THE CYBERWARFARE DESK
State-linked operations, critical infrastructure and the security of connected societies.
Cyberwarfare / News analysis
New research traces how an exposed collaboration server can become a route to disabled defenses and ransomware across a domain. The warning reaches beyond the initial patch.
Cyberwarfare / News analysis
MI5 says a research-funding body supports Chinese intelligence capabilities. Its alert asks institutions to examine funding relationships without assuming every contributor knew their source.
Cyberwarfare / News analysis
Cisco Talos describes a Windows backdoor using Outlook and OneDrive for command traffic. The report makes endpoint context essential to interpreting trusted cloud destinations.
Cyberwarfare / News analysis
The FBI's August announcement offers a case for examining infrastructure disruption as an intervention with measurable, limited goals.
Cyberwarfare / Analysis
A historical look at the December 2024 communications-security guidance, and the operational questions it still raises.
Cyberwarfare / Analysis
An infrastructure match, an activity cluster, and a judgment about state sponsorship answer different questions.
Cyberwarfare / Analysis
The joint advisory made persistent access and the paths toward operational systems central concerns. Its enduring lesson is to examine what an intruder could eventually reach.
Cyberwarfare / Explainer
Cybersecurity controls have to fit the physical process, its failure modes, and the people responsible for keeping it safe.
