On the earth of cybersecurity, there may be at all times one certainty: extra hacks. That’s the unavoidable fixed in an trade that may spend an estimated $150 billion worldwide this yr with out having the ability, but once more, to really cease hackers.
This previous yr has seen Russian authorities hacks geared toward Ukraine; extra ransomware in opposition to hospitals and colleges—and in opposition to entire governments too; a seemingly countless sequence of expensive crypto hacks; and high-profile hacks of corporations like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Video games, the final hack allegedly carried out by youngsters.
However whereas all some of these hacks will proceed subsequent yr and within the close to future, cybersecurity consultants don’t consider subsequent yr shall be all doom and gloom for cybersecurity. Learn the complete story to search out out why.
—Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Have a look again over a few of this yr’s most thought-provoking cyber safety tales:
+ Erik Prince desires to promote you a “safe” smartphone that’s too good to be true. MIT Know-how Overview obtained Prince’s investor presentation for the “RedPill Telephone” again in August, which promised greater than it might presumably ship. Learn the complete story.
+ Hackers linked to China have been focusing on human rights teams for years. A hacking group linked to China has spent the final three years focusing on human rights organizations, assume tanks, information media, and businesses of a number of overseas governments. Learn the complete story.+ The US army desires to grasp a very powerful software program on Earth. Open-source code runs on each laptop on the planet—and retains America’s crucial infrastructure going. DARPA is frightened about whether or not it may be trusted. Learn the complete story.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to search out you at the moment’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 Chinese language protestors are rejecting zero covid
It’s the widest demonstration of dissent that President Xi Jinping has ever confronted. (Economist $)
+ Information of the protests on Twitter has been intentionally obscured by pornography. (WP $)
+ Why demonstrators have been holding up clean sheets of paper. (BBC)
+ The protests are nationwide and multi-faceted. (FT $)
+ The protests have dealt Xi’s status a hammer blow. (Nikkei Asia)
