"...the ICT-driven hybrid warfare landscape - at this point - has been digitally carpet bombed by both the Chinese and Russians - burning and smoldering." This week, the Washington Post reports that …
In the Bitzlato Case, the Crackdown on Crypto Exchanges and Russian Cybercrime Activities are One in the Same
As reported by Aaron Schaffer at the Washington Post: "The Biden administration debuted a new power yesterday for fighting Russian cybercrime and rolled out the first major public move of a new …
Sanctioning a cryptocurrency protocol: What does that mean for Web3?
In August 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Treasury Department sanctioned a cryptocurrency “mixer” – programmes used to increase the anonymity of crypto …
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Will the United States Ever Accept that Cyber Espionage Is Vital for China’s National Security?
National security interests generally guide and develop states’ policy formulation particularly when governments factor in political, diplomatic, military, economic, and societal considerations into …
Crypto’s nightmare scenario is here
While Coinbase’s problems with the SEC have flared up just in the past week, they represent the exact scenario that has been keeping crypto executives up at night for far longer. In fact, Coinbase …
Is Digital Advertising the ‘Mother of All Money Laundries?’
With media credibility watchdog NewsGuard reporting that over 1,600 top brands ran thousands of ads on sites that promoted false claims ahead of the 2020 Election and fueled the Capitol riot, the …
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Cardless ATMs Introduce New Account Takeover Fraud and Money Laundering Risks, FBI Says
A Federal Bureau of Investigation liaison information report exposed in the Blue Leaks hack of sensitive law-enforcement data last July warned the financial services sector about scammers using …
Sinaloa Cartel-Linked “Freelancers” Introduce ESG-Friendly Meth recipe to Netherlands, EncroChat Probe Reveals
Sinaloa cartel-linked freelancers have brought their sustainable meth-cooking recipe to the Netherlands, Dutch investigators say, citing new evidence uncovered in the EncroChat encrypted crime-network …
Covid19 Related Geopolitical Questions To Drive Your Strategic Planning
As we have written before, the number one goal of all of us in this pandemic is preservation of life, but we also have to protect our way of life, the system that should endure long into the future. …
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Bellingcat OSINT Investigation: An Analysis of Nicaragua’s “Volunteer Police” Paramilitary Arsenal
Open-Source Intelligence Forum Bellingcat has published a report on Nicaragua’s use of paramilitary organizations to quell the country’s protests in 2018, prompting renewed criticism against the uses …