5 papers
Dark Path: An Analysis of the Belt & Road Initiative in El Salvador
Adam Dorian Wong, David Kenley
The Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) is a concerted effort from Ministries under the People's Republic of China (PRC) to diplomatically and economically impose its will upon other nati…
Gravity Falls: A Comparative Analysis of Domain-Generation Algorithm (DGA) Detection Methods for Mobile Device Spearphishing
Adam Dorian Wong, John D. Hastings
Mobile devices are frequent targets of eCrime threat actors through SMS spearphishing (smishing) links that leverage Domain Generation Algorithms (DGA) to rotate hostile infrastruc…
National Treasure: The Call for e-Democracy and US Election Security
Adam Dorian Wong
Faith in the US electoral system is at risk. This issue stems from trust or lack thereof. Poor leaders ranted and attempted to sew discord in the democratic process and even tried…
Golden Eye: The Theory of Havana Syndrome
Adam Dorian Wong
Beginning around 2016, US Diplomats reported unusual injuries while serving abroad. Personnel suffered from symptoms such as nausea, vertigo, and disorientation. The collective set…
Hell Divers: The Dark Future of Next-Gen Asymmetric Warfighting
Adam Dorian Wong
This whitepaper was written in response to the open-to-public writing prompt hosted by the US Army Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Mad Scientist Initiative. The 2024 Mad Scien…