Stuxnet

Gaza update: the questionable precision and ethics of Israel’s AI warfare machine

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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The IDF says it has been working on information gleaned from questioning Palestinian fighters captured in the fighting.

Key Points: 
  • The IDF says it has been working on information gleaned from questioning Palestinian fighters captured in the fighting.
  • According to a report in the Jerusalem Post on April 17, the Palestinian fighters were hiding out in schools in the area.
  • The investigation, by online Israeli magazines +927 and Local Call examined the use of an AI programme called “Lavender”.
  • It’s important to note that the IDF is not the only military to be working with AI in this way.
  • But one function of the way the IDF is harnessing Lavender in this current conflict is its use alongside other systems.
  • Read more:
    Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law

The Iranian dimension

  • Away from the charnel house that is the Gaza Strip, the focus has been on the aftermath of Israel’s strike on the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on April 1.
  • As is his wont, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed revenge, declaring: “The Zionist regime will be punished by the hands of our brave men.
  • And this was very much how it was to turn out when Iran’s drones and missiles flew last weekend.
  • Read more:
    Could Israel's strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus escalate into a wider regional war?
  • Read more:
    Why Iran's failed attack on Israel may well turn out to be a strategic success

The nuclear option?


One of the possibilities being widely canvassed is that Israel could mount some kind of attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons programme. This has been revitalised in the years since Donald Trump pulled the US out of the deal negotiated by his predecessor Barack Obama.

  • He walks us through the history of Iran’s nuclear programme, a story littered with the bodies of Iranian nuclear scientists and the wreckage of its nuclear facilities thanks to fiendish cyberattacks such as the Stuxnet virus developed by Israel and the US that was launched against Iran in 2010.
  • Since Trump quit the nuclear deal, Iran has gone full-steam ahead in ramping up its nuclear weapons programme, while reportedly hiding its key installations in deep underground bunkers that are thought impossible to destroy from the air.

SentinelLabs Reveals Diverse Roster of Industry-Leading Speakers for LABScon 2023

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Thursday, August 3, 2023
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“Cyber threat actors are constantly evolving, and they have an underground criminal ecosystem that supports their needs with innovative tooling and services,” said Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Senior Director of SentinelLabs.

Key Points: 
  • “Cyber threat actors are constantly evolving, and they have an underground criminal ecosystem that supports their needs with innovative tooling and services,” said Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Senior Director of SentinelLabs.
  • Attendees at LABScon 2023 can look forward to a rich program featuring keynotes, interactive breakout sessions, and ample networking opportunities.
  • "LABScon 2023 gathers a remarkable ensemble of speakers representing leading companies in the cybersecurity domain whose collective expertise spans various disciplines," said Migo Kedem, Head of SentinelLabs and VP of Growth at SentinelOne.
  • For more information on LABScon 2023 and to explore the full list of speakers, visit www.labscon.io .

Iran's Cyber Assault on America, a publication from the Enemy of the State Book Series, Warns of the Ayatollah's Increasing "Soft War" Activities Against America

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Saturday, April 30, 2022
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Emboldened by the attack on the Natanz nuclear facility in 2010 by the United States and Israel with the Stuxnet virus, Iran is hitting America with a wave of cyberattacks that just keep coming.

Key Points: 
  • In Iran's Cyber Assault on America, Charles Denyer chronicles Iran's nefarious cyber-attacks against the United States, while also offering his personal perspective on the immense challenges that lie ahead from this growing cyber threat.
  • From universities to underground tech communities, Iran's cyber capabilities are on the move, using their newfound digital weapons against the United States.
  • Iran's Cyber Assault on America chronicles the origins of the Ayatollah's "soft war" doctrine calling for cyber warfare and the relentless barrage of attacks now playing out against the United States by Iranian hackers.
  • He is an established author, with multiple books currently in print, along with being the personal biographer to three US vice presidents.

Stuxnet, The Dawn of Cyberwarfare, a publication from the Enemy of the State Book Series, Looks Back at Operation Olympic Game, the Cyber Attack that Changed the World

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Saturday, April 30, 2022
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"There's a long, twisted, and winding road that leads to nowhere when in search of the truth as to who developed Stuxnet, how it was implemented, and how the world found out about it. And though important questions that history would like answered, what's more important to understand is what it did, and what software like Stuxnet can do--and will do--in the future."

Key Points: 
  • As Iran pushed more aggressively to develop nuclear capabilities, America, Israel, and countless other nations watched with great concern.
  • Perhaps Iran's nuclear initiatives--specifically, their centrifuges--could be physically wiped out, destroyed, made inoperable--all without a single bullet being fired.
  • Critics say yes, that America fired the first cyber shot with Stuxnet, which has forever changed the rules of warfare."
  • He is an established author, with multiple books currently in print, along with being the personal biographer to three US vice presidents.