Sunday, May 27, 2018

Fighting in the future: India wants lethal artificial intelligence weapons

Not wanting to be left behind in the race to develop artificial intelligence-powered surveillance and defense system, India is getting ready to build a lethal autonomous weapon systems for warfare capabilities, it was revealed Monday.

With the creation of a 17-member task force, India's goals range from "establishing tactical deterrence in the region and visualizing potential transformative weaponry" to "developing intelligent, autonomous robotic systems and bolstering cyber defence," the Times of India reported.

India cyber warfare

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Online: The Other Side of Terrorism

No Physical Barrier is Capable of Restricting the Robust, Influential, and Dangerous Online Presence of Terrorist Groups like ISIS

Terrorism remains one of the major physical security threats of our time. Since 9/11, governments have worked hard to combat this threat by enacting robust security measures ranging from targeting terrorists where they plot in safe havens to providing law enforcement with tools and policies to discover and disrupt terrorist activity. However, ever since al-Qaida successfully began availing itself of the Internet in the late 1990s, terrorist groups have continued to utilize the Internet to facilitate everything from spreading propaganda and recruiting followers to inciting violence and launching attacks.

Online Terrorism

Saturday, May 12, 2018

When Spies Hack Journalism

WASHINGTON — For decades, leakers of confidential information to the press were a genus that included many species: the government worker infuriated by wrongdoing, the ideologue pushing a particular line, the politico out to savage an opponent. In recent years, technology has helped such leakers operate on a mass scale: Chelsea Manning and the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables, Edward Snowden and the stolen National Security Agency archive, and the still-anonymous source of the Panama Papers.

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Space photons bring a new dimension to cryptography

ESA and its partners will investigate how satellites can distribute photon 'keys' to help secure encryption.

Yesterday, ESA signed a contract with SES Techcom S.A. (LU) to develop QUARTZ (Quantum Cryptography Telecommunication System): a platform for quantum key distribution - a next-generation form of cryptography - and administer it from space.

Space photons bring a new dimension to cryptography

Israel Announces Increased Cyber Security Measures For Communications Companies

On April 2, the Israeli government announced its intention to significantly enhance the cybersecurity of Israeli communications networks in ...