Collaborate Disseminate
Others contend that loosening things up could have dangerous consequences, and the administration should go the opposite direction.
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A persona dubbed Sara Shokouhi recycled photos of a Russian psychologist and tarot card reader to pose as a Middle East-focused researcher
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The bill tasks the Department of Commerce with creating new export rules.
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Laura Galante comes to the role after several years of running her own cybersecurity firm. The Ukrainian government was one of her clients.
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Brookings researchers conducted their study over 120 days.
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The Pentagon’s top commander overseeing AI said the military must quickly adapt if it is to keep up with China in the race to achieve AI supremacy.
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Research published by a Ukrainian think tank shows a network of at least 88 local Telegram channels.
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The White House has reached consensus between State and Defense on how to pare back NSPM-13’s precedent-setting delegation of authority to the DOD.
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As the prospect of further Russian aggression in Ukraine looms, the Biden administration is concerned about Russian cyber operations against the U.S. and its allies. Yet as the White House engages with Moscow and builds out plans around these risks, it must watch an overlooked development in Russia’s near-abroad: growing cyber integration between Belarus and the Kremlin. In November 2021, Mandiant published a report assessing with “high confidence” that the UNC1151 cyber group, which assisted the longstanding “Ghostwriter” campaign — stealing government credentials and spreading disinformation in Europe — is linked to the Belarusian government. It also assessed with “moderate confidence” that Belarus “is also likely at least partially responsible for the Ghostwriter campaign.” Significantly, the report’s authors added: “We cannot rule out Russian contributions to either UNC1151 or Ghostwriter.” The report raises the prospect that Belarus is engaged in cyber-enabled influence operations abroad, and the authors explicitly say that Moscow’s […]
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European and Middle Eastern spyware and surveillance firms are marketing intrusion software to adversaries of the U.S., its intelligence allies and NATO, Atlantic Council research published Monday reveals. Looking at more than 200 companies that attended international arms fairs in the past two decades, researchers found that 85% of companies likely selling interception or intrusion technologies marketed these capabilities to governments outside their home country — even when no intelligence relationship existed. Five companies, including Israel-based Cellebrite and Sweden-based Micro Systemation AB, marketed those capabilities to U.S. and NATO adversaries. Neither company immediately responded to requests for comment. The findings coincide with an explosion of surveillance vendors attending international arms trade shows, including the heavily attended Milipol France and the U.K. -based Security and Policing Home Office. The report underscores growing concerns about the threat that spyware companies pose to the United States and its allies. U.S. and European leaders have […]
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