The street artist Andrea Villa installs an anti-war poster depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden on April 16, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images) After a sleepy primary season, Russia enters 2024 U.S. election fray Russian influence operations have picked up steam in the past two months, according to a Microsoft report. Apr 17, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
Confetti flies over the stage and crowd as Taiwan’s president-elect from the Democratic Progressive Party, Lai Ching-te, speaks to supporters at a rally at the party’s headquarters on January 13, 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan. Lai was among the politicians targeted by AI-generated propaganda. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images) Chinese hackers turn to AI to meddle in elections Beijing’s influence operations are experimenting with synthetically generated content to carry out influence operations, per Microsoft report. Apr 5, 2024 By Derek B. Johnson
(Jeffrey Coolidge/Getty Images) Microsoft says Chinese hacking crew is targeting Taiwan A group dubbed Flax Typhoon has targeted "dozens" of Taiwanese organizations, according to new research from Microsoft. Aug 24, 2023 By AJ Vicens
A Taiwanese flag during a 2019 rally to mark Taiwan’s National Day in Hong Kong. (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images) Dmitri Alperovitch on Taiwan, China and Putin’s probing cyberattacks The former CrowdStrike executive and co-founder of Silverado Policy Accelerator says Americans need to understand Taiwan's strategic value. Oct 14, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley
A US military aircraft with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on board prepares to land at Sungshan Airport in Taipei on August 2, 2022. – Pelosi landed in Taiwan on August 2 evening, defying days of increasingly stark warnings from China that have sent tensions between the world’s two superpowers soaring.(Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) Taiwanese government sites hit with DDoS attacks ahead of Pelosi’s visit One attack appears to have shut down the president of Taiwan's website Tuesday before Nancy Pelosi's historic visit. Aug 2, 2022
This picture taken on Sept. 22, 2021 shows honor guards marching in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. Beijing views Taiwan as part of China. (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images) The Ukraine war could provide a cyberwarfare manual for Chinese generals eyeing Taiwan China's certainly watching Russia's missteps in cyberspace, as well as the U.S. response. Jul 5, 2022 By Tim Starks
(Getty Images) Backbone is everything, don’t be owned by your infrastructure: Lessons from Ukraine for America Russia — in its Soviet incarnation — was the source of Ukraine’s infrastructure. Postwar pipes for everything from water to telecommunications in Ukraine is Russian in origin. Feb 28, 2022 By Frank Cilluffo Sharon Cardash
Baby monitors are among the types of devices that use the software (Getty Images). Mandiant, CISA urge ThroughTrek customers to fix software bug in millions of baby monitors, cameras Security issues in the IoT industry run deep, and a single vulnerability often affects multiple vendors. Aug 17, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas
A semiconductor silicon wafer being tested. (Getty Images) Suspected Chinese hackers target telecoms, research in Taiwan, Recorded Future says Hackers also targeted academia, research and development, and government organizations in Nepal, the Philippines and Taiwan. Jul 8, 2021 By Tonya Riley
A McDonald’s at an intersection in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by �� Bohemian Nomad Picturemakers/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) McDonald’s discloses hack of customer data in South Korea and Taiwan The burger chain, which reported $19.2 billion revenue last year, becomes the latest fast food vendor to have customer data stolen by hackers. Jun 11, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas