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Over the last 2 decades cyber attacks have shifted from the theoretical to reality. This report provides insights from real world activities that can inform strategists and policymakers seeking to mitigate risks from nation state cyber attacks.
This post provides highlights from two recent WSJ articles relevant to ongoing rulemaking at the SEC regarding new regulations which will apply to the VC and PE world.
A collaborative group of security researchers with Web3 expertise has produced a 12 question guide to the basics of Web3 security. This report captures those 12 questions and provides context around their optimal use.
The United States Space Force activated the 75th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (ISRS) on Aug. 11 at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado.
While the U.S., Japan and South Korea are convening at Camp David – the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) commence a summit of their own today in South Africa – including a state visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping “which also includes a summit with leaders of the BRICS emerging economies. The trip…
The ODNI’s Counterintelligence Center (the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and the FBI and USAF have issued a joint bulletin designed to raise awareness of threats to the U.S. space industry. This bulletin conveys important information that should be read and acted upon by any in the U.S. space industry. The government is doing…
Up for renewal this month, members of Congress would like to see the U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement (STA) expire this year. Since its inception in 1979 and renewal every five years through 2018, the STA has fueled “one of the most productive scientific collaborations of the 21st century” . Renewal of the STA in…
Jen Easterly, Director Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Victor Zhora, Deputy Chairman and Chief Digital Transformation Officer of the Ukrainian State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection, appeared together on the Black Hat USA 2023 stage and released the following statement (an excerpt of which can be found here).
As things stall in the United Nations on all things cyber, the United States has been actively engaged in strengthening cyber cooperation with key individual states, as well as regional blocs, in an effort to share information, collaborate, and address state and nonstate actor threats. From a law enforcement perspective, these joint activities have proven effective…
Last week, “the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the establishment of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) task force, an initiative that reflects the DoD’s commitment to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence in a responsible and strategic manner. Led by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), Task Force Lima will assess, synchronize, and…
The announcement of Task Force Lima was scheduled as part of the CDAO’s presence at DEFCON31 last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Craig Martell, chief digital and AI officer at the U.S. Defense Department (DoD), took the stage last Friday at DEFCON31 to introduce the con attendees to Task Force Lima – and share…
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly continued what now seems to be a prolonged messaging campaign: a stark “Black Swan/Gray Rhino” warning of the inevitably of crippling cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure.
James A. Lewis is the Dirctor of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He recently penned a white paper which aligns with the concerns expressed by CISA Director Jen Easterly in her “Stark Warning” about the high probability of, lack of preparation for and severe impact…
Thank you to everyone who attended our co-sponsored social gatherings, came out to support us at various panels and competitions – and for the opportunites to reconnect and connect for the first time in Las Vegas. See you ar DEFCON32 and Black Hat USA 2024 – same time next year.
Canada’s deputy prime minister and finance minister has resigned. As one of Canada’s top ministers, Chrystia Freeland was helping to lead Canada’s response to the incoming Trump administration. This is a blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s hold on power. Freeland accused Trudeau of engaging in “costly political gimmicks” in her letter of resignation. She…
Ukraine has stated that North Korean soldiers were killed while fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine. The deaths occurred in the Kursk border region. Neither Russia nor North have commented on the claim. It is believed that around 30 North Korean troops have been killed or injured in the fighting. The Pentagon has supported Ukraine’s…
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for the assassination of General Igor Kirillov, a top Russian official, in Moscow. General Kirillov was the chief of Russia’s radioactive, chemical, and biological defense forces. He was killed by a bomb in Russia on Tuesday. This was one of the boldest assassinations in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. A…
Okta is warning its customers about an increase in attacks impersonating the company’s support team. The company has described the attacks as “phishing social engineering attempts.” These bad actors are regularly targeting Okta customers and the company itself as Okta is used by major enterprises for identity solutions. Okta is warning its customers to be…
U.S. government organizations are urging water and wastewater systems companies to secure access to their systems. These systems contain internet-exposed human-machine interfaces (HMIs) which are critical to U.S. infrastructure and thus must be secured from cyberattacks. CISA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that exposed HMIs in these systems could give threat actors access…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has raised an alert on the expanding influence of the HiatusRAT campaign. The operation is expanding its influence to multiple countries and is using techniques such as scanning and brute-force authentication cracking. HiatusRAT is targeting web cameras and DVRs. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has also announced…
In his recent presentation at the 2024 OODAcon, Thomas Barnett, author of America’s New Map, offered a sweeping analysis of the structural changes shaping the 21st century. Barnett explored how U.S.-driven globalization has restructured the world, producing remarkable yet destabilizing outcomes, including an unprecedented acceleration of consumption, demographic transformations, and a burgeoning global middle class.…
31 months after incorporating, Figure is shipping its second model, Figure 02, to commercial clients according to a LinkedIn post by CEO Brett Adcock. Figure therefore joins Agility Robotics’ robot, Digit, as two of the only humanoid robotics companies on the planet to be putting their robots to work in paying clients’ warehouses and factories.…
GlobalWafers Co., a Taiwanese maker of silicon wafers used in chip manufacturing, finalized a deal to receive as much as $406 million in awards from the US Chips and Science Act to help build factories in Texas and Missouri. The agreement, announced by the US Commerce Department, shores up a preliminary accord announced in July.…
In the race toward blockchain adoption, we’ve lost sight of a fundamental truth: The best technology is invisible. While celebrating architectural complexity, we must remember that true innovation is measured in the lives transformed. The blockchain industry stands at a critical point. We’ve spent years building for builders, creating increasingly sophisticated systems that showcase our…
More reports are coming out of Massachusetts about how Worcester Polytechnic Institute engineers are improving on Thomas Edison-era science. The team is specifically focused on iron-alkaline batteries first developed by Edison at the beginning of the 20th century, per Worcester and the BBC. In short, the packs utilize abundant, cheap iron in an alkaline battery…
Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are going to Tokyo, marking the first time that the Alphabet company is deploying vehicles on public roads in a foreign market. Waymo is billing the excursion as a simple “road trip” for collecting data about the nuances of Japanese driving, including left-hand traffic and navigating a dense urban environment. The vehicles…
China’s attempts to dominate the world of artificial intelligence could be paying off, with industry insiders and technology analysts telling CNBC that Chinese AI models are already hugely popular and are keeping pace with — and even surpassing — those from the U.S. in terms of performance. AI has become the latest battleground between the…
Just seven months after it unveiled its Veo AI video generator, Alphabet division Google DeepMind has announced Veo 2. The new tool can generate videos of up to 4K resolution, whereas the first Veo could only handle up to 1080p. Google is claiming improvements in the physics of the scenes that the upgraded Veo generates,…
The UN is set to begin a new attempt at resolving the political deadlock in Libya. The UN mission in Libya has announced that it intends to start new talks aimed at resolving the political deadlock in Libya. Libya has remained divided between rival governments in the east and west halves of the country. The…
Palestinian Authority security forces have begun operations inside of Jenin. Palestinian Authority security forces have launched operations inside of Jenin targeting Islamist militant groups. No specific reason for the raid has been given. Such actions by the Palestinian Authority are very rare as the Palestinian public opposes crackdowns against militant groups. Israel has denied any…
South Korean authorities have begun investigations into the impeached President. A joint investigative task force has formally requested to question the impeached South Korean President. The President has thus far evaded those requests. The South Korea Constitutional Court has also begun organizing a trial for the impeached President. Pretrial hearings are scheduled to begin on…
Germany’s Prime Minister has been removed after losing a confidence vote. Germany’s Prime Minister Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote after his three party coalition collapsed. Early parliamentary elections are likely to be held in February. Scholz’s coalition collapsed after longstanding disagreements between the coalition members over how to stimulate the German economy lead…
Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences Centers has been the victim of a data breach. Texas Tech University has disclosed that its Health Sciences Centers were the victims of a data breach. The University disclosed that the attack took place in September, and that 1.4 million people had their personal data stolen. The ransomware group Interlock…
CISA has released an updated National Cyber Incident Response Plan. CISA has released an updated version of the National Cyber Incident Response Plan. CISA has requested that the public offer input on the new version. The National Cyber Incident Response Plan outlines how public and private sector groups should respond to cyber attacks. Read more:…
Regional Care, Inc. was the victim of a cyber attack. Regional Care, Inc. has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyber attack in September. The attack exposed the personal data of 225,000 people. This is the latest in a series of cyber attacks against healthcare organizations. Read more: https://cybernews.com/news/rci-healthcare-data-breach-exposed-thousands/#comments-reply
A new malvertising campaign has made use of fake CAPTCHAs to gather user information. Researchers have identified that a new malvertising campaign has been spread across the internet. This campaign has made use of fake CAPTCHAs to infiltrate user’s computers. The campaign has been propagated through legitimate publishers and advertisers. The researchers found that the…
I admit up front that I am not an expert in quantum computing. However, over the last two years, I have gained a deeper understanding of this technology through various educational seminars and direct one-to-one sessions through IBM, Google, Microsoft, Intel, and others. These sessions helped analysts like myself come up to speed on the…
Earlier this month, I teased an upcoming interview with Rene Haas, CEO of chip design company Arm. I sat down live in Silicon Valley with Rene at an event hosted by AlixPartners, the full version of which is now available. Rene is a fascinating character in the tech industry. He’s worked at two of the…
