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Caught Red-Handed: Russian MiG Downs a Georgian Drone

2008-04-21 20:50:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
A Russian MiG 29 shoots down what the neighboring Georgians claim was an unarmed drone used by their interior ministry. And what's more, they say they've got the proof ... on video
 
Tags: russian mig, georgians claim, drone, interior ministry, video, shoots, proof
 
 
 
 
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Video: 'Forever Drone' Contest Heats Up

2008-04-30 19:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
DARPA chose three companies for the second phase of its competition to design a drone that can stay aloft for five years. Watch video of the contest entry from Aurora, one of the finalists
 
Tags: video, stay aloft, darpa chose, drone, competition, entry, companies, design, phase
 
 
 
 
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10 More Dead as Drone War Over Pakistan Continues

2008-11-07 15:34:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
At least 10 people are dead after the latest U.S. killer drone strike on the border region of Pakistan. Four missiles slammed into a suspected al-Qaida training camp in Kumsham village, in North Waziristan province. Casualty counts vary
 
Tags: north waziristan province, casualty counts vary, killer drone strike, border region, kumsham village, pakistan, dead, missiles, al-qaida
 
 
 
 
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Crude oil and gold at all time highs, US manufacturing at 5 year low, feel like buying some security?

2008-03-03 11:11:29 by HASH0x8b2f8e0 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...drone on about the economy. Gold hit an all time hight today at $991 an ounce, crude oil at another high of $103.5 , while the dollar tumbled and US manufacturing hit a 5 year low. Just not a pretty picture. My thoughts begin to wander to what effect our economy is going to have to have on the IT industry and security in particular. I have...
 
Tags: security, security budgets, time, bad times, times, budgets, bigger hit, hit, tough times business
 
 
 
 
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Cutting through the White Noise

2007-11-09 16:07:55 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
 
...drone . Sure, there are the standouts like TJX but really, most are just more of the same. To the extent that I fear the public will just end up being numb to the notifications, and ambivalent to the poor practices that are the cause. Each new notification just being another drop in the ever-deepening ocean of lost records But the...
 
Tags: data, data breach story, drop malware, story, drop, engage employees, highlights multiple security, salesforce, life
 
 
 
 
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Downed Georgian Drone Stirs International Incident

2008-04-24 04:35:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Georgia's claim that a Russian MiG shot down one of its drones brings condemnation from the United States, denials from Russia and a nice little video clip from Russia Today
 
Tags: russian mig shot, drones brings condemnation, russia, video clip, claim, nice, denials, georgia
 
 
 
 
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$160 Billion Robotic Army Network Passes First Big Test. Kinda.

2008-04-30 04:00:00 by David Axe in Wired Security
 
...drone, thousands of feet above its hovering kin, maintains a Gods-eye vigil on the whole hunt Everything these robots see is radioed to monitors thousands of miles away -- and into the targeting systems of a B-52 bomber winging, silent and nearly invisible, several miles overhead This scenario, played out at a remote Nevada facility last...
 
Tags: fcs network devices, fcs, network, fcs network hardware, test, radios, network radios, army, fcs coffers
 
 
 
 
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IPhone Deploys Drone Squadron. Can Missiles Be Far Behind?

2008-06-16 13:16:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Since 2004, a team from the University of California, Berkeley has searched for ways to let a single human supervise teams of robot planes. Now, this Center for Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles has a new device for pushing around its drones: an iPhone. And we have the video
 
Tags: iphone, collaborative control, robot planes, university, video, vehicles, california, device, berkeley
 
 
 
 
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Shrinks Help Drone Pilots Cope with Robo-Violence

2008-08-08 15:00:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
Long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have encouraged dependence on robo-planes -- and the personnel that fly them. The Air Force is finding that chaplains and psychiatrists can help these remote-control warriors cope with the unique strains of guiding missiles to ground
 
Tags: remote-control warriors cope, unique strains, air force, wars, psychiatrists, missiles, afghanistan, dependence, ground