Category Security, Cyber & Counter-Threats

Security, Cyber & Counter-Threats examines the evolving landscape of digital conflict, hybrid warfare, and threat mitigation in an increasingly networked world.
This magazine covers cyber operations, information warfare, digital resilience, and security architectures shaping modern defense and intelligence ecosystems.
Designed for analysts, policymakers, and technology leaders, it delivers actionable insights into how states and non-state actors compete, defend, and adapt in the information age.

Cyber & Information Warfare

With rising threat of mobile malware, Mobile companies are launching secure smartphones

The recent rise in mobile malware have made Mobile phones vulnerable to data leakage and tempering of sensitive information such as business documents, bank details, credit card information and make purchases. Malware client called Pegasus have been found that can jailbreak…...

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Rajesh Uppal
July 29, 2019

Cyber & Information Warfare, Industry & Market Dynamics

Rising cyber-attacks to Small and Medium Businesses( SMB or SME) and cyber security requirements

SMEs contribute to more than one third of GDP in emerging and developing economies and account for 34% and 52% of formal employment respectively. SMEs and young firms that experience rapid growth can have a considerable impact on employment creation…...

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Rajesh Uppal
July 4, 2019

AI & IT, Security & Threat Management

Next Robot revolution is achieving Human-Like dexterous manipulation for home, Industry and Security

Robots have already become an indispensable part of our lives. However currently, most robots are relatively rigid machines which make unnatural movements. In contrast, humans seem to be able to manipulate objects with our fingers with incredible ease like sifting…...

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Rajesh Uppal
June 30, 2019

Electronics & EW, Security & Threat Management

Active and Passive Millimeter Wave imaging systems employed for security screening at the airports and finding landmines

Electromagnetic waves in the millimeter-wave band (with frequencies between 30 and 300 GHz, or wavelengths between 10 and 1.0 mm) have attractive characteristics. One of their features is the wider usable frequency band compared with waves in the microwave band or lower bands.…...

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Rajesh Uppal
June 28, 2019

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Security & Threat Management

Militaries employ ‘The mother of all bombs’ or MOABs for wiping out fortified ground targets and creating ‘shock and awe’

The US’s GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) is a precision-guided munition weighing 21,500 pounds and was dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The MOAB isn’t the heaviest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal (that’s the 30,000-pound Massive Ordinance Penetrator…...

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Rajesh Uppal
June 17, 2019

Cyber & Information Warfare, Industry & Market Dynamics

DARPA plans secure Blockchain technologies to create tamper-proof military computer systems

Blockchain is a transformative technology for the two billion people in the world currently underserved by financial institutions. The technology has the potential to enhance privacy, security and freedom of conveyance of data. Blockchain is based on open, global infrastructure,…...

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Rajesh Uppal
May 17, 2019

AI & IT, Security & Threat Management

Military ATAK situational awareness tool serving Fire Fighters, law enforcement, and first-responder communities.

When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) deployed the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) to support the complex communication and coordination needs of the multi-jurisdictional responders. Most of the operators provided…...

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Rajesh Uppal
May 15, 2019

Cyber & Information Warfare

IARPA using Big Data Analytics to automatically discover Signals from Web Sources to Predict Cyber Attacks

Cyber crimes and attacks continue to expand exponentially and involving more and more advanced and sophisticated techniques to infiltrate corporate networks and enterprise systems. Types of attacks include advanced malware, zero day attacks and advanced persistent threats. Flawed software, the root…...

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Rajesh Uppal
April 7, 2019

AI & IT, Cyber & Information Warfare

DARPA’s PLINY & MUSE use Big Data on open-source software to remove software vulnerabilities and enhance reliability

During the past decade information technologies have driven the productivity gains essential to U.S. economic competitiveness, and computing systems now control significant elements of critical national infrastructure. As a result, tremendous resources are devoted to ensuring that programs are correct,…...

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Rajesh Uppal
April 6, 2019

Cyber & Information Warfare, Industry & Market Dynamics

DARPA enhancing Military COTS system security by automatically deploying secure configurations of Components

The growth of the internet-of-things (IoT) and network-connected composed systems (e.g., aircraft, critical-infrastructure, etc.) has led to unprecedented technical diversity in deployed systems. From consumer IoT devices developed with minimal built-in security, which are often co-opted by malware to launch…...

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Rajesh Uppal
March 25, 2019