The same day that General Motors announced that it would stop funding its beleaguered robotaxi company Cruise, one of China’s leading autonomous vehicle operators made a different sort of announcement. Pony.ai said it would expand its robotaxi fleet from about 250 to at least 1,000 vehicles in 2025, thanks to a partnership with GAC Aion,…
For weeks, citizens across New Jersey—and many other states—have reported seeing clusters of drone-like objects flying low in the sky at night, yet information remains scarce, even as state officials now say they’ve seen the drones firsthand, received mixed information from federal agencies and pushed the FBI for answers. The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base—a base…
Biotech experienced a year of mixed fortunes in 2024. We saw breakthroughs in schizophrenia and obesity, with the IPO window slowly reopening and Big Pharmas happy to write large checks for the right company. But the wave of layoffs shows no sign of ebbing, just one symptom of the drastic measures many companies are taking…
OpenAI has announced the release of the full version of its o1 reasoning model as well as the release of its video generation model Sora. The o1 announcement also included the announcement of a separate fine-tuning API as well. O1’s chain-of-thought technique enables the model to generate complex, step-by-step thought processes before delivering responses, making…
Generative artificial intelligence startup Liquid AI has announced the closure of a $250m early-stage funding round. The round was led by chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), which is also a strategic partner to the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company. This investment aims to bolster Liquid AI’s development of Liquid Foundation Models (LFMs), which are lightweight, general purpose…
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has rebuffed investigators, who are seeking answers over his failed bid to declare martial law, as the country’s Constitutional Court begins a parallel process of deciding whether he should be removed from office. Yoon was impeached by South Korea’s parliament on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to suspend civilian…
Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure early Friday. The attack consisted of 93 missiles and 200 drones, Mr. Zelensky said on social media, “including at least one North Korean missile.” Military analysts had speculated this week that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia could try to escalate these attacks as a show…
The United States has been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which overthrew the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad. This group was a designated terrorist organization several years ago but Washington hopes to influence their behavior now that the group controls Syria’s interim government. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said…
The 13-year civil war between Syria’s government and rebel fighters has ended, but the peril is not over for Syria’s Kurdish minority. A number of armed factions are still jostling for control, including the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which have allied with the United States to combat the extremist Islamic State, and the Syrian National…
Hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents who use the state’s government assistance programs were very likely to have had their personal and bank information, including Social Security numbers, hacked by an international cybercriminal group demanding a ransom, state officials said on Saturday. Hackers gained access to RIBridges, the state’s online portal for obtaining social…
The U.S. has updated a decades-old science and technology agreement with China to reflect their growing rivalry for technological dominance. The new agreement has a narrower scope and additional safeguards to minimize the risk to national security. The State Department said the agreement sustains intellectual property protections, establishes new guardrails to protect the safety and…
Google Cloud launched Agentspace, which is designed to create and deploy AI agents, and a version of NotebookLM for the enterprise. With an enterprise version of NotebookLM, Google Cloud is adding enterprise privacy, security and compliance, identity support and grounding in enterprise data sources. But Agentspace is the headliner as hyperscale cloud providers and other…
Experts believe that one day, quantum computers could make today’s systems of encryption utterly obsolete. But Google tells The Verge its new “breakthrough” Willow chip is nowhere near ready for that. “The Willow chip is not capable of breaking modern cryptography,” Google Quantum AI director and COO Charina Chou tells The Verge. A so-called “cryptanalytically…
China’s industry ministry will set up an artificial intelligence standardisation technical committee focusing on developing industry standards in areas such as large language models and AI risk assessment, it said on Friday. The 41-member committee includes representatives from tech giant Baidu and leading academic institutions such as Peking University, the ministry said in a statement.…
Meta said on Thursday it was releasing an artificial intelligence model called Meta Motivo, which could control the movements of a human-like digital agent, with the potential to enhance Metaverse experience. The company has been plowing tens of billions of dollars into its investments in AI, augmented reality and other Metaverse technologies, driving up its…
OpenAI has finally released the real-time video capabilities for ChatGPT that it demoed nearly seven months ago. On Thursday during a livestream, the company said that Advanced Voice Mode, its human-like conversational feature for ChatGPT, is getting vision. Using the ChatGPT app, users subscribed to ChatGPT Plus, Team, or Pro can point their phones at…
Asking whether China is the future of the biotech industry might seem counterintuitive, considering the current biotech geopolitical context. If you haven’t followed this series of events, a controversy involving China’s contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) Wuxi AppTec led the U.S. government to issue the BIOSECURE Act bill. To summarize, Wuxi allegedly shared confidential…
