Intelligence

Taiwan critical infrastructure targeted by hackers with possible ties to Volt Typhoon (Jonathan Greig, The Record)

Hackers with apparent ties to several China-based groups like Volt Typhoon are targeting critical infrastructure in Taiwan as part of an ongoing campaign. Researchers...

UK sets timeline for country’s transition to quantum-resistant encryption (Daryna Antoniuk, The Record)

U.K. cyber officials are urging local organizations to begin planning how to protect their systems from future threats posed by quantum computers. Although the...

Major web services go dark in Russia amid reported Cloudflare block (Daryna Antoniuk, The Record)

Russian internet users this week faced widespread outages that regulators attributed to issues with “foreign server infrastructure.” However, local experts suggested the disruptions stemmed...

Integrating AI: EU counterterrorism challenges and opportunities (Clara Broekaert, Observer Research Foundation)

The growing use of Large Language Model (LLM) to gather information to conduct explosives-based attacks, the propagation of AI-generated news bulletins by an Islamic...

Seabed warfare in a new era of geotech conflicts (Samuel Bashfield, Observer Research Foundation)

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, a battlefield beneath the waves intensifies. Seabed warfare has become a critical domain of modern geotech conflict. With...

Strategic autonomy in the digital age: Can middle powers lead? (Samir Puri, Observer Research Foundation)

The Fourth Industrial Revolution taking place this century involves cutting-edge technologies such as quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), human-machine...

Operation Poseidon Archer: Assessing one year of strikes on Houthi targets (Edward Beales, Wolf-Christian Paes – IIISS)

In the late summer of 2024, the number of attacks that Ansarullah (Houthi) forces attempted against ships in the waters off Yemen fell sharply,...

The Citizen Lab’s director dissects spyware and the ‘proliferating’ market for it (Suzanne Smalley, The Record)

As the founder of the Citizen Lab, a University of Toronto-based organization known for detecting and diagnosing spyware infections worldwide, Ron Deibert has overseen...

Canadian provincial police appear to be using advanced commercial spyware (Suzanne Smalley – The Record)

There is evidence suggesting that Canadian provincial police are using powerful advanced commercial spyware, the Citizen Lab said in a report released Wednesday. The...

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