CHINA

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Jul
When Cyberspace Became the Last Battlefield: Iran's Digital War and Its Limits- 208

When Cyberspace Became the Last Battlefield: Iran's Digital War and Its Limits- 208

June 17, 2026 On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iran under Operations Epic
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05
Jul
The Convenience Trap: How Rentable IoT Became a City-Scale Attack Surface- 203

The Convenience Trap: How Rentable IoT Became a City-Scale Attack Surface- 203

June 20, 2026 The proliferation of rentable IoT infrastructure is fundamentally challenging traditional security assumptions that rely on remote, distant
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05
Jul
The Long Game: How China's Cyber Harvest Became a Western Intelligence Priority- 199

The Long Game: How China's Cyber Harvest Became a Western Intelligence Priority- 199

June 19, 2026 A significant shift has occurred in how Western nations characterize Chinese cyber operations, moving away from quiet
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05
Jul
The Shadow Economy: Pig-Butchering and the Industrialization of Trust Fraud- 195

The Shadow Economy: Pig-Butchering and the Industrialization of Trust Fraud- 195

June 22, 2026 For years, the cybercrime phenomenon known as "pig-butchering" was comfortably categorized by security taxonomies
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05
Jul
The Discovery Gap: How AI Is Breaking the Economics of Cybersecurity- 194

The Discovery Gap: How AI Is Breaking the Economics of Cybersecurity- 194

June 22, 2026  The traditional economics of cybersecurity are currently undergoing a destabilizing shift, driven by the unprecedented acceleration of
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05
Jul
The Deniability Architecture: How Beijing Outsourced Its Cyber Footprint- 191

The Deniability Architecture: How Beijing Outsourced Its Cyber Footprint- 191

June 20, 2026 China's intelligence services have spent the past several years dismantling the very thing that once
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02
Jun
Chinese Advanced Cyber Espionage Across the Dutch-Taiwanese Semiconductor Axis- 170

Chinese Advanced Cyber Espionage Across the Dutch-Taiwanese Semiconductor Axis- 170

May 20,2026 The global semiconductor supply chain has become the primary geopolitical battleground of the 21st century. As Western
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02
Jun
Cyber-Enabled Transnational Repression: The "Carp" Campaigns China-Linked Outsourced Phishing and Digital Impersonation Operations- 169

Cyber-Enabled Transnational Repression: The "Carp" Campaigns China-Linked Outsourced Phishing and Digital Impersonation Operations- 169

May 18, 2026 Joint research from Citizen Lab, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), and Proofpoint shows an emerging
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02
Jun
Geopolitical Friction: How Cyberespionage and Institutional Neglect Exposed Cuban Diplomacy- 168

Geopolitical Friction: How Cyberespionage and Institutional Neglect Exposed Cuban Diplomacy- 168

May 18, 2026 In early 2026, a quietly disruptive intelligence failure exposed a deep vulnerability within one of Beijing’s
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May
China-backed hackers hit Asian governments, defense sectors- 164

China-backed hackers hit Asian governments, defense sectors- 164

May 15, 2026 China-aligned cyberespionage activity against Asian government and defense-linked networks remains both persistent and structurally conservative,
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