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Iran Cyber Surge Against Israel Carries Warning for Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
Israel recorded about 4,800 hostile cyber incidents in June, three times the level reported a year earlier. The surge shows why a kinetic ceasefire cannot be treated as a digital ceasefire, and why European infrastructure, professional services and smaller suppliers…
NATO cyber exercise shows Europe is still learning how to fight AI-backed disruption
A NATO cyber simulation in Poland has shown how quickly attacks on energy, banking and public information systems can merge into a single crisis, with allied officials testing responses to a Russia-style campaign shaped by Ukraine’s wartime experience. The three-day…
Russian intelligence drive exposes weak points in Europe’s technology defences
Russia’s intelligence services are intensifying efforts to obtain Western defence and dual-use technology as sanctions restrict Moscow’s access to advanced equipment, software and research. The pattern points to a growing overlap between espionage, cyber operations and sanctions evasion. Russia’s intelligence…
Dutch Seizure of 800 Servers Highlights Europe’s Exposure to Russian Cyber Infrastructure
Dutch investigators have arrested two men and seized hundreds of servers in a sanctions-related investigation into infrastructure allegedly used by Russian-linked cyber actors to target European governments, public services and companies. Dutch financial crime investigators have seized about 800 servers…
Britain and Australia forge AI security alliance amid cyber fears
Britain and Australia have moved to tighten co-operation on artificial intelligence security, as Western governments become increasingly concerned that the race to deploy powerful AI systems is outpacing efforts to contain the risks they create. Under a new agreement announced…
China’s Own ‘Mythos’ Moment Raises Stakes in AI Cyber Race with US
A new warning from former US National Security Council technology official Chris McGuire argues that China could soon develop an AI cyber capability comparable to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, narrowing America’s lead and increasing pressure on Washington to harden critical infrastructure…
Russian cyber-espionage campaign disrupted after router hacks expose users in Ukraine, the EU and the US
Russian military intelligence used compromised Wi-Fi routers in Ukraine, the EU and the United States to intercept sensitive internet traffic, according to a joint operation by the SBU, FBI and European partners that disrupted more than 100 servers and removed…
Cyber actors linked to Russia target messaging app users, FBI warns
The United States has warned that cyber actors associated with Russian intelligence services are targeting users of commercial messaging applications, with Signal identified as a particular focus in a campaign that has already compromised thousands of individual accounts worldwide. In…
Pentagon cyber rules threaten to choke America’s defence supply chain
Washington has a long history of defeating its enemies through industrial might. From the Liberty ships of the Second World War to the semiconductor race with China, America’s power has rested not merely on its armed forces but on the…
Lieutenant General Sir Rob Magowan: The New Custodian of Britain’s Digital Battlefield
Underlining the United Kingdom’s strategic emphasis on the evolving character of modern conflict, Lieutenant General Sir Rob Magowan has been appointed the new Commander of the Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC), a post of profound significance in the defence…
