A scholar of cyber conflict sets out why retaliation doesn’t prevent future attacks, and explains what might have a better chance.
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Cyberwarfare is more like cancer than bombs and bullets. Cybersecurity experts are just beginning to make their diagnosis of the Sunburst hack.
Australia is coming under sustained cyber attack by a ‘state-based’ actor, says Prime Minister Scott Morrison, as hackers try to exploit vulnerabilities in business and government software systems.
In the murky world of cyber espionage and cyber warfare, effective deterrence has long been considered out of reach. A government report argues it’s time to change that.
The wool industry was paralysed for several days after hackers held to ransom the IT system that governs almost all wool sales in Australia and New Zealand. More attacks are a case of if, not when.
Less overt than conventional military actions, cyber attacks can have dangerous consequences – especially when they target critical infrastructure systems controlled by the private sector.
Treating non-violent cyber attacks as warfare could lead to unnecessary escalation.
Countries may be forced to choose whether they side with the US or China when it comes to Huawei.
A new strategy for U.S. Cyber Command seeks to block enemies from achieving their objectives – but may not be successful, and could have unforeseen consequences.
Cyber attacks need two components – the tools to exploit vulnerabilities and the people with the expertise to deploy them.
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.
The international community should set bright line rules on appropriate responses to cyber attacks before an expansive reading of the “self-defense” clause triggers war.
Countries affected by prolonged periods of cyber warfare need peacekeeping assistance to recover.
It won’t be like an army of robots marching in the streets, but AI hacking is on the horizon.
The Australian Defence Force’s new Information Warfare Division will require time and political capital to shape a capable workforce.
WikiLeaks’ latest release details what it claims is the CIA’s hacking activities, including compromising phones, TVs, cars and becoming an NSA with less accountability.
Kenya recently expressed fear that Al-Shabaab could interfere with the electronic voting system during the upcoming general election. Are cyber attacks a real threat in Africa?
For allies of the United States, the reality of a Donald Trump presidency has just begun to sink in.
How the internet has made us terrifyingly vulnerable.
With the DNC email leak and Trump calling on Russia to hack Clinton’s emails, concern about foreign meddling in the 2016 presidential election process is rising. Is e-voting the next cyber battleground?
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Director of Electronic Warfare Research, City St George's, University of London
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Strategic Studies at the Marine Corps University School of Advanced Warfighting; Scholar-in-Residence, American University School of International Service
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Fellow for Cyber-security and Internet Governance, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey
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Professor of Practice of Computing Security, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Sussex
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Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University
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Advocate, Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi
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Senior Lecturer, School of Global Affairs, Lancaster University
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Research Associate, King's College London
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia