A
mild warning: Don’t mess with our infrastructure.
Israel
behind cyberattack that caused ‘total disarray’ at Iran port –
report
Israel
carried out a recent sophisticated cyberattack on an Iranian port
facility, causing widespread chaos, apparently in retaliation for an
attempt by Tehran to target Israel’s water infrastructure, the
Washington
Post reported Monday.
The
report, citing foreign and US officials, said Israel was likely
behind the hack that brought the “bustling Shahid Rajaee port
terminal to an abrupt and inexplicable halt” on May 9.
“Computers
that regulate the flow of vessels, trucks and goods all crashed at
once, creating massive backups on waterways and roads leading to the
facility,” the Post reported, adding that it had seen satellite
photos showing miles-long traffic jams leading to the port and ships
still waiting to offload several days later.
… The
response appeared to indicate that Israel has adopted a “tit-for-tat”
strategy in responding to Iranian cyber warfare, a tactic already
used by the Israeli military with physical, or kinetic, attacks, this
official said.
Does
no one check their work? Unprotected by default?
Over
190 Law Firms Affected by Advanced Data Leak That Exposed Over 10,000
Legal Documents
A
leading UK software company exposed personal information belonging to
over 190 law firms through an
unsecured online database.
TurgenSec security firm discovered
the breach but
could
not immediately identify the owner of the online database
and therefore contacted the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Following the Responsible Disclosure Policy, the firm contacted the
affected law firms who confirmed the data leak came from legal
documents hosted by Laserform Hub owned by Advanced Computer Software
Group Limited. The
database was accessible online to anybody with a browser and internet
connection.
Advanced claimed the details exposed were largely of public records
and resorted not to report the leak.
Interesting
infographic promoting a masters program.
A
Look at IoT Security and Potential Issues
Worth
changing the constitution.
German
intelligence can't spy on foreigners outside Germany
Germany's
Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that monitoring the internet
traffic of foreign nationals abroad by the BND intelligence agency
partly breaches the constitution.
A
tip worth following…
AI
and Cybersecurity
Ben
Buchanan has written "A
National Security Research Agenda for Cybersecurity and Artificial
Intelligence."
It's really good – well worth reading.
Should
be educational to watch.
Booz
Allen Hamilton wins massive Pentagon artificial intelligence contract
… Under
the contract award, announced by the General Services Administration
and the JAIC on May 18, Booz Allen Hamilton will provide a “wide
mix of technical services and products” to support the JAIC, a DoD
entity dedicated to advancing the use of artificial intelligence
across the department.
The
contracting giant will provide the JAIC with “data labeling, data
management, data conditioning, AI product development, and the
transition of AI products into new and existing fielded programs,”
according to the GSA news release.
“The
delivered AI products will leverage the power of DoD data to enable a
transformational shift across the Department that will give the U.S.
a definitive information advantage to prepare for future warfare
operations,” the release said.
Worth
scanning.
VB
Special Issue: AI and surveillance in the age of coronavirus
… In
this issue, we focus on one of the most immediate needs: finding the
balance between safety and freedom.
We
ponder this tension through the lens of the technologies that are
involved in contact tracing and quarantine tracking and enforcement.
We discuss the methods and technologies involved, like smartphone
surveillance, thermal scanning, drones, big data, and facial
recognition, and how and where they’re being used around the world.
And we unpack the battle in Congress over data privacy laws and how
to avoid the rise of permanent new surveillance measures. We dig
deep into the situation unfolding in France, where all these issues
are coalescing.
So,
when I open the refrigerator it hands me a beer without asking?
Cool!
Neural
Networks And Machine Learning Are Powering A New Era Of Perceptive
Intelligence
… A
new generation — indeed, ecosystem — of devices, will be driven
by interfaces that perceive your wants and needs. Welcome to the
future of IoT and perceptive intelligence, where user interaction is
optional and contextual awareness is machine learning enabled. When
devices transition from collecting and transferring information to
using that information intelligently on their own, computing has
become ambient.
Although
based on some level of human interaction, ambient computing doesn’t
require active participation. Artificial intelligence and deep
learning can now power entire integrated ecosystems of devices to
learn about users, their environments and their preferences, and then
adjust accordingly to provide the optimal response or action. This
kind of perceptive intelligence is enabled by sensors and vision and
is embedded in our living and working spaces in a way that allows its
use without being fully aware that we are doing so.
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