CyberSecurity & Politics

The U.S. State Department’s new cyberspace strategy is all about «digital solidarity,» because clearly, the best way to secure the internet is by getting everyone—governments, companies, and civil society—to hold hands and sing Kumbaya while tackling cyber threats and promoting human rights. General points: 📌Promoting an Open, Interoperable, Secure, and Reliable Internet: Advocating for a global internet that is accessible to all, free from undue restrictions, and resilient against disruptions....

📌CISA’s Mayday Call: CISA, along with other federal agencies and counterparts in Canada and the UK, issued a five-page warning on May 1, 2024, to water treatment operators in North America and Europe. Apparently, they needed to be told (again) that their systems are under attack… and again Russia is to blame 📌Rudimentary Attack Techniques: These hacktivists aren’t even using sophisticated methods. They’re exploiting outdated remote access software to mess with human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and industrial control systems (ICSs)...

The joys of being a multinational corporation with deep pockets and a knack for dodging accountability. Boeing, the esteemed aircraft manufacturer, has once again found itself in the midst of a safety crisis, and we’re not surprised. After all, who needs to worry about a few hundred lives lost when there are profits to be made and shareholders to appease? According to The New York Times, the US Department of Justice is considering a deferred prosecution agreement with Boeing, which would allow the...

The article from Microsoft discusses how Russia is attempting to disrupt the 2024 Paris Olympic Games through various cyber activities. 📌Cinematic masterpiece «Storm-1679»: First of all, we have «Storm-1679», the creator of the purest truth, Spielberg, who released the hit blockbuster «The Olympics have fallen». It’s not just a movie, it’s a full-length action movie in which Tom Cruise is played by Artificial Intelligence and Tom Cruise plays Artificial Intelligence. They are both here to finally tell you the truth that you already knew that the IOC is corrupt, and the Games are doomed...

The controversy surrounding the Stanford University AI model, Llama 3-V, involves allegations of plagiarism from a Chinese AI project, MiniCPM-Llama3-V 2.5, developed by Tsinghua University’s Natural Language Processing Lab and ModelBest. The Stanford team, comprising undergraduates Aksh Garg, Siddharth Sharma, and Mustafa Aljadery, issued a public apology and removed their model after these claims surfaced. AI and Edu Cheating: 📌Despite the initial panic, AI didn’t turn students into cheating masterminds...

The nine-year campaign by Israel against the International Criminal Court (ICC) involved a series of covert operations and diplomatic maneuvers aimed at obstructing the court’s investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israeli leaders. Timeline and Initiation 📌Start of the Campaign: The campaign began in 2015, shortly after Palestine was recognized as a state by the UN General Assembly and joined the ICC. This move was seen by Israeli officials as a significant threat, prompting a coordinated response to protect Israeli leaders from potential prosecutions...