DANY FARES

DANY FARES

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Aug
The Student Becomes the Weapon: Inside China's Program to Distill Western AI Into Military Tools- 299

The Student Becomes the Weapon: Inside China's Program to Distill Western AI Into Military Tools- 299

August 12, 2026 Every major AI lab distills its own models as a matter of routine — it is how a
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Aug
Hands Off the Wheel: China's Shift to Autonomous AI-Run Cyberattacks- 298

Hands Off the Wheel: China's Shift to Autonomous AI-Run Cyberattacks- 298

August 12, 2026 For most of the last decade, the phrase "AI-assisted hacking" meant a human operator
6 min read
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Aug
The Long Wire: How Beijing Builds Access That Outlasts Its Cover Stories- 297

The Long Wire: How Beijing Builds Access That Outlasts Its Cover Stories- 297

August 12, 2026 Four episodes surfaced within days of each other in August 2026, and none of them, on its
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Aug
Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 296

Borrowed Trust: How Moscow Turns Everyday Software Into an Access Network- 296

August 5, 2026 A fake job offer, a hijacked hotel Wi-Fi login, a criminal marketplace listing, and an advertising
6 min read
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Aug
The Maintenance Excuse: Zbtlink, the National Intelligence Law, and the Case Against Trusting Chinese Router Firmware- 295

The Maintenance Excuse: Zbtlink, the National Intelligence Law, and the Case Against Trusting Chinese Router Firmware- 295

August 8, 2026 On August 6, Chinese router maker Zbtlink told a reporter that a hidden remote-command implant researchers
2 min read
13
Aug
Beneath the Waterline: Iran's Deniable Campaign Against America's Weakest Infrastructure- 294

Beneath the Waterline: Iran's Deniable Campaign Against America's Weakest Infrastructure- 294

August 11, 2026 Over two days in late July, a handful of programmable logic controllers in small-town Minnesota water
6 min read
03
Aug
The weak link in modern warfare: Russia's FSB quietly walking through the world's routers- 293

The weak link in modern warfare: Russia's FSB quietly walking through the world's routers- 293

July 16, 2026 The US and a coalition of allied governments have issued a joint warning that a cluster of
3 min read
03
Aug
A blank marketing email as a spy's front door: how suspected Chinese operators are quietly reading university mailboxes- 285

A blank marketing email as a spy's front door: how suspected Chinese operators are quietly reading university mailboxes- 285

July 9, 2026 A suspected Chinese espionage group has spent months breaking into the email accounts of physics and engineering
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03
Aug
When cybercrime borrows a spy's toolkit: the UAT-11795 campaign hiding inside everyday software- 292

When cybercrime borrows a spy's toolkit: the UAT-11795 campaign hiding inside everyday software- 292

July 18, 2026 A financially motivated, Russian-speaking hacking crew has spent over a year quietly trojanizing the installers of
5 min read
03
Aug
A parking-lot camera as a weapon of war: how Russia turned Europe's own infrastructure into a targeting network- 291

A parking-lot camera as a weapon of war: how Russia turned Europe's own infrastructure into a targeting network- 291

July 23, 2026 Dutch intelligence has confirmed something that sounds almost mundane until its consequences are traced through: an ordinary
3 min read