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On Feb. 28, 2026, President Donald Trump announced the commencement of Operation Epic Fury, a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran. Among the mission’s goals was the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. “When we are finished,” Trump told the Iranian people, “take over your government. It will be yours to take.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed Trump’s message, saying: “Our joint action will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their destiny into

A practical framework for IT generalists and small cyber security teams to cut complexity and strengthen security posture.

Adversarial perturbations threaten machine learning classifiers, including variational quantum classifiers. We show that finite quantum measurement statistics (shot noise) act as a built-in defense against gradient-based test-time attacks whose cost scales unfavorably for the attacker. Because every gradient component must be inferred from repeated circuit executions under any unbiased gradient-estimation rule, white-box extraction consumes a dimension-dependent measurement budget that measureme

UCL has been selected as one of 35 UK universities to join the Defence Universities Alliance (DUA), working with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to focus on shaping the new forum’s scope, governance and ...

More own goals than Scotland

Scientific fraud is the instrument of doubt that malicious entities can use to establish controversy in science. Historically, it required the resources of a company: deep pockets, ghostwritten articles, and corrupt academics. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly automating scientific research, so we ask: Can a remote adversary weaponize the honest use of AI in science to compromise scientific integrity? We envision and empirically evaluate a new attack, indirect data poisoning, i

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are a class of diverse hardware modalities, associated software, and connected devices which are widely used in a variety of fields, including neurosurgery, biomedical data analysis, and neuroimaging. Recent years have seen rapid advancements in BCI technology, and neurotechnology more broadly, with the first devices now passing clinical trials, early examples of consumer hardware entering the market, and many variants of consumer and medical hardware with increa

Security Pro File: On the heels of her recent honors as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), we take a look back at the events that shaped Jen Ellis' advocacy on behalf of security researchers.

The Defense Department wants to introduce PQC requirements into the CMMC program, but experts warn industry and the underlying technology is far from ready. The post What the Pentagon’s new post-quantum cryptography directive means for defense contractors appeared first on DefenseScoop .

Here’s what we’re watching for after Congress comes back in July.

Separately, MBDA and Rheinmetall were selected to develop a laser weapon system for the German Navy.

The Linux Foundation has launched Akrites, a new industry-wide initiative aimed at defending the world's most critical open source software against a rapidly evolving generation of AI-enabled cyber threats. By Craig Risi

At EBAday in Copenhagen, Lauran Macare, Head of Data and Risk, Payments Technology, Natwest, spoke to FinextraTV about a panel she featured on surrounding payments innovation. Macare referred to AI as the 'wingman' that data needed to ensure its importance within payment agendas, and the core focus right now are the practicalities and, according to Macare, cyber resilience will also help drive the change. Data, Macare said, is bringing the industry together to find the mutual benefits, where bef

Microsoft’s latest Secure Future Initiative report outlines progress on secure foundations, AI-powered defense, and future-ready cybersecurity.

When the United States and Iran announced their framework agreement on June 15, attention focused on the direct U.S.-Iran dimensions of the deal, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade, and the fate of Iran’s nuclear program. But the agreement also included a commitment to the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.” Washington had spent months treating Lebanon as a separate issue in negotiatio

Fully autonomous weapon systems need to comply with International Humanitarian Law and underlying ethical principles. This requires the ability to recognize not only objects or persons to be targeted but also protected persons or objects. Such sophisticated object classification abilities, if achievable at all, would have to utilize machine learning techniques. These come with well-known limitations to predictability, reliability and explainability. This article argues such limitations could be

Last May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. ALPRs are promoted as tools for keeping communities safe by finding missing persons and locating stolen vehicles, but this case showed how ALPRS can be weaponized to investigate people’s private healthcare decisions. And these aren’t the only tools in the surveillance arsenal: others include locatio

Obscurity isn't a defense. If your company has any Internet-facing vulnerability, you're at risk from multiple threats.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. Within the past 90 days, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report on his investigation into the effects of imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and their associated parts on the national security of the United States under section 232 […] The post Adjusting Imports of Commercial Aircraft, Jet Engines, and Aircraft and Engine Parts into the United States appeared first on The White House .

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Officials from the company, Defense Department and General Services Administration were unforthcoming about the procurement. The post Post-Advana rebrand, Accenture selected for $821M War Data Platform integration deal appeared first on DefenseScoop .

The historical evolution of naval aviation offers useful ideas for overcoming the attritional nature of current drone and AI-dominated land warfare ...

The next global shock may be the use of nuclear weapons assisted by the more casual attitudes of less responsible world leaders and the lack of popular understanding and fear. The Scourge of Terrorism ...

Defense officials have long-touted the benefits of directed energy systems such as their high-speed engagement, low cost-per-shot and deep magazines. The post Pentagon awards deals for laser weapons that could shoot down drone swarms appeared first on DefenseScoop .

As agentic AI systems are increasingly applied to cyber-physical environments, their evaluation requires assessment of both task performance and trustworthiness. In decentralized energy markets, autonomous agents may improve market utility, but may also exploit invalid physical data, create artificial liquidity, and produce unstable governance decisions. Therefore, we propose SolarChain-Eval, a physics-constrained benchmark for evaluating trustworthy economic agents. It formulates market governa

The fate of a Ukrainian tax software company shows how modern cyber warfare can claim casualties far beyond the battlefield, and how businesses across the ocean still need to protect themselves.

How AI-powered platforms move defense agencies from reactive staffing to predictive workforce planning and improved readiness. The post Turning defense workforce data into mission readiness appeared first on FedScoop .

How AI-powered platforms move defense agencies from reactive staffing to predictive workforce planning and improved readiness. The post Turning defense workforce data into mission readiness appeared first on DefenseScoop .

The EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence responds to the growing cyber risks posed by advanced AI, calling for safer AI models, stronger enforcement of existing rules and faster ...

In the span of two weeks, the White House issued two of the most ambitious artificial intelligence directives in American history. On June 2, President Donald Trump signed an executive order mandating rapid AI adoption and hardened cyber defense across the government. Three days later, National Security Presidential Memorandum 11 directed every element of the national security enterprise to accelerate AI adoption, anchored by four pillars: adoption, adaptation, assurance, and accountability.The

The Inspector-General of Police's Cyber Vetting and Enforcement Team (CVET) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested 11 individuals, including Nigerian nationals, over allegations of using AI-generated deepfake videos to impersonate John Dr ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1579#7502)

DOD Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies said last month that the apprenticeship had “already generated more than 70,000 inquiries” since it was first announced in late April.

The Latin American nation's cybersecurity plan — still in the expansion phase — has to survive its own knockout round during the FIFA World Cup.

The DHS inspector general office said an inexperienced counter-UAS operator and delayed technical support led to a missed opportunity to prevent the July 2024 incident. The post Subpar Secret Service drone defense flagged in Trump assassination attempt report appeared first on FedScoop .

The initiative comes as the Pentagon faces challenges in competing with the private sector to hire established cyber experts. The post Pentagon opens application window for paid cyber apprenticeships appeared first on DefenseScoop .

Defense Department CIO Kirsten Davies said her office is shifting away from its traditional role as a backend policy shop to become a forward-leaning strategic unit.

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