China Is Massively Expanding Its Cyber Capabilities

In 10 years’ time, the plan seeks to establish four to six world-class cybersecurity schools in Chinese universities as training grounds for cyber-warriors. All resources at these institutions – from teaching staff to incentive structures – will be dedicated solely to fostering top-notch cyber-warriors. Universities must meet certain criteria before they can apply for state support.

Chinese mastery in cyber-warfare was without a doubt on General Joseph Dunford’s mind when as chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff he named China as the greatest future threat to US security at a congressional hearing last week.

Serious cases of hacking in recent years have demonstrated China’s growing cyber-warfare capability. In the past few months, China announced grand plans to expand its dominance massively in the cyber realm.

South African Minister Dlamini-Zuma Claims She Was Hacked After Twitter Outburst

South African minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has denied responsibility for a tweet on her official Twitter account that accused the DA (Democratic Alliance) members of bribing individuals to create chaos in the North West province.

The tweet read, “Hello south Africans. What is actually happening in our Province? See this youtube.com/watch?v=Gxafjp… News from anonymous community members that @Our_DA members in the province are bribing select community members to cause chaos in the Province? Good day to you.”

SCARY: Computer experts show how easy it is to hack off-the-shelf smart devices like baby monitors and home security cameras

Is anyone truly secure in their home? That may not be the case in a world where bridges are being connected by rapidly improving technology. And with off-the-shelf smart devices becoming increasingly common features in homes, it seems that it’s easier than ever to invade the sanctity of a personal space.

Iran hit by global cyber attack that left U.S. flag on screens

DUBAI (Reuters) - Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centers in Iran where they left the image of a U.S. flag on screens along with a warning: “Don’t mess with our elections”, the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday.

“The attack apparently affected 200,000 router switches across the world in a widespread attack, including 3,500 switches in our country,” the Communication and Information Technology Ministry said in a statement carried by Iran’s official news agency IRNA.

A.I.-enhanced wearable exoskeletons being developed to turn soldiers into “Iron Man”

The idea of using an electronic exosuit or exoskeleton in order to gain certain physical abilities is nothing new. It has been the stuff of science fiction for the past several decades. Now a group of researchers have thought of adding one more ingredient into the mix, in the hopes that it could further improve current state-of-the-art exosuits.

The researchers from Harvard University have decided to add Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning to provide users of future exoskeletons with much-needed assistance depending on what task they are trying to perform. Although crude and rather limited in its current implementation, this kind of development is what could eventually lead to the existence of digital robot assistants like Jarvis from the movie Iron Man.