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Kim Yo Jong lambasts ‘stupid’ denuclearization calls by ASEAN forum

The North Korean leader’s influential sister Kim Yo Jong dismissed calls by a consortium of Southeast Asian states to de...

Russia seeks 30k more North Korean troops in Ukraine war, Zelensky warns

Russia is preparing to receive 30,000 more North Korean troops to help fight its war against Ukraine, Ukrainian Presiden...

Global Risks Heating Up

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: ...

Shahed-Type Drones Filmed During Mali Village Attacks

Bellingcat has geolocated footage showing Shahed-136 type kamikaze drones in operation in Mali. Defence Blog and France ...

Philip R. Lane: Outlook for the euro area economy

How Iran Uses Cellular Infrastructure to Target US Military Phones

Senior fellow Gary Miller spoke with Cape Cellular about the exploitation of mobile network vulnerabilities to track US ...

Updated Cyber Threat Actor Naming System

Update (July 30): A table listing the new names of select prominent threat actors was appended to this post. Introductio...

CMSSF visit to PACOM highlights maturation of space integration

Throughout the tour, CMSSF observed real-world operations demonstrating how U.S. Space Forces Pacific is actively drivin...

Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)

Hotel Wi-Fi Routers Compromised to Steal Corporate Login Credentials From Visitors

Researchers at ReliaQuest warned of widespread DNS poisoning attacks targeting the hospitality sector as part of a cyber...

ChatGPT Among Top 10 Most Impersonated Brands in Phishing Attacks, Says Check Point

OpenAI’s chatbot tool ChatGPT ranked among the top 10 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks for the first time

Ransomware Attacks Targeting Universities on the Rise

Comparitech’s analysis of incidents in the first half of 2026 finds that the emergence of The Gentlemen ransomware has r...

Lee’s North Korea policy ‘reset’ waits on a Pyongyang that sees no need

For years, South Korea’s policy on North Korea has been built on a goal that Pyongyang now refuses to even discuss. Now,...

Before a Cyber Force, Fix Cyber Governance

Let’s not start picking out uniforms just yet. The chorus calling for a Cyber Force continues to grow by the day, but th...

Careful adoption of Agentic AI in cyber defence

Latest events highlight the growing capabilities of agentic AI, and reinforce that organisations must adopt agentic AI c...

Joint advisory on Russian cyber actors exploiting Zimbra Collaboration Suite

This joint advisory outlines an ongoing campaign by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors exploiting Zimbra Collaboration...

Chaotic Progress: European NATO’s Quest for Stronger Defense

In 2024, Max Bergmann wrote, “NATO Missed a Chance to Transform Itself,” where he argued NATO’s leadership needs to faci...

Russian Hackers Exploit New ‘Zero-Click’ Attack Against Western Organizations

International agencies issue joint alert over state-backed campaign exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Zimbra Co...

Microsoft Copilot Deployments Delayed Over Security Concerns

CoreView research finds that security leadership is concerned about AI Assistant exposing confidential data

Iranian Hackers Target Siemens and Schneider Industrial Systems, CISA Warns

US government agencies have warned that Iranian cyber actors are targeting US-based Siemens and Schneider industrial equ...

The geopolitics of air-conditioning

Heatwaves are making access to AC a political problem around the world

Kourou Conducts First Dual-Payload Lunar Relay Launch

Two communications relays bound for lunar orbit lifted off from French Guiana, the first European dual manifest for cisl...

AI Agents Now the Enterprises Fastest Growing Exposed Attack Surface

Sophos report warns that the rapid adoption of AI by businesses is leaving them vulnerable to a new source of cyber thre...

New Dolphin X Stealer Employs AI Profiling to Prioritize Targets

Dolphin X is a new infostealer that uses AI to sort and rank victims, giving cybercriminals a faster way to identify luc...

Rotterdam Opens First Large-Scale Hydrogen Import Terminal

The ammonia-cracking facility can supply a tenth of Dutch industrial hydrogen demand, with expansion already sanctioned.

America Needs an Off-Ramp Between Doing Nothing and Shutting AI Down

For 18 days in June, two of America’s most capable AI models went dark worldwide, not for technical or business reasons,...

Two-Thirds of Ransomware Victims Say AI Boosted Attack Effectiveness

A new study of organizations which have fallen victim to ransomware suggests the rise of AI-tools being used by hackers ...

Rudiger Frank on North Korea’s hidden middle class: North Korea Unpacked

This month, Dr. Rüdiger Frank joins North Korea Unpacked with Jacco Zwetsloot to discuss how decades of marketization ha...

Seoul warns North Korean mines ‘highly likely’ drifted south after rainfall

The South Korean military warned that heavy rainfall in North Korea is highly likely to have washed away land mines plan...

Beyond the photo ops: What lies behind North Korea and China’s diplomatic surge

After years of pandemic isolation and sparse political contact, North Korea and China are suddenly back in the business ...

Russia vows support for North Korea’s nuclear, military buildup

Russia supports North Korea’s military and nuclear arms buildup, Moscow’s top diplomat said Wednesday, reiterating Mosco...

TrickBot Ditches HTTP for DNS Tunneling in Latest Variant

New TrickBot variant hides C2 communication inside DNS queries, replacing decade-old HTTP pattern

Open AI Claims Its AI Models Went Rogue and Hacked Another Company

Hugging Face recently disclosed a security breach. OpenAI has now said that it was its AI models which broke containment...

Ubuntu snap-confine Vulnerability Enables Local Root Access

New Ubuntu snap-confine race condition lets local users escalate to root on default installs

Google Makes CodeMender Available as Managed AI Security Agent

CodeMender actively builds and runs exploits in customer-managed sandboxes to verify if vulnerabilities are truly exploi...

Zurich Trading Houses Report Shift in Commodity Finance Flows

Swiss traders describe a steady migration of commodity credit lines toward Gulf and Asian lenders.

Darwin Fuel Storage Expansion Clears Final Approval

A further 300 megalitres of military-grade fuel storage has been approved for the Darwin area, extending sustainment mar...

Total War on Taipei: China Explores Elevating Cognitive Effects into Its Vision of Warfare

In March 2025, China’s military researchers published a concept describing how to rapidly capture and subdue the city of...

US renews North Korea travel ban for 10th year

The United States extended its ban on Americans traveling to North Korea for the tenth consecutive year, citing continue...

South Korea detains cargo ship over suspected North Korean sanctions violations

South Korean authorities have detained a cargo ship over suspected violations of U.N. sanctions on North Korea, Seoul’s ...