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Supply-chain decoupling doesn’t stop rival nations from hacking each other and can make it worse. A cyber-espionage expert explains what does work.
The Snake network has been detected in more than 50 countries, including Australia.
Revelations of spyware abuse suggest we’re moving to a new reality in which no phone is safe from surveillance.
Cyberwarfare is more like cancer than bombs and bullets. Cybersecurity experts are just beginning to make their diagnosis of the Sunburst hack.
The Russian cyberthreat, now targeting coronavirus vaccine research, goes back over three decades, extends into the country’s educational systems and criminal worlds, and shows no signs of letting up.
Twitter’s ‘blue tick’ club of influential users was locked out after financial scammers hacked celebrities’ accounts. But with ever more trust placed in social media, we stand to lose more than money.
We’ve no way of knowing if allegations that China implanted secret spying microchips in widely used computers are true.
The difference between probing and mapping and actually attacking depends on the intent of the people doing it, which is hard to figure out and may change. The dangers, however, remain worrying.
North Korea’s cyber army is closely controlled by the ruling regime – a key difference from other countries’ cyberattack and espionage groups.
Iranian cyberthreats come from independent hacker groups and from those suspected of having government ties. Their efforts may be part of a campaign to counterbalance other international powers.
The Russian cyberthreat goes back over three decades, extends into the country’s educational systems and criminal worlds, and shows no signs of letting up.
The prospect of foreign hackers interfering with democracy is not just an American story. It could happen in Australia too, and we need to guard against it.
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Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
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Senior Visiting Fellow, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Deputy Director, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, Auburn University
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Senior Fellow, Department of War Studies, King's College London
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Associate Professor, Project Management, Bond University
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Arizona State University
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Lecturer, Criminology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Assistant Professor of Global Security, American University School of International Service
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Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne