
2025-08-17 19:12:54
The Defense Forces are creating a new artillery brigade: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/the-defense-forces-are-creating.html
The Defense Forces are creating a new artillery brigade: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/the-defense-forces-are-creating.html
I Built a Ballistic Missile Defense Simulator in a Browser
https://medium.com/@ErikKannike/i-built-a-ballistic-missile-defense-simulator-in-a-browser-292c755a6ceb
Hadrian, which is building largely automated factories to produce space and defense parts, raised a $260M Series C, bringing its total funding to ~$500M (Aria Alamalhodaei/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/17/hadria…
Cowboys Urged to Sign $94 Million NFL All-Pro LB for Struggling Run Defense https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/free-agent-cj-mosley-run-defense/?adt_ei=[email]
Microsoft is using engineers in China
to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems
— with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel
— leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary,
a ProPublica investigation has found.
The arrangement, which was critical to Microsoft winning the federal government’s cloud computing business a decade ago,
relies on U.S. citizens with security clearances to …
Herbert, defense propel Chargers past Raiders on ‘Monday Night Football’ https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/herbert-defense-propel-chargers-past-raiders-on-monday-night-football-3461307/
Ukraine invites foreign defense companies to test weapons on the battlefield: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/ukraine-invites-foreign-defense-companies.html
A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers
Cowboys-Ravens preseason takeaways: Joe Milton remains a project, Dallas' defense made plays vs. Ravens
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys
New Post: Proactive Defense: Iranian Cyber Threats and How to Push Back https://www.tarah.org/2025/08/13/proactive-defense-iranian-cyber-threats-and-how-to-push-back
why is the department of defense immediately interested in grok right after the “mechahitler” scandal?? is this modern day project paperclip?
Thought Purity: Defense Paradigm For Chain-of-Thought Attack
Zihao Xue, Zhen Bi, Long Ma, Zhenlin Hu, Yan Wang, Zhenfang Liu, Qing Sheng, Jie Xiao, Jungang Lou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12314
German Quantum Systems takes 10% ownership in Ukrainian defense robotics firm Frontline: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/german-quantum-systems-takes-ownership.html
Former NFL MVP Calls Out ‘Disastrous’ Cowboys Pass Defense https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cam-newton-calls-out-pass-defense/?adt_ei=[email]
Strategic Cyber Defense via Reinforcement Learning-Guided Combinatorial Auctions
Mai Pham, Vikrant Vaze, Peter Chin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10983 https://
Optimal Honeypot Ratio and Convergent Fictitious-Play Learning in Signaling Games for CPS Defense
Yueyue Xu, Yuewei Chen, Lin Wang, Zhaoyang Cheng, Xiaoming Hu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11113
Raiders’ 53-man roster projection: How defense stacks up after OTAs https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-53-man-roster-projection-how-defense-stacks-up-after-otas-3386148/
Removal Attack and Defense on AI-generated Content Latent-based Watermarking
De Zhang Lee, Han Fang, Hanyi Wang, Ee-Chien Chang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11745 https://
Israel-Gaza genocide: Israel’s defense minister says ‘Gaza is burning’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/16/israel-gaza-war-israe…
Ravens' defense takes out frustration on Joe Flacco, Browns after trying week https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6629377/2025/09/14/ravens-defense-browns-joe-flacco/
Congratulations to Akhil Thomas for his succesful PhD defense today in Freiburg with a thesis on Data-driven analysis of microstructure-sensitive fatigue damage initiation! 🎉🥂🙌
#pmd #materialsscience #ai
Skynet, pretty much:
New Golden Dome details emerge from industry day - Defense One
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/08/new-golden-dome-details-emerge-industry-day/407476/
Investigation: Microsoft uses engineers in China to help maintain US DOD systems, with minimal supervision by US personnel, leaving sensitive data vulnerable (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-penta…
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defense
Auriane Egal, Denis Vida, Fran\c{c}ois Colas, Brigitte Zanda, Sylvain Bouley, Asma Steinhausser, Pierre Vernazza, Ludovic Ferri\`ere, J\'er\^ome Gattacceca, Mirel Birlan, J\'er\'emie Vaubaillon, Karl Antier, Simon Anghel, Josselin Desmars, K\'evin Bailli\'e, Lucie Maquet, S\'ebastien Bouquillon, Adrien Malgoyre, Simon Jeanne, Ji\v{r}i Borovi\v{c}ka, Pavel Spurn\'y, Hadrien A.…
I find this very funny. Everybody now talks about EU sovereignty and one of the core defense assets (Krupp steel) will be sold to some indian company.
