The U.S. Army is wrapping up its capstone series of exercises this week in Africa, where troops have fanned out for drills involving numerous partner nations grappling with expanding insurgencies at home. African Lion 23, which concludes Friday, has involved 17 countries and more than 8,000 troops, who have been training across northern and western… Continue reading US Army Wraps up “African Lion 23” Training Exercises
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Europol Releases European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2023
Europol published its European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2023 (TE-SAT) this week. The report provided the most comprehensive and up-to-date intelligence picture of terrorism in the European Union. It was based on data provided to Europol by EU Member States on terrorist attacks and terrorism-related arrests in the European Union. Among its key findings… Continue reading Europol Releases European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2023
BRICS Foreign Ministers Condemn Terrorism
The BRICS countries expressed strong condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the cross-border movement of terrorists, and terrorism financing networks and safe havens. In a joint statement titled The Cape of Good Hope, the Foreign Ministers of BRICS comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa expressed strong condemnation of terrorism… Continue reading BRICS Foreign Ministers Condemn Terrorism
Large Language Models Being Trained on the DarkWeb
Large language models (LLM) are becoming more common in cybersecurity for the tasks it can automate and for its other applications. Large language models are “trained” through various articles, websites, and sources. A group of South Korean researchers wanted to make a LLM for the dark web. The dark web is the hidden part of… Continue reading Large Language Models Being Trained on the DarkWeb
Report Points Out That Critical Infrastructure Sector Risk Mgt Agencies (SRMA) are Wholly Deficient
In a new report, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) deems the system currently used to designate critical sectors as inadequate. CSC evaluates the state of the public-private sector relationship, underlines flaws in policy implementation, and provides recommendations on how to change it to improve national security. Their assessment is that the administrations incremental approach, is… Continue reading Report Points Out That Critical Infrastructure Sector Risk Mgt Agencies (SRMA) are Wholly Deficient
AI Delivers New Levels of Speed, Scale and Accuracy to OSINT
Open source intelligence (OSINT) which once consisted primarily of information from foreign news sources has grown to contain elements ranging from public records to IP information. OSINT hasn’t always been the mission-critical tool that it is now. OSINT is using open source information in combination with many other sources of intelligence like geo intelligence, etc… Continue reading AI Delivers New Levels of Speed, Scale and Accuracy to OSINT
Cyber Command Sends Specialists to South America on a “Hunt Forward” Intelligence Mission
U.S. cyber specialists were sent south to identify digital weaknesses on foreign networks and expose tools hackers employ, according to an official with Cyber Command. The so-called hunt-forward mission, handled by experts on the Cyber National Mission Force, was conducted inside Southern Command’s area of responsibility, which comprises more than two-dozen countries such as Argentina, Brazil,… Continue reading Cyber Command Sends Specialists to South America on a “Hunt Forward” Intelligence Mission
AI and Threat Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral part of every organization, no matter big or small. Most governments and companies are prioritizing AI into their budgets. Not only to improve efficiency and create new products, but to enhance threat intelligence and defend against cyber attacks against critical infrastructure and national security. One of the main… Continue reading AI and Threat Intelligence
China, Pakistan and Iran Meet on Counter-Terrorism Measures
China on Wednesday held a meeting in Beijing with Pakistan and Iran on consultation on counter-terrorism and security, marking the first meeting of its kind. During the first meeting of the China-Pakistan-Iran Trilateral Consultation on counter-terrorism and security, which was held at Directors General level, in-depth discussions were held on the regional anti-terrorism situation and… Continue reading China, Pakistan and Iran Meet on Counter-Terrorism Measures
UMBRA Predictive Analytics Bolsters Defense Community
Today, many organizations contend that their custom-built point solutions are still suited to manage their data. The challenge they tend to create is an inability to track the overall flow of data. That not only limits the ability to confirm data provenance, but in case of a breach it becomes more difficult, if not impossible,… Continue reading UMBRA Predictive Analytics Bolsters Defense Community