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Army Safeguarding National Interests – Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism


The Indian Army is one of the best in the world without any doubt, a battle-tested unit with an unblemished track record of no comparison at all. While the world realised and faced the brunt of terrorism in the last two decades only, our army is battling it out for the last four decades now. Army’s unique methods employed are exemplary and unmatched. All leading world armies are always eager to have joint exercises with our soldiers to get an on-hand experience of our expertise. Factually it is not an easy task to have two hostile nuclear nations as your neighbour but our army with its valour has been able to match both of them. Our Government’s policy of ‘talks and terrorism cannot go together’ and the army’s consistent pressure have delivered the desired result of a peaceful border for quite some time now. India has a distinct record, despite being one of the largest and best armies, yet we have never been hostile to any nation in our history. But whenever provoked our army has always given a befitting reply. The Surgical Strikes and Balakot operation are recent examples and the result is for everyone to see, no major terrorist activity in the last few years, they very well know the consequences of provocation now, all credit to our armed forces. There has been changing of tactics by the enemy but Indian Army has also upgraded itself accordingly to thwart any challenge, be it the use of drones, tunnels, weapons using artificial intelligence or any other method, army response has been acerbic and unfettered. Our army is defending the highest battleground in the world, the Siachen for decades now. Even in 2020 Ladakh’sGalwan and other North Eastern skirmishes with China had been professionally tackled at their face value by the army, stood our ground forcing them to come to negotiating table, one-to-one talks on equal terms. The recent up gradation of infra all along the international border is for everyone to notice. Hundreds of kilometres of roads, bridges and tunnels to make borders all-weather accessible, all-weather bunkers, advance landing grounds, airports, helipads, and water augmentation have been done to secure our borders in a…

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Why a Colossal Hack of US Interests Should Wake Up the Art Industry to Cybersecurity Threats (and Other Insights)


Every Monday morning, Artnet News brings you The Gray Market. The column decodes important stories from the previous week—and offers unparalleled insight into the inner workings of the art industry in the process.

This week, a reinforcement of the maxim that only the paranoid survive…

 

ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH

Last Sunday, Reuters broke the news of what appears to be one of the most expansive, longest-running, and most damaging hacks in US history. The story should also double as a visceral reminder that, as the art market continues its aggressive march into enhanced online sales and global connectivity, cybersecurity deserves far more attention than it’s likely gotten during this anarchic year.

First uncovered by the cybersecurity firm FireEye, the mega-breach qualifies as what experts call a “supply-chain attack.” Rather than directly infiltrating their targets by stealing employees’ usernames and passwords, hackers instead broke into software that the true targets installed from a legitimate third-party supplier as part of a regular systems update. The corrupt software then provided the assailants a difficult-to-detect back door into the end user’s network—a back door that has been swinging open for six to nine months, per multiple reports.

Central to the debacle is a Texas-based IT company called SolarWinds, which produces software that manages the server networks of major public and private clients alike. According to Reuters, the firm’s “customers include most of America’s Fortune 500 companies, the top 10 US telecommunications providers, all five branches of the US military, the State Department, the National Security Agency, and the Office of President of the United States.” 

While the full extent of the SolarWinds breach will not be known for months, Microsoft confirmed that the hackers exploited at least “40 companies, government agencies, and think tanks,” per the New York Times. “Nearly half” of that cohort’s members are private tech companies, with “many” specializing in cybersecurity. An earlier Times story identified the Department of Homeland Security and “parts of the Pentagon” as confirmed government…

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Exclusive: Hackers acting in Turkey’s interests believed to be behind recent cyberattacks – sources – Reuters

Exclusive: Hackers acting in Turkey’s interests believed to be behind recent cyberattacks – sources  Reuters
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