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: Spycraft
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!
4GW: Russian Space Experiments puts U.S. on Alert
‘Secret Russian space experiments’ puts US on ALERT: Unprecedented programme sparks fears “Russian Nesting Doll???” This stuff is Straight out of a Clancy Novel. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Cyber-Warfare Update: iPhone Weaknesses Made Apparent by Israeli “Digital Arms” Company
Apple boosts iPhone security after Israeli spyware reveals startling weaknesses (click on above link to be re-directed to source page) Leave it to a bunch of retired Mossad Cyber-Spies to start up a “Digital Arms” Company and wreak havok on the most “secure phone on the planet”. The Silicon “Wadi” not Valley, Strikes Again!…
Espionage Files: Brit Spies Used URL Shortener to Honeypot Arab Spring Dissidents
A shadowy unit of the British intelligence agency GCHQ tried to influence online activists during the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests and the 2011 democratic uprisings largely known as the Arab Spring, as new evidence gathered from documents leaked by Edward Snowden shows. The GCHQ’s special unit, known as the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group…
Espionage Files: How Putin Weaponized Wiki-Leaks
Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election. Close your eyes and imagine that a hacking group backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin broke into the email system of a major U.S. political party. The group stole thousands…
Espionage Files: The Logic for (Shoddy) U.S. Covert Action In Syria
By most accounts, America’s efforts to covertly train and supply moderate rebels in Syria aren’t going so well. Apart from the obvious (Assad is still firmly entrenched in power and continuing to receive ever-growing external support),The New York Times recently reported that some arms provided by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Saudi Arabia haven’t…
Espionage Files: North Korea Resumes Number Station Radio Broadcast For It’s Spies Abroad
In a development that is reminiscent of the Cold War, a radio station in North Korea appears to have resumed broadcasts of encrypted messages that are typically used to give instructions to spies stationed abroad. The station in question is the Voice of Korea, known in past years as Radio Pyongyang. It is operated…
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…
Statecraft: Predicting Global Crisis and Instability with Political Science
If the CIA had a crystal ball, then they would probably not be routinely blindsided by world events. Lacking such a device, the agency has endured notable analytical failures. During the early 1990s, sudden collapses of Somalia, Zaire, Rwanda and the Soviet Union seemingly appeared without warning. Strategic surprises have always been a problem for…