Potential AI Catastrophe
“Weak AI” and/or “Narrow AI” is defined in the article linked below as Artificial Intelligence (AI) that may be able to match or even exceed human intelligence in a narrowly…
Self Awareness
“I think, therefore I am” (cogito ergo sum) – Rene Descartes Consciousness or awareness of self existence, seems to be a combination of a sense of limitation of self, of…
Post Biological Intelligence
We know that intelligence does not depend upon biological forms. Biology based intelligence takes advantage of a “built-in”/natural evolutionary process to adapt and enhance ability to survive. Once conscious intelligence…
Neural Networks
A biological neural network is a collection of connected neurons that offer some function as a nervous system or brain. But the term “neural network” usually refers to a software…
Strong AI
“Strong AI” is also known as “General AI” and refers to Artifical Intelligence that meets or exceeds human intelligence as opposed to AI that is designed for a smaller or…
Multidimensional Intelligence
Intelligence is often presented as a simple linear scale that ranges from some description of “low” to some description of “high”. In fact, intelligence takes on different forms. The linear…
Integrated Attack Strategy
Integrated attack strategies involve combining hacking computer systems with attack vectors such as: espionage, blackmail, medical/health attacks, asymmetric “guerrilla-style” attacks, weapons of mass destruction, and conventional kinetic military attacks. The…
How Real Hacking Works
Hacking computers is a mysterious and dangerous world that most of us don’t really understand. This video shows some hackers at DEFCON demonstrating their techniques on a reporter who volunteered…
Meterpreter
Metasploit has a payload component called Meterpreter that is injected inside a running process and offers a command environment to the attacker. This avoids starting a new process and keeps…
Agents
It is also possible to launch relayed pivot attacks through “agents” installed by sophisticated penetration testing tools. Core Impact agents, once deployed on a target system can be set as…