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Sep
One Regime, Four Fronts: Inside North Korea's Parallel Cyber Enterprise- 302

One Regime, Four Fronts: Inside North Korea's Parallel Cyber Enterprise- 302

August 8, 2026 It would be easier to track North Korea's state-linked cyber activity if it all
7 min read
27
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
4 min read
27
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
27
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
5 min read
27
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
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
2 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
03
Aug
One police force, two foreign intelligence services: how China and India ended up spying on the same Pakistani database- 290

One police force, two foreign intelligence services: how China and India ended up spying on the same Pakistani database- 290

July 11, 2026 Cybersecurity researchers have documented something unusual even by the standards of state-linked cyberespionage: hacking groups tied
3 min read