As if the medication crisis wasn't a warning. No politician in sight so far.
Ukraine parliament backs nearly $10 billion defense budget increase in first reading: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/ukraine-parliament-backs-nearly-billion.html
Smart move from an european industry perspective but also with regard to being less dependent on the US. Even if they are slightly less capable, it is very important that we develop and build airdefense capability in Europe.
https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-ch
There is blood in the water and it could be a feeding frenzy for Italy. Norway's defense isn't closing out quickly and the goalkeeping looks a little shaky. Offsides, but that spilled save could have been much worse.
Norway needs to stabilize and find some intensity. They looked a bit woozy.
#NORITA #EURO2025
Impressed and pleased to see that the #SFPublicDefender's office won $3.4 million in philanthropic funding to support immigrant legal defense.
Bravo to #ManoRaju and his team for this effort to mitigate the budget cuts.
Impressed and pleased to see that the #SFPublicDefender's office won $3.4 million in philanthropic funding to support immigrant legal defense.
Bravo to #ManoRaju and his team for this effort to mitigate the budget cuts.
Zelensky proposes former Prime Minister Shmyhal as Ukraine's new defense minister: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/zelensky-proposes-former-prime-minister.html
SecurityLingua: Efficient Defense of LLM Jailbreak Attacks via Security-Aware Prompt Compression
Yucheng Li, Surin Ahn, Huiqiang Jiang, Amir H. Abdi, Yuqing Yang, Lili Qiu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12707
> US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident
This is one of those headlines that zips by in the movie's exposition-heavy title sequence.
https://www.theverge.com/news/706855/grok-mechahitler-xai-de…
5 Takeaways: How the Chargers Stingy Defense Led the Way Past Raiders in Week 2 https://www.chargers.com/news/raiders-game-recap-jesse-minter-2025
“Public reports indicate that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pushing senior Department of Defense (DoD) officials to increase operational coordination in law enforcement activities,”
reads the letter, which TNR obtained.
It warns that this “continues to erode the line between defense activities and law enforcement.”
The defense secretary surely will throw this letter in the garbage.
But, as hopeless as the prospects for real congressional oversight look …
Speaking of AI, CrowdStrike came out with two big announcements today on its big shift to agentic AI.
My latest piece for CSO.
CrowdStrike bets big on agentic AI with new offerings after $290M Onum buy
https://www.csoonline.com/article/405…
Real-Time Defense Against Coordinated Cyber-Physical Attacks: A Robust Constrained Reinforcement Learning Approach
Saman Mazaheri Khamaneh, Tong Wu, Wei Sun, Cong Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10999 …
Chargers vs. Raiders takeaways: L.A.'s defense leads win, but Khalil Mack hurt https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6632865/2025/09/16/chargers-raiders-score-result-takeaways-monday-night-football/
German defense tech startup Helsing raised €600M led by Daniel Ek's Prima Materia, sources say at a €12B valuation, bringing its total funding to €1.37B (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/cdc02d96-13b5-4ca2-aa0b-1fc7568e9fa0
$80 million Cowboy cuts to chase, a 'Sharp defense' is on theway in 2025 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/07/14/cowboys-osa-odighizuwa-sharp-eberflus-defense/85196807007/
Ex-defense minister may head Ukraine's National Security Council, media reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/exdefense-minister-may-head-ukraines.html
5 Observations From Raiders' Defense After Chargers Loss https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-devin-white-tyree-wilson-pete-carroll-los-angeles-chargers
Norway were the better side for most of the second half, but that penalty miss looms large. The Italian defense bent but didn't break and the subs helped to stabilize the game.
