Sanctions could prove an effective tool in the fight against spyware abuses. Spyware is a serious business, and the primary regulatory approach the U.S. has taken—export controls—has fallen short. The U.S. should…
Cyber operations reveal their limitations as means of warfare, but territorial conquest opens unique opportunities for exploitation. The Russia-Ukraine war is the first case of cyber conflict in a large-scale military conflict…
A useful lesson from the economic concept of the “least cost avoider,” suggests that significant responsibility for reducing harmful content should be allocated to non-platform actors. Who should be responsible for mitigating…
Whatever their policy merits, safety limitations on AI development generally do not raise First Amendment issues. Last month, the California senate passed Senate Bill 1047, the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial…
Ironically, the two countries can look to the past, not the future, for inspiration on how to mitigate AI-related risk. It’s been a busy month for artificial intelligence (AI) governance. The second AI…
A review of Lennart Maschmeyer, “Subversion: From Covert Operations to Cyber Conflict” (Oxford University Press, 2024) Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February 2022, I received two separate messages…
Amid surging attacks, Kenya aims to expand its technology sector and improve cybersecurity to protect the country’s fast-growing digital economy. With a visit to the United States and his country’s designation by…
NATO allies need to allow their militaries to be proactive in cyberspace to ensure the alliance isn’t affected by a cyberattack that could disrupt the deployment of forces if a conflict was…
Affected Platforms: Microsoft Windows Impacted Users: Microsoft Windows Impact: Compromised machines are under the control of the threat actor Severity Level: High – Cara Lin, Fortinet FortiGuard Labs has recently identified a sophisticated cyberattack involving an…
China Turns to Private Hackers as It Cracks Down on Online Activists on Tiananmen Square Anniversary
Every year ahead of the June 4 commemoration of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Chinese government tightens online censorship to suppress domestic discussion of the event. Critics, dissidents and international groups anticipate…
