North Korean hackers target US healthcare to fund global nuclear espionage
North Korean spy chiefs are hacking into hospital computers to extort ransom payments which are then used to fund more cyber attacks, a new threat report warns. The communist state is using the attacks to fuel its nuclear ambitions, with…
F-16 fighter aircraft arrival in Ukraine is imminent.
F-16 fighters could soon be taking part in combat operations inside Ukraine’s airspace providing a well-timed significant boost to its air defences.Described by experts as the “world’s most agile fighter” – and a much hyped element of this the Nato…
US pressure leads to 95 Libyans arrested in South Africa, Irish link
Confusion surrounds the intelligence which led to the arrest of 95 Libyans at a military training camp in South Africa. Government officials claim that the country’s intelligence officers were responsible for the raid on the camp in White River in the Mpumalanga province,…
South Africa’s GNU Goals at Risk Without New War on Crime
This is a war and the good guys must win. The alternative is unthinkable, writes former Sars executive JOHANN VAN LOGGERENBERG.
Summer Olympics: French Rail, Unlikely a Terrorist /Cyber Attack
It certainly isn’t entirely unpredictable that something would happen at the Summer Olympics in Paris. Let’s hope this is the last one and not a strategy.
Traditional employee background checks cannot be trusted, you might hire a foreign hacker
Traditional background checks for employees are not good enough anymore as sophisticated state actors use stolen identities and artificial intelligence to get around security checks. Even a cyber security training firm discovered their new software engineer was actually a North…
AI could enable terrorists to create cheap and deadly robots from home
Widely available AI programs coupled with easily accessible materials could allow anyone to build a lethal robot in their own homes for as little as $1,000, according to military science experts. This unprecedented ease of access to weaponised autonomous technology…
“I Have Never Seen a Clearer Path to World War III”- Col Phil Ingram Underscores Army Chief Conflict Warning
“There is a very real potential that we will be involved in a shooting conflict within the next three years, but I hope I am wrong,” Col Ingram remarked.
CrowdStrike’s ‘dystopian global cascade’ exposed vulnerabilities in trusted security systems
Anti-virus systems, like CrowdStrike which brought millions of Windows devices down, pose a potential security threat due to their trusted nature, according to Professor John Walker, a cyber consultant, who spoke to National Security News. Continuous updates, he said, increase…
WHO worries over new DRC MPOX strain, confidence in South African containment
22 cases of MPOX have been identified in South Africa leading to three deaths. 16 patients have recovered and three are considered as ‘active cases.’
