Intelligence

One Step Forward? Agreement on Spyware Regulation in the Pall Mall Process (Fionnuala Ní Aoláin – -Just Security)

On April 3–4, 21 countries, led by France and the United Kingdom, signed a non-binding Code of Practice to address the multiple challenges they...

New EU regulation to track crypto transfers and ban privacy coins (Digital Watch Observatory)

The European Union is set to introduce new measures under its Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) to track cryptocurrency transfers. The EU aims to gather...

Indian stock exchanges curb foreign access amid cybersecurity concerns (Digital Watch Observatory)

India’s two largest stock exchanges, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE Ltd, have temporarily restricted overseas access to their websites amid rising concerns...

Meta blocks Muslim news page on Instagram in India at government request (Digital Watch Observatory)

Meta has restricted access to the prominent Instagram news account @Muslim for users in India at the request of the Indian government, the account’s...

A British carrier group is coming to the Pacific—with doubts looming over it (Bill Sweetman – The Strategist)

Operation Highmast got underway in late April, as the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and supporting warships embarked on an eight-month deployment,...

Mapping a decade’s worth of hybrid threats targeting Australia (Fitriani, Shelly Shih – The Strategist)

Hybrid threats, enabled by digital technologies and fuelled by geostrategic competition, are reshaping international security and global norms. Most often, states (commonly working through...

Counting the costs: A cybersecurity metrics framework for policy (Stewart Scott – Atlantic Council)

US cybersecurity policy has a critical blind spot: the absence of reliable outcome metrics that can inform policymakers about whether the digital ecosystem is...

The Anti-Terrorism Act Is Being Weaponized to Harass Israel’s Critics (Joseph Pace – Lawfare)

In 2016, Congress expanded the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) to allow private parties to sue anyone who “aids and abets” acts of international terrorism. While...

Jury orders NSO Group to pay $168 million to WhatsApp for facilitating Pegasus hacks of its users (Suzanne Smally – The Record)

A Northern California jury on Tuesday decided that a spyware manufacturer must pay $167 million in punitive damages for its role facilitating the hacking...

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