Cybersecurity Experts: Stop Sending Troops Into Combat With Personal Tablets, Smartphones In the 21st Century, lessons like this are not just for the Military, but for the Civilian Operator as well. As long as we are dependent on tech, exploitation will always be there. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Category: Counter-Surveillance
CO 101: Battlefield Intelligence
BATTLEFIELD INTELLIGENCE: A PRIMER ON COLLECTION & EXPLOITATION Extremely valuable primer on collecting intel in the field. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Dose of Truth: The “Future” of War is Now
If any of you have ever read the book Ghost Fleet by P.W. Singer you would realize with a chill down your spine that more and more things listed in that fictional work regarding Military Technology is beginning to unfold right before our eyes. The recent unveiling of China’s new Dark Sword Drone makes the…
The Surveillance State: Artificial Intelligence Facial Recognition
AI Can Recognize Your Face Even If You’re Pixelated (click on above link to be re-directed to source page) With the Surveillance State growing by leaps and bounds and a camera on every street corner and passing vehicle, understanding how much Artificial Intelligence can push this invasive technology into overdrive is very important for the…
Surveillance State: Baltimore’s Extensive Aerial/Ground Surveillance Program
(Click on above image to be re-directed to source page) Baltimore is definitely not the first American city to be enveloped in a “cocoon” of real-time surveillance, but it is the first to have such an intensive and EXPENSIVE system go online and not be announced publicly due to “private donor” funding. If Federal tax…
OPSEC Tradecraft: Modern Clandestine Groups Face New Challenges
There were no mobile phones or recording devices allowed at this bizarre encounter. The digital era is perceived as posing new threats to the security of terror groups in Ireland in terms of their being tracked and covertly recorded. Source: The Guardian Bottom Line Up Front Compartmentation via unlinking Strict anti forensic practices to mitigate…
Espionage Files: Spy ‘Wearables’
Secret agents typically use tracking devices to monitor foreign adversaries, but now, U.S. spies will assess their own capabilities by outfitting (willing) intelligence personnel with body sensors. Yes, spies have plans to spy on themselves with wearables. “Selecting and evaluating a workforce that is well-suited for the psychological and cognitive demands of the diverse positions…
Espionage Files: The Russian “Gray War” of Diplomatic Harrassment
A notable increase in incidents of harassment of American diplomats stationed in Europe by Russian intelligence personnel appears to be part of what some officials describe as an escalating “gray war” between the US and Russia. For over a year now, American State Department personnel stationed in Europe have been complaining of a systematic campaign…
Espionage Files: Surveillance For Hire In Africa
In July 2012, one year after the Arab Spring shook Arab regimes around the world, an email appeared in the inbox of Mamfakinch, a Moroccan online publication critical of the government. Under the subject line “dénonciation” — French for “denunciation” — was a single sentence. “Please don’t use my name or anything else, I don’t want any trouble.” And…
Surveillance State: The F.B.I.’s Growing Surveillance Gap
There are more homegrown jihadists than the feds can actually watch. And not everyone likes what the FBI is doing instead. A day after Omar Mateen killed 49 and wounded 53 in an Orlando nightclub, purportedly under the banner of the Islamic State or other terrorist groups, the FBI announced that it had repeatedly scrutinized…