RSS- “Change in itinerary for US VP JD Vance brings relief for Greenland and Denmark”
- Playing fast and loose with the nation’s secrets
- An update on the Russo-Ukrainian War by Michael Kofman
- Ignoring the little fish: an editorial in the Free Lance-Star
- Three views of the Trump-Putin phone call
- “What the coalition of the willing has agreed for Ukraine’s ceasefire”
- CENTCOM Forces Kill ISIS Chief of Global Operations Who Also Served as ISIS #2
- Doing the hokey pokey
- The Trump administration tries to stay below the federal debt limit and get to March 14 or September 30, 2025
- Kurdish-led SDF agrees to integrate with Syrian government forces
Category Archives: Cyber
Nope. There are no 150-year-olds on Social Security. It’s COBOL!
Elon Musk claimed that his team found 150-year-old people collecting Social Security! He implied there were dead people being sent benefits, with checks cashed by someone else. But no—the people getting paid are very much alive. They are collecting their own … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, Technology, TTG
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“Apple calls Bullshit on the AI Revolution”
Apple has earned its reputation for innovating the technology world. It is what solidified their status as a tech giant, and now their iPod, Macbook, iPhone, iPad, and Siri have yielded a variety of copycats. So, why aren’t they leading … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, Science, Technology, TTG
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“CrowdStrike update that caused global outage likely skipped checks, experts say”
Security experts said CrowdStrike’s routine update of its widely used cybersecurity software, which caused clients’ computer systems to crash globally on Friday, apparently did not undergo adequate quality checks before it was deployed. The latest version of its Falcon Sensor software … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, TTG
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Eric Newhill on rigged elections
Johnson, Giuliani, the Kraken, etc. are all mostly nonsense. Highly unprofessional hacks, going off half-cocked. I say “mostly” nonsense because they were intuitively correct that there is something systematic occurring. From what I can see, it must be originating from … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, government, Politics, TTG
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The Register on the leak of Chinese infosec vendor’s hacking activities
A cache of stolen document posted to GitHub appears to reveal how a Chinese infosec vendor named I-Soon offers rent-a-hacker services for Beijing. The trove appeared on GitHub last week and contains hundreds of documents documenting I-Soon’s activities. Analysis of … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cyber, TTG
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“Be careful what you wish for:” DoD official warns separate cyber force could pose new challenges
WASHINGTON — While the Pentagon studies the pros and cons of standing up a Space Force-like independent cyber military service, one official today warned that it could potentially pose new challenges for the department when it comes to understanding warfighting … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, Intelligence, The Military Art, TTG
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U.S. Hacks QakBot, Quietly Removes Botnet Infections
The U.S. government today [29 August] announced a coordinated crackdown against QakBot, a complex malware family used by multiple cybercrime groups to lay the groundwork for ransomware infections. The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Cyber, TTG
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