I am teaching COMM 5610 – IT & Global Conflict this semester at the University of Utah. I’ve started putting together a weekly newsletter for my students with updates on topics covered during the semester. Here are the updates from this week:
Historical Background
RMA & Network-Centric Warfare
Cyber
- Cyber Deterrence Is Dead. Long Live Cyber Deterrence!
- US and UK accuse Russia of major cyber attack on Georgia
- The US Blames Russia’s GRU for Sweeping Cyberattacks in Georgia
- US Cyber Command, DHS, and FBI expose new North Korean malware | ZDNet
- Cyber-enabled crimes cost U.S. citizens $3.5 billion in 2019
Drones
- Book Review ‘Eyes In The Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare’ by Arthur Holland Michel
- Devices found in missiles, Yemen drones link Iran to attacks
- How the Army Plans to Counter and Destroy Enemy Drone Swarms
- The unique weapon that took out Soleimani | TheHill
- China’s Swarms Of Rocket Drones Could Be A Big Problem For The U.S. Military
Information Warfare
- Winning Wars of Cognition: Posturing the Air Force for the Tactical Information Fight
- Qanon Deploys ‘Information Warfare’ to Influence the 2020 Election
- U.S. Designates China’s Official Media as Operatives of the Communist State
- How memes are becoming the new frontier of information warfare
- Defeating Disinformation Threats
- Anti-Guaidó and anti-Maduro hashtags trend on Twitter
- Trump offered WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange a pardon if he covered up Russian hacking of Democrats, lawyer tells court
- Russia will try to meddle in 2020 U.S. election, intelligence report says
Intelligence & Surveillance
- Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking
- Toronto police chief halts use of controversial facial recognition tool | The Star
Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism