Security News > 2020 > November > US Air Force deploys robot security dogs to guard base

Over the past year the 325th Security Forces Squadron have been trialing the security robots via a so-called "3D Virtual Ops Center," where the hardware hounds patrol the grounds and feed back data to central command.

"These robot dogs will be used as a force multiplier for enhanced situational awareness by patrolling areas that aren't desirable for human beings and vehicles," said Major Jordan Criss, 325th Security Forces Squadron commander.

"Upon further investigation and out of an abundance of caution, we took down our entire system to ensure further customer sites were not compromised. Our Technology and Information Security teams are working diligently to eliminate the threat and restore our customers to full capacity."

They might well get it too - a study this week from security shop Crowdstrike found 27 per cent of companies paid ransom demands, with payouts averaging $1.1m. Critical Cisco flaws cripple security management.

Most embarrassing is a 9.1 CVSS-scoring cock-up in Cisco Security Manager, allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to get in via dodgy validation of directory traversal character sequences.

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