In case you haven’t see it, numerous news reports emerged this week claiming China may have messed with two U.S. government satellites by hacking their control station in Norway. Apparently, hackers gained access to the Landsat-7 (shown above) and Terra AM-1 satellites — both used to monitor climate change and map the Earth’s terrain — […]
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I asked Kevin Coleman, DT’s resident cyber security expert to weigh-in on the keystroke-recording virus that has infected the UAV ground control stations at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. He gave a very succinct reply. Here it is: “The Drone thing is way overblown! At least this time. This time it was a keylogger that could […]
The widely anticipated report is finally out from the House of Representatives Cyber Task Force. The twenty page document, written by House Republicans, was released last week and as expected, opinions have begun to fly. One person I spoke with has even called the report “superficial.” Perhaps the best part of the document is where it […]
I’m sure you’ve all heard this, but just in case you haven’t, the Internet is abuzz with reports that the Air Force’s UAV ground control systems (GCS) at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., have been infected by a computer virus. The virus, that’s apparently recording drone operators’ keystrokes, was detected about two weeks ago. While […]
Apple founder Steve Jobs, the Bay Area-bred Buddhist, tech mogul and non-conformist who died yesterday, may not be the first person you associate with the military — he even issued the famous quote “it’s more fun to be a pirate than join the navy” — his inventions have indeed helped transform the military. First off, […]
