Category Cyberwar

The latest cyberwarfare news.

China’s Killer Drones

China is conducting Drone tests which involve a swarm of flying munitions, also referred to as suicide drones, deployed from a box-like array of tubular launchers on a light tactical vehicle and from helicopters. This underscores how the drone swarm…

PaaS malware: A hub for criminals

In this post we will take a look at PaaS malware, the HerokuApp environment and the differences between PaaS and SaaS. Did you know that PaaS and SaaS environments can be used for malicious goals? In the past, a campaign…

“Pioneer Kitten” sold access to hacked networks

A hacker group associated with the Iranian government is selling “access to compromised networks on an underground forum,” likely without Tehran’s blessing, according to research by threat intelligence firm CrowdStrike. Why it matters: That these Iranian hackers were apparently caught trying to make…

Asia’s cyber heist

China’s apparent attempt to pull off a cyber heist of critical medical and laboratory data occurs against the backdrop of dueling narratives about the origins and handling of COVID-19. These two issues highlight Asia’s new era of cyber and information…

Australia prepping for cyberwar?

Australia’s ability to defend against aggressive cyber campaigns is being considered as part of the Department of Defence’s review into mobilisation, recently released documents show. Revealed under freedom of information laws last week, Defence’s ‘Mobilisation Review’ cites concerns that Australia’s strategic advantage…

Schiphol Airport cybersecurity: not future-proof

investigated the cyber security of the border controls operated by the Dutch border guards at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport The Netherlands Court of Audit investigated the cyber security of the border controls operated by the Dutch border guards at Amsterdam Schiphol…

Trumps letter to Erdogan

Dear Mr. President, Let’s work out a good deal! You don’t want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and I don’t want to be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy—and I will. I’ve already given you a little…

The Nuclear Dimension of Cyber Threats

The subject of the interrelation of threats in the fields of information and communication technologies and nuclear weapons is gradually becoming one of the dominant topics in current international security issues. In early summer 2019, a group of researchers working…

The rise of Tactical Edge Networking

The Netherlands and Germany will integrate their armed forces digitally and as part of this a military internet will be built. The new German-Dutch organization TEN (Tactical Edge Networking) was announced today. Tactical Edge Networking TEN must improve information-driven action…