Military use of IT

The tech-centric war in Ukraine and the success of ChatGPT have prompted new interest in figuring out how to prevent military AI from going awry.

Inauthentic accounts on X flocked to its owner’s post about Ukrainian president Vlodymr Zelensky, hailing “Comrade Musk” and boosting pro-Russia propaganda.

Hacktivists have launched hundreds web defacement attacks against targets in Israel following the devastating attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians on 7 October 2023. Over 100 hacktivists launched over 500 attacks on web sites in Israel in the week following Hamas’ attack on party-goers in Kibbutz Re’im close to the Gaza border. The Hamas incursion, which led to 1,300 deaths was followed by a wave of defacement attacks Israeli websites to show support for Gaza and Palestine, according to researchers at Cambridge University. The hacking spree followed a similar patt

Hundreds dead, thousands wounded—Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel shows the limits of even the most advanced and invasive surveillance dragnets as full-scale war erupts.

Microsoft’s latest Digital Defence Report outlines how nation-state cyber activity has largely moved from destructive attacks to espionage and intelligence gathering, the increasingly prevalence of password-related attacks among cyber criminals, and the growing role of artificial intelligence and large language models by all actors.

Signs suggest the culprits worked within a notorious Chinese hacker group that may have also hacked Indian electric utilities years earlier.

The Pentagon’s embrace of military AI raises questions about what limits should be placed on the technology—and how to keep humans in control.

Israel has said it’s prepared to disrupt internet service in Gaza, signaling a new age of warfare. In the past two weeks, the Palestinian territory has already suffered three communications shutdowns.

Hamas has threatened to broadcast videos of hostage executions. With the war between Israel and Hamas poised to enter a new phase, are social platforms ready?

Hamas has long touted its military drones, but little is known about the true scale of the threat. The answer may have consequences for people on both sides of the Israel-Gaza border.

TikTokkers are using a little-known livestreaming feature to falsely represent Israelis and Palestinians—and the company is taking a cut of costly in-app gifts viewers give to participants.

Since the conflict escalated, hackers have targeted dozens of government websites and media outlets with defacements and DDoS attacks, and attempted to overload targets with junk traffic to bring them down.

The digital rules of engagement are the first time cyber activity has been looked at by the conflict watchdog, but a number of hacker groups have already come out and said they will not be following them

Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.

The UK and its allies have attributed a novel malware campaign against Ukrainian state targets to the Russian intelligence-backed Sandworm APT.

A new Executive Order prohibits investment firms from supporting Chinese firms specialising inAI, quantum and advanced semiconductors