NATSEC

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Aug
Canada's Signals Intelligence Agency Turns Its Offensive Toolkit on Criminal Networks, Not Just State Adversaries- 277

Canada's Signals Intelligence Agency Turns Its Offensive Toolkit on Criminal Networks, Not Just State Adversaries- 277

July 7, 2026 Canada's Communications Security Establishment has disclosed that it ran three offensive cyber operations against foreign
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25
Jul
When the Attacker Stops Being Human: Two July 2026 Cases Mark the Shift to AI-Operated Offensive Cyber Campaigns- 273

When the Attacker Stops Being Human: Two July 2026 Cases Mark the Shift to AI-Operated Offensive Cyber Campaigns- 273

July 7, 2026 In early July 2026, two reports landed within days of each other, and together they mark a
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24
Jul
Washington Recasts Pig-Butchering as a National-Security Problem: Inside the $43 Million Network That Fed China-Bound Laundering Pipelines- 271

Washington Recasts Pig-Butchering as a National-Security Problem: Inside the $43 Million Network That Fed China-Bound Laundering Pipelines- 271

July 21, 2026 The indictment of two Brooklyn and Queens residents accused of laundering more than $43 million in cyber-
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22
Jul
When the Basics Fail: FSB Center 16's Router Campaign and the West's First Joint Cyber Sanctions Response- 269

When the Basics Fail: FSB Center 16's Router Campaign and the West's First Joint Cyber Sanctions Response- 269

July 15, 2026 A joint advisory issued this month by cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from twelve allied nations laid out,
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21
Jul
Old Protocol, New War: How Iran Tracked US Military Phones Through a 1970s Telecom Flaw- 267

Old Protocol, New War: How Iran Tracked US Military Phones Through a 1970s Telecom Flaw- 267

July 19, 2026 In the days surrounding the February air campaign against Iran, a wave of signals swept across Middle
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20
Jul
Listening to the Seabed: Denmark's Bet on Acoustic Sensing as a First Line of Maritime Defense- 257

Listening to the Seabed: Denmark's Bet on Acoustic Sensing as a First Line of Maritime Defense- 257

July 19, 2026 Europe's undersea infrastructure — power interconnectors, data cables, offshore wind arrays — has become one of the
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20
Jul
Beneath the Radar: A Reawakened Espionage Toolkit Targets Southeast Asian Governments- 256

Beneath the Radar: A Reawakened Espionage Toolkit Targets Southeast Asian Governments- 256

July 18, 2026 For over a year, an intrusion set moving through government and diplomatic networks across Southeast Asia left
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19
Jul
A breach nobody's attributed yet, hitting the platform that's coordinating World Cup security- 253

A breach nobody's attributed yet, hitting the platform that's coordinating World Cup security- 253

July 1, 2026 The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that an unknown threat actor breached the Homeland Security Information
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19
Jul
A malware sample built for single-core Windows XP may be the first cyberweapon ever found- 245

A malware sample built for single-core Windows XP may be the first cyberweapon ever found- 245

April 24, 2026 Five years before Stuxnet became the textbook case for cyber-physical sabotage, something called FAST16 may already
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05
Jul
Code and Command: The Pentagon's AI-First Military Doctrine and Its Attack Surface- 188

Code and Command: The Pentagon's AI-First Military Doctrine and Its Attack Surface- 188

June 7, 2026 The Pentagon has handed OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and SpaceX the keys to its classified networks. More
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