In the world of cybersecurity, there may be all the time one certainty: extra hacks. That is the unavoidable fixed in an business that can spend an estimated $150 billion worldwide this 12 months with out having the ability, but once more, to really cease hackers.
This previous 12 months has seen Russian authorities hacks geared toward Ukraine; extra ransomware towards hospitals and colleges—and towards complete governments too; a seemingly countless collection of pricey crypto hacks; and high-profile hacks of firms like Microsoft, Nvidia, and Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games, the final hack allegedly carried out by youngsters.
But whereas all these kind of hacks will proceed subsequent 12 months and within the close to future, cybersecurity specialists don’t consider subsequent 12 months can be all doom and gloom for cybersecurity. Read the full story to search out out why.
—Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Take a glance again over a few of this 12 months’s most thought-provoking cyber safety tales:
+ Erik Prince desires to promote you a “secure” smartphone that’s too good to be true. MIT Technology Review obtained Prince’s investor presentation for the “RedPill Phone” again in August, which promised greater than it might probably ship. Read the full 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. Read the full story.+ The US army desires to know crucial software program on Earth. Open-source code runs on each laptop on the planet—and retains America’s essential infrastructure going. DARPA is frightened about whether or not it may be trusted. Read the full story.
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to search out you at present’s most enjoyable/essential/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 Chinese protestors are rejecting zero covid
It’s the widest demonstration of dissent that President Xi Jinping has ever confronted. (Economist $)
+ News 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 fame a hammer blow. (Nikkei Asia)
