the power grid and port infrastructure. Israel warned that further strikes would be conducted if the Houthi’s continued to pose a threat against Israel. These strikes…
A Venezuelan opposition member has left the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela. A member of the Venezuelan opposition has left the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela after living their for 9 months. The opposition member was part of a group of people that sought shelter in the embassy following the government of Nicholas Maduro seeking their arrest.…
Informing your decisions with actionable intelligence
Copyright © 2025 — All Rights Reserved.
Notifications
Informing your decisions with actionable intelligence