Microsoft’s new report out on the very loud computer attacks during the Ukraine War highlight how the U.S. has been a target of aggression. The chart above represents the geographic distribution of customers notified of all nation state threat activity, not just Russian, between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021. By June 2021, Ukraine … Continue reading Microsoft: Ukraine and U.S. Were the Most Targeted Countries 2020-2021
The easy answer is really a semantic one: nothing that can be done in cyber (information technology) is directly comparable to widespread kinetic destruction of military forces. Once something approaches that level of destructive force, it’s no longer really the domain of cyber. In other words we don’t really call it a voice attack if … Continue reading Why a Cyber Pearl Harbor Will Never Happen
The impressively huge Aircraft Carrier was a decisive platform in past wars and still gets a lot of airtime (pun not intended). …when word of a crisis breaks out in Washington, it’s no accident that the first question that comes to everyone’s lips is: ‘where’s the nearest carrier?’ However, I can’t help but think about … Continue reading The Future-Future of Aircraft Carriers
GPS has been known unreliable for a very long time. Ten years ago I wrote about it here, and more recently participated in tests that successfully fooled Tesla navigation systems such that it made a car drive erratically and abruptly exit a highway. Trouble in navigation probably is why the USAF is announcing new technology … Continue reading USAF StormBreaker Smart Bomb