Thousands of AI-controlled social media accounts designed to disrupt the U.S. election have been linked to China, according to a report by cyber investigators. The network, known as “Green Cicada”, has been uncovered by cyber security firm CyberCX, which found over 5,000 accounts on social media platform X. The Green Cicada network operates around the clock, generating and amplifying politically charged content across multiple time zones. The accounts use AI technology to reword existing tweets and news articles, with the aim of creating confusion and division. The accounts are not only focusing on the U.S., as the operation is also…

The United States is making plans to counter the growing possibility of a joint Chinese, Russian and North Korean nuclear strike, according to a classified Pentagon document. In March, Joe Biden, the US president, secretly approved a significant change to America’s nuclear defence plan, The New York Times reported. For the first time, the move has focused the US “deterrence strategy” on China’s rapid expansion of its nuclear arsenal. It also aims to address the threat of coordination between Beijing, Moscow and Pyongyang, according to the US newspaper. The redirection reflects a deeper understanding of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s nuclear…

Ionir believes it has a solution to ransomware attacks which are predicted to have a global industry cost of $250bn USD by 2030.

The Jordanian citizenship of the Florida resident charged with attacking a solar farm is under scrutiny following reports from several Arab-language outlets claiming he is not a Jordanian citizen. National Security News (NSN) has uncovered social media posts from the 43-year old’s family that portray a seemingly ordinary life, featuring a partner and three children. In a series of attacks, Hnaihen smashed windows and attacked a solar power generation facility, causing more than $700,000 in damage. Hnaihen made threats to “destroy or explode everything here in whole America. Especially the companies and factories that support the racist state of Israel.”…

Where you hit an object with a kinetic weapon, debris is generated in that orbit and below for months, if not years to come.

An ex-military intelligence officer has warned that Britain is facing a series of sabotage attacks by Russian sleeper agents, the Sun on Sunday can reveal. Former Army officer Col Philip Ingram said that President Vladimir Putin intends to punish the UK and other western countries for supporting Ukraine following Russia’s invasion in 2022. He spoke out after the UK’s National Protective Security Agency (NPSA) updated its advice on the risk of sabotage attacks against the UK. Col Ingram warned that Russian agents could launch sabotage attacks similar to those seen in other European countries, claiming they were “straight out of…

“Russia supports terrorism in different forms, many, many regions of the world, and also by using these Wagner groups.”

Britain is about to launch its first ever dedicated military spy satellite.Called Tyche, the washing machine-sized spacecraft will have sufficient resolution to identify battlefield troop positions and vehicles.A successful launch will mean that the UK will no longer be the onlyG8 nation without a sovereign satellite imaging capability.The satellite is a demonstrator model that should be followed by a network of satellites this decade using a variety of sensors.Some of these future spacecraft will be able to see through cloud and even eavesdrop on radio transmissions.Tyche’s ride to orbit is booked on a SpaceX Falcon rocket flying out of California.…

The incursion into Russia is “definitely a blow to Putin’s image” according to Prof Haran.  

There are only 200,000 doses of mpox vaccines available according to the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has reported, resulting in a shortfall of 9.8 million.

Autonomous AI drones capable of independently locating and destroying ground targets have been successfully tested in a “ground breaking” multinational military exercise. The exercise is the first use of autonomy and AI sensing systems in a real-time military environment according to UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). Multiple AI-powered drones from Australia, the UK and the US, known as the AUKUS partnership, operated in tandem while rapidly sharing data and intelligence, such as troop movements or potential target locations. A specialised AI computer program was used to control the systems, minimising the time between identifying the targets, deciding how…

British Challenger 2 tanks have reportedly been used by Ukrainian troops inside Russia for the first time.The disclosure follows the recent announcement by the British Ministry of Defence that weapons supplied by the UK can be used inside Russia – with the exception of storm shadow cruise missiles.A video posted by a Russian Telegram account purports to show Vladimir Putin’s forces attacking a Challenger 2 inside Kursk. A source told Sky News that the British tanks have been used in Ukraine’s cross-border assault into Kursk, which was launched last week.The 82nd Air Assault Brigade, which has been operating British tanks since…