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OSINT
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OSINT
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Targeting Westerners
Chinese Espionage At American Seaports
Chinese Efforts To Gather Information
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Russia's Approach to Shaping Youth Ideology
Chinese Mining Tycoon Blocked from Controlling Minerals Vital to National Security
OSINT
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No End in Sight
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Old-fashioned espionage in a new era
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A Fresh Start
Russia Deports Afghans With Military Backgrounds That Won’t Fight in Ukraine
Exclusive
Policy Shift: Biden Admin Will Send Abrams Tanks to Ukraine
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The Fallen
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A Norwegian Native on the Ukrainian Frontlines
From the War Zone: How Ukrainian Partisans Disrupt Russian Forces
Resistance
Espionage in the Russian Orthodox Church
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Monitoring the Issue
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Russians Release US Navy Veteran Held for Nearly a Year
Taylor Dudley
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NOTAM
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A Sea of Blood
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Tensions Between Two Major Powers
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Japan Makes Rare Earth Shift That Could Lead to New Tension With China
A Potential Powder Keg
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Chinese Cooperation With the Taliban
Russian Propaganda Launches a New Stage of Mobilization
Advancing the Agenda
Surviving The Terror of The Chinese Communist Party
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Life Inside North Korea
The Curious Case of The Faux U.N. Human Rights Group: CIPDH/IHRDC
CIPDH/IHRDC
China Targets India’s Energy Sector – Fall in Line or ‘Lights Out’
Research and Analysis
The Plight of the Uyghurs
With Prime Minister in exile Salih Hudayar
Geopolitical Flexing in the Caucasus
Winners and Losers of the Azerbaijan/Armenia peace deal
What Does Iran-Russia Cyber Partnership Mean for U.S. National Security?
Putin and Khamenei
Russia Expands Global Influence with Naval Base in Sudan
Putin's Growing Influence in Africa
Analyzing Xi Jinping’s Message to Chinese Forces to Focus On ‘Preparing for War’
China's Pursuit for More Power
8 Questions With Poland’s Former Head of Foreign Intelligence About Belarus
An Interview with Grzegorz Małecki
Disinformation Campaigns and Russia’s Information Confrontation Strategy
A Growing Threat
Iran-Israel: The Larger Implications of Cyber Conflict
Analysis of the Issue
Abraham Accord Signals Realignment in the Middle East
Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates sign peace treaties and friendship accords in Washington
China and Russia Cyber Sovereignty May Become the Attractive Option for Governments
Collaboration Between Beijing and Moscow Causes Concern for West
The Ukrainian Operation to Arrest Wagner Group Mercenaries
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Russian Forces Injure U.S. Troops in Syria, Showing Continued Intent for Confrontation
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WHAT IS MOST INTERESTING IS WHAT ISN'T THERE
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Research and Analysis
The Humanitarian Who Wouldn’t Let ISIS Win
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Old Dog, Same Tricks: The Kremlin’s Technological Echo Chamber Exposed By Ukranian Hackers
THE RUNDOWN Earlier this week the Ukrainian hacktivist group, CyberResistanceUA (CRUA), announced their latest attack. In a video posted on their Telegram channel, paired with an article from InformNapalm, they released information related to a media monitoring tool used by the Department of Information and Mass Communications (DIMC), dubbed Katyusha. Another Hit For CyberResistanceUA This […]
Troubled Waters: Iranian Hackers Target U.s. Water Supply
THE RUNDOWN While most Americans were enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Iranian-backed hacking group CyberAv3ngers managed to gain partial control of a municipal water booster station just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The booster station belongs to the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, which supplies water for over 6,500 residents. There is currently no known risk […]
Private Sector Hack-backs Are A Recipe For Disaster
THE RUNDOWN At a recent senior-level cyber summit, the National Security Agency’s director of cybersecurity rebuked growing interest from companies wanting to assist in retaliating against cyber attackers and hacking groups targeting the private sector. Clearly, the pervasive cyber threat environment continues to drive this desire, as cyber attacks from sophisticated cybercrime gangs, nation states, […]
Ransomware Is On The Rise (again)
THE RUNDOWN Over this past weekend, the cybersecurity and the defense industries were both shocked to learn that on 27 October, 2023, the Russia-based hacker group Lockbit successfully implanted ransomware in the computer network of defense contracting giant Boeing. A ransomware attack is one where a hacker is able to access the computers of the […]
French Connections: How French Defense Groups Keep Supplying The Kremlin’s War Machine
THE RUNDOWN Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, international observers and Ukrainian soldiers alike have repeatedly reported sightings of French technology in Russian weaponry, running the gamut from microprocessors to thermal surveillance systems. Despite repeated denials, documents obtained last week by the French investigative website Blast prove that elements of the French military-industrial complex continue to […]