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Deepfakes and nuclear weapons: Why AI regulation can’t wait (Muhammad Ali Baig – The Interpreter)

The AI-generated deepfake is becoming a familiar feature of political debates, but also a potential national security threat, as US Secretary of State Marco...

Undersea sensors—a US trump card China knows it must eliminate (David Axe – The Strategist)

Unseen, largely unknown and, until recently, highly classified, the US Navy’s vast network of underwater sonars is one of its greatest advantages over rival...

Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: Key Challenges in Global Cybersecurity (Nidhi Singh – Carnegie India)

Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure (CI) have evolved from isolated incidents to coordinated campaigns by both state and non-state actors. Cyber threats have become increasingly...

Sustaining the U.S. Edge in Remote Sensing, Launch, and Advanced Technologies for National Security (Kathleen Curlee – CSET)

The U.S. space economy has evolved significantly over the past 70 years. What began in the 1950s as a fully government-supported sector has transformed...

China-Based APTs Deploy Fake Dalai Lama Apps to Spy on Tibetan Community (The Hacker News)

The Tibetan community has been targeted by a China-nexus cyber espionage group as part of two campaigns conducted last month ahead of the Dalai...

Europol Arrests XSS Forum Admin in Kyiv After 12-Year Run Operating Cybercrime Marketplace (The Hacker News)

Europol on Monday announced the arrest of the suspected administrator of XSS.is (formerly DaMaGeLaB), a notorious Russian-speaking cybercrime platform. The arrest, which took place in...

The U.S. Cannot Prevent Every AI Biothreat—But It Can Outpace Them (Tal Feldman, Jonathan Feldman – Lawfare)

The next biothreat might start as a line of code. A new class of artificial intelligence (AI) systems—known as protein language models (PLMs)—can design...

The 40 ‘Red Hackers’ Who Shaped China’s Cyber Ecosystem (Eugenio Benincasa – RUSI)

Between January and March 2025, the United States indicted or sanctioned individuals and companies linked to Chinese state-sponsored threat actors known as APT27, Red...

The rise of false flag conspiracy theories in moments of crises (Valeria de la Fuente – Institute for Strategic Dialogue)

False flag conspiracy theories predate the internet by decades, but the speed and volume at which they now spread is unprecedented, with claims increasing...

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