The process significantly neglects the role of governments in proliferation of these capabilities. Editor’s Note: One of the authors was invited by the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to comment on the…
Why the cyberattack is a sobering example of the U.S. health care system’s vulnerability to cybercrime and what it means for hospitals, policymakers, regulators, and insurers. It’s been a rough few weeks…
The FBI’s recent operations against Volt Typhoon and Fancy Bear botnets are a cybersecurity success, but the government’s legal theory has frightening implications. The U.S. government has recently managed to make life…
New warrants for Russian military officials are notable for their recognition of the grave civilian harm caused by the destruction of critical energy infrastructure. Last March, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest…
What are the potential risks associated with artificial intelligence? Might any of these be catastrophic or even existential? And as momentum builds toward boundless applications of this technology, how might humanity reduce AI risk…
The recent Chinese cyber intrusion highlights the need for a reexamination of U.S. cybersecurity strategy. The Volt Typhoon cyber intrusion into U.S. critical infrastructure is troubling on many levels. The most significant,…
Rather than continue waiting for Congress to act, the executive branch is right to pursue measures targeting some of the lowest-hanging national security risks posed by data brokerage. On Feb. 28, President…
A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is using artificial intelligence to address several critical shortcomings in large-scale malware analysis, making significant advancements in the classification of Microsoft Windows malware and…
Insurers argue that a government backstop would help them cover catastrophic cyberattacks, but it’s not so simple. In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether…
Today Signal makes phone numbers private and rolls out usernames—a historic, overdue step to protect users. On Saturday night, we had dinner with Meredith Whittaker, the president of Signal, an encrypted messaging…