Anthropic has officially rolled out its Claude 3.5 Haiku model to all users through the Claude chatbot on the web and mobile apps, as sighted by AI power users on X. Previously limited to developers accessing it via Anthropic’s API following its launch in October 2024, this smaller, faster model has garnered attention for its…
Nigeria has begun to provide a malaria vaccine to young children. Nigeria has announced that it will begin to provide young children malaria vaccines. The vaccine was developed by Oxford University and has been observed to have a 75% effectiveness rate. Africa sees the vast majority of the world’s malaria cases and Nigeria in particular…
Paraguay has reopened its embassy in Jerusalem. Paraguay has formally reopened its embassy in Jerusalem following a ceremony with Israeli leaders. Paraguay had previously moved its embassy to Jerusalem in 2018, but the subsequent administration reversed that decision. Israel claims all of Jerusalem as its capital, but most nations and UN Resolutions recognize the city…
Syrian rebels have located Travis Timmerman, a US citizen that has been missing for seven months. Syrian rebels have announced that Travis Timmerman has been located and is being cared for. Travis Timmerman is a US citizen that went missing seven months ago and was thought to have been imprisoned by the Assad regime. Syrian…
Romanian pro-Western parties have agreed to form a grand coalition government. The Romanian pro-Western parties have agreed to form a grand coalition government. Talks are also underway about fielding a unity candidate in the new Presidential election. This comes after the Constitutional Court of Romania voided the 1st round of the Presidential election. The out-going…
Krispy Kreme has been the victim of a cyber attack. Krispy Kreme has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyber attack towards the end of November. The attack did disrupt operations at several locations around the country. The company has said it is taking steps to respond to the attack and improve security.…
An international law enforcement operation has targeted websites used in DDoS attacks. An international law enforcement operation lead by Europol has taken down 27 websites used to facilitate DDoS attacks. The operation also lead to dozens of individuals being identified as potential users of the sites. Several people were also arrested and charged with using…
Researchers found that Microsoft’s MFA could be bypassed by guessing possible codes. Researchers have found that Microsoft’s multi-factor authentication (MFA) could be bypassed by guessing codes under the right conditions. They found that accounts which used an authentication app created a condition where malicious actors could continue to submit incorrect codes without the account locking…
Researchers have found that many highly used Android apps are vulnerable to the Frida tool. Researchers have found that many highly used Android apps are vulnerable to the Frida reverse engineering tool. Only 3 of the 150 apps they tested detected the tool. Frida is a toolkit that is used for many reasons, but malicious…
Crypto investor Will Harbone has launched LongGame, a $40 million venture capital fund dedicated to advancing longevity biotechnology, according to a Dec. 12 statement shared with CryptoSlate. The initiative seeks to revolutionize human health by extending healthy lifespans over three decades through investments in innovative fields like stem cell research, gene editing, and senolytics. LongGame…
There has been an increasing amount of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) regarding AI Scaling laws. A cavalcade of part-time AI industry prognosticators have latched on to any bearish narrative they can find, declaring the end of scaling laws that have driven the rapid improvement in Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities in the last few…
Nvidia Corp. has added hundreds of staff in China this year to enhance its research capabilities and focus on new autonomous driving technologies. The world’s second most valuable company will end the year with about 4,000 people, up from just about 3,000 at the start of 2024, people familiar with its operations said. In a…
Google captivated the tech world Monday with Willow, a new quantum chip that outperformed even the world’s best supercomputer on an advanced test, and experts say this week’s revelations are just the start of a new phase in cutting-edge computing. The new chip, which wowed even Tesla CEO Elon Musk, can complete in five minutes…
In an announcement today, Chatbot service Character.AI says it will soon be launching parental controls for teenage users, and it described safety measures it’s taken in the past few months, including a separate large language model (LLM) for users under 18. The announcement comes after press scrutiny and two lawsuits that claim it contributed to…
There is something strange happening in the skies above New Jersey, and no one seems quite sure what to make of it — not the governor, not members of Congress, not the FBI. What they know is that starting in mid-November, dozens of identified drones have been spotted at night flying in at least 10…
OpenAI demonstrated its new iPhone integration on Wednesday as iOS 18.2 rolled out to users, bringing ChatGPT directly into Siri, writing tools and camera features. The feature update, shown off on day five of OpenAI’s “12 Days of Shipmas” product launches, marks a rare opening of Apple’s core iPhone features to outside software. ChatGPT can…
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Somalia and Ethiopia have agreed on a joint declaration, resolving the countries’ dispute over the Somaliland region. The compromise will additionally address Ethiopia’s push for sea access as a landlocked country. As the most populous landlocked country in the world, Erdogan hopes that the deal will eventually ensure…
Russian forces are closing in on Pokrovsk, a strategic city for Ukraine as it holds important rail and road connections. Russia has been making rapid advances in the Donetsk region, and is now within 3 miles of this key Ukrainian transit hub. Ukraine’s top general said that they would have to make “unconventional decisions” in…
Satellite imagery from the past two weeks indicates that Russian military and commercial activity appears to be halted at the key Syrian port of Tartus. No cargo ships have entered or left the port since Monday. The port has been essential in Russia’s projection of military power in the region. Activity at the Tartus port…
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