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China will remain a key investment destination

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CHINA

A crackdown by the authorities on foreign multinationals operating in China, via an amended anti-espionage law, and tightening data control have emerged as considerable…

Weak regulation leaves Mexico vulnerable to cybercrime

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MEXICO

The apparent ransomware attack followed a high-profile attack by ‘hacktivist’ group Guacamaya, on the Ministry of Defence (SEDENA) on September 19. Leaked information included…

Data privacy will move up US regulatory agenda

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UNITED STATES

The FCC approved new rules on October 27 governing how ISPs can use and distribute customers’ personal information to outside entities. These rules shift much of the power over…

Global norms on cyberspace elude UN forum

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INTERNATIONAL

The report has been praised for creating an inclusive platform for discussing malicious state behaviour in cyberspace, but it has failed to make any progress on how rules of…

Image problem crimps China's cybersecurity potential

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CHINA

China's commercial cybersecurity sector.

Preventing US election interference may be too late

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UNITED STATES

With the 2020 US presidential election looming, there is more attention to the threat of foreign interference. In the 2016 presidential election, Russia carried out a broad…

NATO will consolidate collective cyber defence

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INTERNATIONAL

However, the alliance has struggled both to define the precise role it should play in cybersecurity and to execute effective cyber operations, given differences between the 30…

Cyber conflict will probably become more destructive

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INTERNATIONAL

Although Orangeworm is not believed to be state-backed, governments are prioritising the development of offensive cyberweapons but deploying them in different ways. These range…

I-Soon leak exposes scope of China's cyber activity

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CHINA

This leak included corporate documents and internal communications, and detailed a suite of spyware applications developed by Shanghai-based cybersecurity company I-Soon, a…

China's cyberespionage will increase, despite pushback

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CHINA

This report is only the latest illustrating how Chinese actors have stepped up their offensive capabilities. China is ever more of a peer with the United States and other advanced…