Pegasus affairIsrael-France Relations: Israel Tries to Limit Damage of the Pegasus Spyware Scandal Published 29 July 2021 Israeli has been trying to limit the damage the Pegasus spyware scandal is threatening to do to France-Israel relations. The Moroccan intelligence service used the software, made by an Israeli company with close ties to Israel’s defense and

China syndromeChina Used Vaccines, Trade to Get Ukraine to Drop Support for Xinjiang Scrutiny By Yevhen Solonyna and Reid Standish Published 29 July 2021 On 22 June, Ukraine signed a UN-sponsored document, along with more than 40 other countries, calling for China to allow independent observers immediate access to Xinjiang, where Beijing is operating a

CyberattacksBiden: Russia Already Interfering in 2022 Election By Steve Herman Published 28 July 2021 President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that Russia is already interfering in the 2022 mid-term elections. Speaking after classified briefing prepared by the intelligence community, Biden said that the escalating cyberattacks by Russia and China are not only a “pure violation

PandemicU.K. COVID “Pingdemic” Sparks Labor Shortage By Nik Martin Published 27 July 2021 More than 600,000 people have been pinged by the U.K.’s coronavirus warning app and told to self-isolate. Business leaders warn that the lack of available workers is putting the economic recovery at risk. The UK government is racing to address a major labor

PandemicScientists Model “True Prevalence” of COVID-19 Throughout Pandemic Published 27 July 2021 Scientists have developed a statistical framework that incorporates key COVID-19 data — such as case counts and deaths due to COVID-19 — to model the true prevalence of this disease in the United States and individual states. Their approach projects that in the

Climate challengesExtreme Heat Waves in a Warming World Don’t Just Break Records – They Shatter Them By Scott Denning Published 27 July 2021 Scientists have warned for over 50 years about increases in extreme events arising from subtle changes in average climate, but many people have been shocked by the ferocity of recent weather disasters.

FirefightersProtecting Lives on the Wildland Fire Line Published 27 July 2021 Unlike first responders who fight structural fires, wildland firefighters are unable to use the current standard respirator systems, which are heavy, limited to 45 minutes of air and are too bulky. Since the current standard equipment for respiratory protection is a bandanna, DHS S&T

Climate challengesCities Unprepared for Intense, Frequent Heat Waves By Luyi Cheng Published 27 July 2021 Urban centers across the world are unprepared to face brutal, climate change-driven natural disasters. Many emerging global climate risks, such as heat stress, will be especially damaging in urban areas, because of urban infrastructure both exacerbates and fails to handle

Cyber educationU.S. Cyber Command Looks to Replicate UTSA’s National Security Collaboration Center Published 27 July 2021 Leaders from the U.S. Cyber Command’s Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ–DODIN) were guests at the National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC), located at the University of Texas – San Antonio (UTSA). The JFQH–DODIN is looking to the

CybersecurityCybersecurity Technique Protects in-Vehicle Networks Published 27 July 2021 Researchers developed a new machine learning-based framework to enhance the security of computer networks inside vehicles without undermining performance. This is important because of the widespread prevalence of modern automobiles which entrust control to onboard computers. Army researchers developed a new machine learning-based framework to enhance the