Italy, despite being made to suffer, were very solid and their trip to the semis is deserved. It's sometimes a matter of finding your moments. They've done just that.
#NORITA
Folks, @…, @…, Nathan Case, and I wrote up a short paper on protecting your organization from Iranian threat actors in cyberspace, and it has some simple bullets to focus in your attention on what we think the most likely …
House passes defense policy bill with proposal to repeal AUMF
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5497582-house-passes-defense-policy-bill-with-proposal-to-repeal-aumf/
Mike Tomlin: Steelers defense is capable of doing 'historic things' in 2025
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mike-tomlin-steelers-defense-is-capabl…
UK and Germany to sign historic mutual defense pact amid Russian aggression, Bloomberg reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/uk-and-germany-to-sign.html
Toward an Intent-Based and Ontology-Driven Autonomic Security Response in Security Orchestration Automation and Response
Zequan Huang, Jacques Robin, Nicolas Herbaut, Nourh\`ene Ben Rabah, B\'en\'edicte Le Grand
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12061
The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence.
The finding, which came in response to a Reuters request that the city review Cook’s property records,
could boost Cook’s defense against efforts by the Trump administration to remove her from the Federal Reserve board
Three Questions for the Raiders Defense After Preseason Loss https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-san-francisco-49ers-preseason-pete-carroll-jeremy-chinn
IMPACT: Clowney adds plenty to Cowboys defense https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/impact-clowney-adds-plenty-to-cowboys-defense
The Kremlin is panicking: Europe and the US send new air defense systems and missiles to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/the-kremlin-is-panicking-europe.html
NFL Fantasy 2025 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Defenses for Week 3 https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-fantasy-2025-start-em-sit-em-defenses-for-week-3
Turkish hackers call Defense Minister Katz on video, he answers — and they publish his photo
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syzoddgjxe
PM Shmyhal considered for defense minister role amid upcoming cabinet reshuffle, sources say: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/pm-shmyhal-considered-for-defense.html
Israel-Iran conflict could last only as long as their missiles hold out
The intensity of Iran’s barrages seems to be waning nas it uses up its stock of missiles.
Israel, meantime, is running through its supply of expensive missile interceptors.
The Marker, a leading Israeli financial newspaper, reported that missile defense costs Israel as much as 1 billion shekels,
or roughly $285 million, a night.
Life without Michael: Cowboys defense failure through 2 weeks after Micah Parsons trade https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/09/15/cowboys-pass-defense-without-micah-parsons/86168412007/…
Browns first-round pick Mason Graham 'pretty far ahead' in transition to penetrating defense https://www.nfl.com/news/mason-graham-browns-first-round-pick-pretty-far-ahead-minicamp
Geno Smith is preparing for a 'tough defense' in Week 3 vs. Commanders https://www.raiders.com/video/geno-smith-raiders-week-3-vs-commanders-presser-nfl-2025
Germany faces constraints in supplying more patriot air-defense systems to Ukraine, says Defense Minister: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/germany-faces-constraints-in-supplying.html
Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran,
citing what he said was the country's rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development.
Trump was due to leave the Group of Seven summit in Canada later on Monday -- a day early -- due to the Middle East situation, the White House said.
Fox News reported Trump would convene his National Security Council.
