Cybersecurity

Data brokers are selling US service members’ secrets, researchers find

Vast amounts of highly sensitive data on American military service members are up for sale by data brokers, according to a new report examining the national security implications of the practice. The research sheds light on the secretive data broker industry, which gathers exceptionally granular personal information on individual consumers, often selling the data to […]

Cybersecurity

Philippine Military Ordered to Stop Using Artificial Intelligence Apps Due to Security Risks

The Philippine defense chief has ordered all defense personnel and the 163,000-member military to refrain from using digital applications that harness artificial intelligence to generate personal portraits, saying they could pose security risks. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. issued the order in an Oct. 14 memorandum, as Philippine forces have been working to weaken decades-old […]

Cybersecurity

Ukrainian Military Targeted in Phishing Campaign Leveraging Drone Manuals

Sep 25, 2023THNCyber Attack / Phishing Ukrainian military entities are the target of a phishing campaign that leverages drone manuals as lures to deliver a Go-based open-source post-exploitation toolkit called Merlin. “Since drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been an integral tool used by the Ukrainian military, malware-laced lure files themed as UAVs service […]