A piece at euobserver today purports to tell the past, present, and future of Russian cyberwar.  All the usual suspects make an appearance: Estonia, Georgia, Ukraine. These operations are portrayed as successful and a portent of dangerous things to come. A couple recent analyses are more balanced, I think. Check out Jason Healey's 2016 CyCon essay [PDF] on winning and … [Read more...] about Russian Cyberwar: Don’t Hype its Effects
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NATO is Increasingly Worried about Russian Fake News
NATO accused Russia of escalating a disinformation campaign since the Kremlin's 2014 seizure of Ukraine's Crimea region, saying Russian websites such as Sputnik and RT had posted false stories, the alliance's spokeswoman said on Saturday. There is increasing concern among senior NATO and European Union officials over Russia's ability to use television and the Internet to … [Read more...] about NATO is Increasingly Worried about Russian Fake News
Donald Trump Borrows Putin’s Disinformation Playbook
Over at The Daily Beast, Liz Wahl has an interesting take on the similarities between Trump, Putin, and the use of disinformation. "Russian messaging aims to incite existing tensions and deepen existing divisions. It aims to make angry people angrier and paranoid people more paranoid. Its overarching goal is to instill a deep distrust in the political establishment, Western … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Borrows Putin’s Disinformation Playbook
Russia Gets a New Information Security Doctrine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on a new information security doctrine (PDF) for Russia. Reports about the new doctrine highlight Russia's broader conception of information security compared with the United States. The U.S. must come to grips with this broader conception if it is to counter the Russian cyber threat. Reports about the new doctrine in RT and TASS … [Read more...] about Russia Gets a New Information Security Doctrine
Foiled Cyber Attack on Russian Banks; Suspicion that U.S. was Involved
Russia said on Friday it had uncovered a plot by foreign spy agencies to sow chaos in Russia's banking system via a coordinated wave of cyber attacks and fake social media reports about banks going bust. [...] The statement did not say which countries' intelligence agencies were behind the alleged plot. Vice President Biden made statements in October about possible U.S. … [Read more...] about Foiled Cyber Attack on Russian Banks; Suspicion that U.S. was Involved