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New cyber-hardening mandates may be coming for defense firms (Defense News)

Joe Gould Washington seems likely to take steps requiring the defense industrial base to better harden against cyberattacks, two veterans of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission said Wednesday. https://www.c4isrnet.com/digital-show-dailies/c4isr-conference/2021/04/21/new-defense-industrial-base-cyber-hardening-requirements-likely/

Trend Micro flaw actively exploited in the wild (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro revealed that a threat actor is actively exploiting a flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-24557, in its antivirus solutions to gain admin rights...

Million-dollar deposits and friends in high places: how we applied for a job with a ransomware gang (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini During an undercover interview, a CyberNews researcher tricked ransomware operators affiliated with Ragnar Locker into revealing their ransom payout structure, cash out schemes, and...

Nuclear insecurity: How can we tame the proliferators? (ORF)

RAJESWARI PILLAI RAJAGOPALAN As long as there are diverging interests, the larger goal of nuclear non-proliferation will struggle to be promoted. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/nuclear-insecurity-how-can-we-tame-proliferators/

Russia – Taming Russian inflation: From the economic to the political (ORF)

NIVEDITA KAPOOR In early March, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 percent for...

Sri Lanka – Why new Bill makes Colombo Port City a ‘Chinese Province’ in Sri Lanka (ORF)

N SATHIYA MOORTHY Even as Sri Lanka, like much of the rest of the world, is plagued still by the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s...

Emerging narratives and the future of multilateralism (ORF)

AMRITA NARLIKAR Get the narrative on multilateralism right, and we have the possibility to harness international cooperation for global peace and prosperity; get it...

India/Bangladesh – West Bengal elections: The view from Dhaka (ORF)

SYED BADRUL AHSAN Bengalis on the Bangladeshi side of the border have been keenly observing the election campaign on the other side https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/west-bengal-elections-the-view-from-dhaka/

India – As India Acts East, the Role of West Bengal (ORF)

PRATNASHREE BASU SOUMYA BHOWMICK This brief examines the role of West Bengal as a leverage for India to enhance its relations with its eastern...

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