The Kinetic Threats faced by the 21st Century Civilian Operator are getting more and more violent and random. Every day it seems we hear on the news about another Active Shooter, Carjacking, Kidnapping or Home Invasion. For most CO’s, this ignites a burning desire to train harder, more realistic and more enthusiastic than ever before….
Category: Cyber-Warfare
Asymmetrical Warfare Moves Into Your iPad
Now that the Internet is so ubiquitous that you must accept direct deposit for your paycheck, and your refrigerator has to get online to check for sales on cottage cheese, we find ourselves totally dependent on a service that we don’t understand and can’t live without. System engineers, whether they work for huge companies…
Flying Malware Injectors, Invisible UAV’s and Anti-Drone Lasers (Part 4)
This is the fourth and final installment of Drones and the Civilian Operator. If you missed the preceding installments, the First, Second and Third, are available to read. Think about it, if somebody were to have used terms like: “Counter-UAV Lasers”, “Hacker Drones” or “Invisible UAV’s” ten years ago, you would have called them nuts;…
RFID Microchips in Clothing (Part 2)
“I’d Rather Go Naked” Spyware vs. Spy Wear: Emergence of RFID Microchips in Clothing In part 1 of our story, we discussed how clothing manufacturers have started to embed RFID microchips into their apparel. These chips are sensors that cannot be turned off and — with readily available readers — can be used to track information about the consumer…
RFID Microchips in Clothing (Part 1)
They say “Clothes make the man”…what happens when “Clothes reveal everything about the man?” The Emergence of RFID Microchips in Clothing (Part 1) Imagine walking into a store you have never previously visited and a clerk walks up to you and asks, “How are those size 36 Dockers pants working out for you? Would you…
Mr. Robot’s Black Hat Bag of Tricks
Note: For all you Mr. Robot fans like myself who were looking forward to tonight’s Season Finale, bad news: 1 Update on 8/26/2015 at 5:01 p.m. ET: The season finale of Mr. Robot was scheduled to air tonight at 10 p.m. ET, but USA Networks announced just before 5 p.m. that it was holding the…
Defeating Drone Surveillance (Part 3)
This is third installment of Drones and the CO. If you missed them or just want to review, here are the FIRST and SECOND installments. There is no doubt that the U.S. is fast becoming a “Surveillance State” similar to the ‘Islamic Bastion of Great Britain’, where there is currently one CCTV camera for every 11…
I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me…
Your Watch is Watching you. Who is Watching Your Watch? Not Worried About the Internet of Things? Well You Just Became a Part of It. As more and more “things” that you interact with every day become hooked into the internet, you leave a permanent trail of digital exhaust that enables hackers and government agencies…
Russians Hacked Joint Chiefs of Staff
Investigators say they believe the same Russian hackers that carried out attacks on the White House and State Department last year and the attempted penetration of the Pentagon last month were responsible for a major cyberattack that shut down the Joint Chiefs of Staff email for the past 11 days, The Daily Beast has…
The West’ Failure of Imagination
“The mastery of modern technology and media are central to the authoritarian resurgence.” Pay attention guys and gals….school is out. For the democracies to triumph in the long battle against Soviet communism enormous commitment was necessary. Both geopolitical and ideological, the struggle called for military investment, patience and resolve. As crucially, this challenge required…