Britain Putin up stronger AI defences to counter growing cyber threats
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2024/11/26/uk_ai_security/
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"Be in no doubt: the United Kingdom and others in this room are watching Russia," [1]said the Right Honourable Pat McFadden MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, at the NATO Cyber Defence Conference on Monday. "We know exactly what they are doing, and we are countering their attacks both publicly and behind the scenes."
McFadden said that Russia is increasingly shifting its offense online rather than putting boots on the ground. As we've seen in the war against Ukraine, Russia has [2]struck infrastructure targets digitally. The Chancellor warned that the situation will get worse, not better.
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"Cyber war is now a daily reality. One where our defenses are constantly being tested. The extent of the threat must be matched by the strength of our resolve to combat it and to protect our citizens and systems. 75 years after its foundation, it is clear we need NATO more than ever," he added.
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"NATO has stayed relevant over the last seven decades by constantly adapting to new threats. It has navigated the worlds of nuclear proliferation and militant nationalism," McFadden noted. "AI is already revolutionising many parts of life - including national security. But as we develop this technology, there’s a danger it could be weaponised against us. Because our adversaries are also looking at how to use AI on the physical and cyber battlefield."
The office of Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster is far more than a title: it’s the second-most senior Cabinet appointment after the Prime Minister. McFadden’s remarks therefore carry considerable weight.
[6]Despite Russia warnings, Western critical infrastructure remains unprepared
[7]Russia's top-secret military unit reportedly plots undersea cable 'sabotage'
[8]Putin really wants Trump back in the White House
[9]Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers
The lab will receive £8.22 million ($10.34 million) in seed capital from the UK government and is looking for private support as well. The org will collaborate with various UK entities, including the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at the Ministry of Defence, the Alan Turing Institute, and the University of Oxford. Nations from NATO and the Five Eyes alliance are also invited to form partnerships.
In addition the UK government is throwing an additional £1 million ($1.23 million) into an incident response project that can warn allies about ongoing threats and deal with incidents as they occur.
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"Today we have launched a new, world-leading research lab to enhance AI security to ensure the UK and our allies reap the benefits of AI, while detecting, disrupting and deterring adversaries who would use it to undermine our national security and economic prosperity," added Stephen Doughty, the UK's Minister for Europe, North America and UK Overseas Territories.
New of LASR’s formation was made at the second NATO Cyber Defence Conference. It's hoped that member states will unite against a common foe - and pretty much everyone knows who that is.
"Putin is a man who wants destruction, not peace. He is trying to deter our support for Ukraine with his threats. He will not be successful," McFadden pledged.
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"We know from history that appeasing dictators engaged in aggression against their neighbours only encourages them. Britain learned long ago the importance of standing strong in the face of such actions." ®
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[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-its-allies-must-stay-one-step-ahead-in-new-ai-arms-race
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/24/russia_malware_ukraine_attacks/
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[7] https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/09/russia_readies_submarine_cable_sabotage/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/18/russia_putin_trump_white_house/
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Re: Access filtering
Botnets
Exploitable 0Day Vulnerabilities are Best Not Trifled With to Further Server BullShitters
Be in no doubt, with particular and peculiar regard to .....
The government of the United Kingdom on Monday announced the formation of a Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR) to make the nation more resilient to AI-powered cyber threats from Russia.
...... any physical or cyber attack or attempted denial of service imagined to enable such an attack against an undeniable greater truth and despicable indefensible guilty secret is surprisingly quickly in these novel and noble times with enlightening virtual spaces very soon realised by that and those required to display and exercise leading intelligence to be catastrophically self-defeating and counterproductive to such an extent as to be remotely autonomously enabling of further greater competition and AWEsome opposition.
The nature of global war and universal conflict is fundamentally changed and rapidly evolving into something which all too clearly appears to be to humanity one of those [1]unknown unknowns you are warned about but you seem to choose to ignore and not believe to be possible and dismiss and imagine to be a ridiculous flight of science fiction ....... and that is a huge vulnerability against which there is no possible defence and therefore one can very reasonably expect there be logical consequences and radical repercussions which are sure to be extremely alarming and which many may be ignorantly and arrogantly led to believe is threatening?
However .. it may be something completely different and totally unexpected and an Absolutely Fabulous Fabless Treat .....
amanfromMars [2411230632] asks on [2]https://www.zerohedge.com/military/make-army-futures-command-great-again
Restore its authority, restore its power, and let AFC [Army Futures Commmand] do what it does best—modernize the U.S. Army for the battlefields of tomorrow.
And whenever the battlefields of tomorrow are virtual team terrain with relatively anonymous remotely autonomous hostile enemy engagement operations to command and control .... and ideally positively demonstrate with leadership for Advanced IntelAIgent Missions exhibiting and mentoring and monitoring almighty overwhelming superiority ........ what else would be needed to be supplied to Ministries and Departments of Defence and Attack and International Rescue Forces for unlimited and unrivalled future success to be practically guaranteed?
And would such a provision in the possession and gift of A.N.Other be considered a formidable weapon of unknown unknown origin and an unprecedented existential threat to established status quo executive officer administrations and their SCADA Systems?
And would it be extremely valuable and worth having .... at any cost?
When that is the true nature and rapid travel path of future conflict and resolution, is the future never going to be anything at all like the present or the past ..... but that is surely only natural whenever progress is engaged and in charge of delivering the goods from its vast store of warehouses.
What would you like it to be if you actually had any choice .... a Wild Wacky Western delight or an Exotic Erotic Eastern confection .... or an APT and Alien Amalgam which captures and captivates and titillates and titivates the fuller and finer essences of both.
[APT .... Advanced Persistent Treat/Threat]
Que Sera, Sera.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_unknown_unknowns
[2] https://www.zerohedge.com/military/make-army-futures-command-great-again
Pure comedy from the MP
>"Putin is a man who wants destruction, not peace. He is trying to deter our support for Ukraine with his threats. He will not be successful," McFadden pledged.
Fairly certain Putin / Russia was open to the idea of negotiation.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/22/boris-johnson-ukraine-2022-peace-talks-russia
Boris got the call from the milt tech ind complex and the US neocons - more bombs it is.
Both sides as bad as each other, but US interference in foreign elections and the US reneging on agreements made are as to blame. (1990 NATO no expansion with Gorbachev , Minsk sham agreements etc)
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017-12-12/nato-expansion-what-gorbachev-heard-western-leaders-early
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/22/ffci-d22.html
This juvenile rhetoric from MPs like this one are so tedious to listen to. Just like the Putin is gonna die soon, Putin has a body double (bla bla) propaganda in UK newspapers at the early onset of the war.
You just had to read / view media from non western sources to see Putin perfectly alive and well and walking round weapons factory and giving talks.
Does anyone take legacy media seriously anymore? Absolute clowns.
Hopefully January ushers in the peace process.
Access filtering
Sorry for the naive question; if they know that all the bad stuff and nothing good comes from Russia, then why don't we deny them access from their allocated country IP ranges?