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Crook brags about US Army and $75b defense biz pwnage
2024-05-15 22:30

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Russia-based Pushwoosh tricks US Army and others into running its code – for a while
2022-11-15 01:30

US government agencies including the Army and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulled apps running Pushwoosh code after learning the software company - which presents itself as American - is actually Russian, according to Reuters. Pushwoosh is a software company that provides code and data analysis for developers so they can automate custom push notifications based on smartphone users' online activity.

US Army journal's top paper from 2021 says Taiwan should destroy TSMC if China invades
2022-01-05 19:01

A top US Army War College paper suggests Taiwan should credibly threaten to eradicate, or eradicate, its semiconductor industry if threatened by China so that Beijing would no longer be interested in unification. The US Army War College showed the paper was its most popular of the year, when it revealed it topped a list of the most downloaded papers of 2021 from its quarterly academic journal Parameters.

Microsoft Wins $22 Billion Deal Making Headsets for US Army
2021-03-31 20:17

Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets. Microsoft and the Army separately announced the deal Wednesday.

TikTok boom: US Army bans squaddies from using platform on government-issued phones
2020-01-02 18:04

TikTok is one of the fastest growing social apps, with more than 1.5 billion downloads. Now the US Army has banned soldiers from downloading the app on government-issued phones.

TikTok boom: US Army bans squaddies from using trendy app on govt-issued phones
2020-01-02 18:04

TikTok is one of the fastest growing social apps, with more than 1.5 billion downloads. Now the US Army has banned soldiers from downloading the app on government-issued phones.

US Army Follows Navy in Banning TikTok App: Report
2020-01-02 16:48

The U.S. Army is following the lead of the Navy in banning soldiers from using TikTok, a Chinese-made video sharing and social media app, on their government-issued phones, according to the news site Military.com. In guidance issued Dec. 16, the Defense Department, in a "Cyber Awareness Message," identified TikTok as having "Potential security risks associated with its use" and requested that military personnel remove the app from government-issued phones, according to Military.com.

US Army clarifies its killer robot plans
2019-03-11 12:27

The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems last month.

Friday Squid Blogging: US Army Developing 3D-Printable Battlefield Robot Squid
2018-05-04 21:18

The next major war will be super weird. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

History of the US Army Security Agency
2018-03-08 12:29

Interesting history of the US Army Security Agency in the early years of Cold War Germany....