US, PH ‘Balikatan’ 2024 to include ‘cyberspace, information warfare
“Aside from kinetic activities and littoral, airspace and land, we will also be doing exercises in the nonphysical domain such as cyberspace and information warfare,” she added.
Tag: cyberwarfare
Tighten the Belt and Cut the Roads
Tighten the Belt and Cut the Roads (archived)
At one point, in their conversation, they mention Operation Starvation. I’m not well-versed in WWII history, but I’ve included a link to an article on the aftermath of Operation Starvation, below.
US Military Projection in Latin America and the Caribbean Intensifies
Upon assuming the US presidency, Joe Biden asserted in his first major foreign policy address, “America is back!” For Latin America and the Caribbean, this has meant an “aggressive expansion” of the US military in the region.
US Military Projection in Latin America and the Caribbean Intensifies
Lift off: Use of high-altitude platforms gain traction in US Army
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has for years experimented with high-altitude balloons and long-endurance, fixed-wing, solar-powered platforms capable of operating in the stratosphere. Now the service is pursuing prototyping efforts that could lead to programs of record, including one able to deploy launched effects.
Lift off: Use of high-altitude platforms gain traction in US Army
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What The U.S. Army Plans For High-Altitude Balloons, Solar Aircraft
SMDC’s Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence actively works across the Pentagon to find high-altitude platforms, payloads and command-and-control capabilities for the service. This includes small, tactical balloons for payloads such as extended-range communications up to large, stratospheric balloons, according to a command fact sheet. In April 2022, for example, U.S. Army soldiers launched a Thunderhead High-Altitude Balloon System during exercise Balikatan 22 in the Philippines.*
*Flynn for balloons. Guess there is a different standard for the US gov?
A Gentleman’s Guide to Trolls, Bots, Sealions, Forum Spies and Other Pests – #SolutionsWatch
Let’s face it: comments often suck. And who’s to say they’re even real? But what’s the solution to these crappy communications? Well, don’t read the comments, of course. But if you do decide to wade into the infowar battlespace that is the comments section, then at the very least you need to arm yourself with knowledge of the various tactics that the trolls, bots, disinformation agents, psyops warriors, sealions and forum spies are employing to derail you from taking meaningful action. Today on #SolutionsWatch I’ll help do just that by reviewing The Gentleperson’s Guide to Forum Spies.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Trolls, Bots, Sealions, Forum Spies and Other Pests – #SolutionsWatch
Related:
[2010] Obama staffer wants ‘cognitive infiltration’ of 9/11 conspiracy groups
[2014] HOW COVERT AGENTS INFILTRATE THE INTERNET TO MANIPULATE, DECEIVE, AND DESTROY REPUTATIONS
‘Hunt Forward’ cyber teams have deployed to 24 countries, including Ukraine
The cyber defense teams monito crucial networks in allied countries. US cyber chief Gen. Paul Nakasone also said the NSA is centralizing AI-related missions.
‘Hunt Forward’ cyber teams have deployed to 24 countries, including Ukraine
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NSA to stand up AI security center
Securing artificial intelligence entails “protecting AI systems from learning, doing, and revealing the wrong thing,” he said. “We must build a robust understanding of AI vulnerabilities, foreign intelligence threats to these AI systems, and ways to encounter the threat in order to have AI security. We must also ensure that malicious foreign actors can’t steal America’s innovative AI capabilities.”
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Asked about AI—including deepfakes—influencing voting in the upcoming 2024 U.S. general election, Nakasone said people need to practice vigilance, and that his team is making sure they “understand the threat techniques of our adversaries”—which the center will help them do
Canada’s honoring of Nazi vet exposes Ottawa’s longstanding Ukraine policy
By celebrating a Waffen-SS volunteer as a “hero,” Canada’s Liberal Party highlighted a longstanding policy that has seen Ottawa train fascist militants in Ukraine while welcoming in thousands of post-war Nazi SS veterans.
Canada’s honoring of Nazi vet exposes Ottawa’s longstanding Ukraine policy
US spy agency NSA ‘hacked Huawei HQ’: China confirms Snowden leak
Nearly a decade after documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the US National Security Agency(NSA) hacked the servers of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, Beijing has officially acknowledged the attack.
US spy agency NSA ‘hacked Huawei HQ’: China confirms Snowden leak
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EXCLUSIVE: US spies on Chinese mobile phone companies, steals SMS data: Edward Snowden
Beijing claims Chinese ministry official is CIA recruit, second arrest China lays at feet of US spy agency in a month
China’s top anti-espionage agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), announced on Monday it has arrested an official it says is a spy for the CIA.
Beijing claims Chinese ministry official is CIA recruit, second arrest China lays at feet of US spy agency in a month
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[2017] Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Operations
Beijing Vows Countermeasures After CIA Says It’s Rebuilding Spy Networks in China
CIA Director William Burns says the spy agency is ‘making progress’ in China
Beijing Vows Countermeasures After CIA Says It’s Rebuilding Spy Networks in China
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