Cowboys Trade Pitch Lands Browns Star to Strengthen Defense https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/dallas-trade-pitch-cleveland-browns-star/?adt_ei=[email]
Cowboys' Defense Is Broken—1 Trade Could Fix That https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-defense-is-broken-1-trade-could-fix-that
Dolphins defense setting unflattering records: Miami has now allowed 10 straight scoring drives to open season
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dolph…
Will Raiders Be Better on Offense or Defense in 2025? https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-marcus-epps-robert-spillane-geno-smith
Mailbag: Is there a fix for the run defense? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-is-there-a-fix-for-the-run-defense
Chargers vs. Raiders takeaways: L.A.'s defense leads win, but Khalil Mack hurt https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6632865/2025/09/16/chargers-raiders-score-result-takeaways-monday-night-football/
No 'D' in Dolphins: Miami's foes have scored on all 10 drives this season https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6628418/2025/09/14/dolphins-defense-struggles-season/
Ukraine hits Russian command posts days after defense minister's visit, military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/16/ukraine-hits-russian-command-posts.html
Winners, losers from Chargers' Monday night win over the Raiders include nasty defense https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/09/16/los-angeles-chargers-las-vegas-raiders-monday-night-football/86173089007/…
Fixing the Bears defense: Three things we know about Dennis Allen's plan https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45715254/nfl-chicago-bears-dennis-allen-defense-montez-sweat
US unveils 'reliable and cost-effective' drone to rival Iranian-designed Shaheds: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/us-unveils-reliable-and-costeffective.html
Germany won't supply Ukraine with Taurus missiles, urges weapons makers to step up, defense minister says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/germany-wont-supply-ukraine-with.html
Parsons: If Pack score 20, defense can win game https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46231164/micah-parsons-confident-packers-defense-lead-wins
Washington 'moving with haste' to arm Ukraine under Trump plan, US envoy says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/washington-moving-with-haste-to.html
Cowboys special teams ace making impact on D as camp battles heat up https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-special-teams-ace-making-impact-defense-camp-battles-heat-up
France, Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/france-italy-reportedly-opt-out.html
Bears defense throttled again on the road in Detroit https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46264038/nfl-chicago-bears-detroit-lions-ben-johnson
Cowboys special teams ace making impact on D as camp battles heat up https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-special-teams-ace-making-impact-defense-camp-battles-heat-up
Germany denies knowledge of Patriot missiles en route Ukraine, contradicting Trump's claim: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/germany-denies-knowledge-of-patriot.html
Vikings vs. Falcons: Atlanta's defense, kicker shine against sputtering Minnesota https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6629610/2025/09/15/vikings-falcons-score-results-takeaways/
Training Camp Notebook 8/12: Devin White, Raiders defense win the day https://www.raiders.com/news/training-camp-notebook-8-12-devin-white-raiders-defense-win-the-day
Micah Parsons, Packers defense dominate again as pass rusher calls for more snaps: 'Can't hold a dog back forever' https://www.nfl.com/news/micah-parsons-packers-defense-dominate-again-as-pass-rushe…
Can Cowboys' Defense Expose Bears' Offensive Struggles? | Girls Talk, 'Boys Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP87nZxZtxc
Zelensky considers Defense Minister Rustem Umerov for ambassador post in US: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/zelensky-considers-defense-minister-rustem.html
Lamar Jackson defends Mark Andrews, says Ravens have 'vengeance on our mind' after playoff loss https://www.nfl.com/news/lamar-jackson-defends-mark-andrews-says-ravens-have-vengeance-on-our-mind-after-playoff-…
Keith Kellogg in Kyiv: the U.S. is preparing a new defense deal with Ukraine!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/keith-kellogg-in-kyiv-the.html
Germany says EU discussing 'more than 3' Patriot air defense systems for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/germany-says-eu-discussing-more.html
Chargers' Jim Harbaugh on Daiyan Henley's dominance despite illness: 'Once he started playing, the medicine was out there' https://www.nfl.com/news/chargers-jim-harbaugh-on-daiyan-henley-…
US House passes $890 billion defense bill, includes $400 million for Ukraine aid: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/11/us-house-passes-billion-defense.html
US Envoy Kellogg to spend a week in Ukraine as President Zelensky looks to bolster defense cooperation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/us-envoy-kellogg-to-spend.html
Zelensky signals major cabinet reshuffle, calls for defense reforms: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/12/zelensky-signals-major-cabinet-reshuffle.html
How to enter Ukraine’s defense market: A short guide for foreign companies: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/how-to-enter-ukraines-defense.html