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Cyberwarfare: Darpa's New 'Space Race'

2008-05-01 22:10:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
DARPA was created 50 years ago, in response to the Soviets' launch of Sputnik. Now, the Pentagon's premiere researchers have been given new marching orders: to help America prep for fighting and winning battles in cyberspace
 
Tags: america prep, premiere researchers, darpa, cyberspace, pentagon, soviets, response, launch, sputnik
 
 
 
 
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DARPA Wants Matrix-style Virtual World for Cybergeddon

2008-05-11 12:15:00 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The US military's famed scientific wingnut farm, DARPA*, has released full details of its planned "National Cyber Range" - a mighty network which could be configured to simulate the cyberspace battlefields of the future. This would allow America's fighting nerds to train for the net conflicts of tomorrow, mounting attacks on simulated enemies
 
Tags: national cyber range, mighty network, cyberspace battlefields, net conflicts, darpa, attacks, military, america, details
 
 
 
 
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Darpa Aims to Snuff Flames With Electricity, Sound

2008-05-15 18:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Researchers at Darpa, the Pentagon's advanced tech-development group, are exploring the use of electromagnetic fields and sonic waves as viable alternatives for snuffing out fires
 
Tags: electromagnetic fields, sonic waves, viable alternatives, darpa, pentagon, fires, researchers
 
 
 
 
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Darpa Brain Drain Costs Agency $32 Million

2008-06-18 19:32:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Due to Darpa's shortage of qualified staff, the Pentagon says that the premiere research agency "continues to underexecute" and reassigns $32 million of its funding to other defense projects
 
Tags: premiere research agency, defense projects, million, darpa, pentagon, due, underexecute, staff, reassigns
 
 
 
 
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Fun Reading on Security - 3

2008-05-23 17:23:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...DARPA: Hits, misses and ones to watch" (past history) and "Fifty years of DARPA: Hits, misses and ones to watch, part II" (current project to watch) - extreme fun An [ex-] TJX employee explains that TJX security is still horribly broken, yes, even after the breach and all the hoopla Finally, one intelligent comment about Google "Indiagate"...
 
Tags: security, security evolution, security metrics, tjx security, people security business, fun, people, business, extreme fun
 
 
 
 
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Links for 2008-05-23 [del.icio.us]

2008-05-24 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
A Return to ROSI: The Economics of Security | BlogInfoSec.com Top 5 Abused/Misused/Miscontrued Terms in Information Security Amrit Williams Blog Esper nextiernetworks :: Advisory Board Fifty years of DARPA: Hits, misses and ones to watch - tech - 15 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech Fifty years of DARPA: Hits, misses and ones to watch
 
Tags: scientist tech fifty, tech, fifty, advisory board, hits, misses, darpa, terms, economics
 
 
 
 
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Wanted: Mad Scientist

2008-06-23 12:57:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for someone to think up crazy ways to do impossible things. The official title is director of its Defense Sciences Office. But the projects are so difficult, so out there, that DSO has come to be known as "Darpa's Darpa
 
Tags: defense, projects, research projects agency, defense sciences office, official title, darpa, crazy, director, dso
 
 
 
 
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Pentagon: 'Augment' Reality With 'Video Game' Contact Lenses

2008-03-20 19:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
DARPA experiments with a contact lens that would allow soldiers to experience a first-person-shooter style of videogame environment for training purposes
 
Tags: videogame environment, contact lens, darpa experiments, purposes, soldiers, style, experience
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Iarpa: It's Like Darpa, But for Spies

2008-04-10 04:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
 
Iarpa, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is a new agency charged with getting the highest-tech gadgets available to U.S. spies. And, oh yes, it's pronounced "yarpa
 
Tags: research projects activity, spies, iarpa, highest-tech gadgets, intelligence, yarpa, agency
 
 
 
 
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Video: 'Forever Drone' Contest Heats Up

2008-04-30 19:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security