Historically, Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) actors have exploited critical vulnerabilities to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, structured query language (SQL) injections attacks, spear-phishing campaigns, website defacements, and disinformation campaigns. This time their intent is on influencing and interfering with the U.S. elections, aiming to sow discord among voters and undermine public confidence in the U.S. electoral process.
Weeks ago, one of the most prominent cybercrime gangs, Maze, has shut down its media-savvy operation double-extortion tactic, revolutionized ransomware attacks. Should we celebrate our victory? Learn more if this is indeed a breakthrough in the realm of cybercrime or is it just another intelligent ploy.
The IRST21® (Infrared Search and Track) sensor suite, named Legion-ES™ (Embedded System) is the updated sensor suite of the F-16 recently unveiled by Lockheed Martin. The tech is designed for the F-16 Block 70/72 and promises to further increase capabilities to detect and track airborne threats with weapon-quality accuracy.
Overcoming the threat of drone swarms have changed. The US Army is now calling on new technology to test available defense capabilities, pre-emptive, and long term. The Pentagon has responded and, in late September, approved a set of requirements to help counter small drones, laying a path for how the industry can develop technology to plug into a single command-and-control system. This project would be followed by developing and fielding a long-term system that will easily swap out old capabilities.
The Army’s efforts to address battlefield problems now rely on available tech, state of the art equipment, and techniques dating back to the 1950s. Better sensors and better ways of getting data, and the deployment of a nonhuman contingent at the right place at the right time will help save lives and win battles in the future for the Army. Robots will lead the future of war with the tactical strategies employed from a time long gone but never forgotten. Are semi-autonomous methods the way to go for reaching and route clearance operations?
