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Bluesky Should Outsmart China's Public Opinion Monitoring Tools to Safeguard Public Discourse
The Chinese government has leveraged public opinion analysis systems to target U.S. social media platforms to tamper with public discourse in the past…
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Eugenio Benincasa
Sichuan Silence Information Technology: Great Sounds are Often Inaudible
Formerly very public, Sichuan Silence has gone quiet since 2020; but as part of a circle of Chengdu-based jack-of-all-trades infosec companies, it…
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Natto Team

November 2024

October 2024

Ransom-War in Real Time, Final Case Study: Tumultuous 2021
What do Russia's low-trust political culture and Putin's "zero-sum sovereignty" have to do with Colonial Pipeline?
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Natto Team
It's Not Magic: Making Your Choice is Powerful
Just as authoritarian governments are not monolithic, politics in democratic societies should be a common effort; please vote!
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The Red Dragon Searches for Pearls Through Quantum Tunneling – But You’ve Got the Wrong Paper
A September paper, soon hushed up, shows Chinese researchers may have discovered a class of quantum-annealing algorithm capable of attacking…
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Natto Team
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Ransom-War and Russian Political Culture: Trust, Corruption, and Putin's Zero-Sum Sovereignty
Recent Western government revelations about EvilCorp flesh out how Russian ransomware actors and the Russian government use each other to navigate a…
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Natto Team
Business Priorities of Chinese Cyber Range Providers Go Hand in Hand with State Cyber Capability Development
China’s cyber range market booms, fueled by the state’s demand for developing capable cyber talent and improving the effectiveness of “attack and…
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Eugenio Benincasa
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Chinese Threat Groups That Use Ransomware and Ransomware Groups That Use Chinese Names
Chinese threat groups are increasingly deploying ransomware for political reasons –but not all Chinese-named ransomware groups are Chinese
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Natto Team

September 2024

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