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Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 1

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Back in the 1990s, cyberwarfare was a word rarely used in the West – and definitely unheard of in China, which was just taking its first steps on the Internet. Two Chinese military officers, veterans of the semi-conflict with Taiwan, helped shape the role of cyber in modern warfare in China and beyond.

Host Ran Levy is joined by special guest Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (retired) Bill Hagestad, a leading international authority on cyberwarfare and Chinese cyber operations and capabilities specifically – check it out…

China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 1 Transcript

What is cyberwar?

It’s such a trendy term these days that it’s hard to tell. On the news, you hear that the U.S. is in a cyber war with Russia, or with China, or with Iran. Russia is in a cyber war with the U.S., and Ukraine, and half the continent of Europe. And there’s China, and Israel, and…

Who cares? Seriously, if Russia hacks into the U.S. Department of Things That Don’t Concern Me, or into some politician’s emails, does it even matter? It doesn’t seem like war. Remember real war? You could get shot in a real war. Cyber wars seem kind of sucky in comparison.

“[Nate] I was thinking about this, recently, after a discussion I had with Bill Hagestad.”

BILL HAGESTAD
“[Hagestad] Yes. Good day! My name is Bill Hagestad, a Retired Lieutenant Colonel of the US Marine Corps, served almost three decades serving our country, a couple of tours in Iraq.”

Bill has a different kind of view on what cyberwar is all about. To get the full picture, you have to understand where he’s coming from.

“[Nate How would you describe your relationship with the Chinese government because I have trouble doing so?

[Hagestad] [Laughs] Yes. I make – I’m very transparent about it. I am actually a visiting scholar at the People’s Liberation Army’s number one think tank out of Jiangsu Province in the People’s Republic of China known as the Knowfar Institute.”

The number one think tank for the PLA. A place no Westerner should be allowed within 1,000 yards of.

“[Nate] And I mean no offense when I ask, what did the Chinese gain by keeping you…

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Cyberwarfare, U.S./Russia Relations, and Ukraine

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In a Daily Beast article published on April 13, 2021, Julia Davis writes that, “the head of the Kremlin-funded RT and Sputnik news agencies believes Russia will invade Ukraine, sparking a conflict with the U.S. that will force entire cities into blackouts.”
Also, according to a White House produced readout of a recent call between Presidents Biden and Putin, the leaders discussed a potential upcoming summit as well as Russia’s military buildup and the ongoing tensions centering around Ukraine.

Tensions between the United States and Russia are nothing new, but have recently intensified as a result of findings of Russian interference in US elections, the high profile SolarWinds cyberattack, and the Biden administrations implementation of a new round of sanctions. With no indications of relief on the horizon, what should we expect in the future? Will a cyber attack against the U.S be next? Should we be on high alert? Are we already? Or could we see a resolution of some sort between the two leaders?

On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by Claire Finkelstein, professor of law and philosophy from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School/Penn Law and General Charles J. Dunlap Jr., former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, and professor from Duke Law. They discuss national security, potential threat of cyber warfare, U.S./Russia relations before and after interference in our elections, UN involvement, international law, and what kind of cyber protections are needed.

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Personal data, fodder for cyberwarfare? New models for stepping up cybersecurity

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In today’s increasingly digital world, cybersecurity is paramount. The upsurge in cyberattacks has far-reaching effects, from jeopardizing users’ private data to sparking all out cyberwar, not to mention threatening private businesses’ intellectual property. In such volatile times, the only approach is to adopt new models and applications that can address these problems efficiently.

More awake to this issue than most, Regner Sabillon, a doctoral student at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), dissects these models in his thesis, Digital Forensics Assessment, Cyberlaw Review and Cybercrime Analysis to Enforce Cybersecurity. The Importance of Cybersecurity Audits, Assurance, Awareness and Training, which benefited from co-supervision by professors and researchers Jordi Serra from the Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications and Víctor Cavaller from the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences. The research breaks down multiple case studies and highlights the importance of taking appropriate measures to shield data against cyberattacks. Sabillon’s academic undertaking has now been reworked into a book titled Cyber Security Auditing, Assurance, and Awareness Through CSAM and CATRAM, which has been named the best new cybersecurity book to read in 2021 by United States website BookAuthority.

The book underscores the need to upgrade security models to ward off the increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks waged against anyone from top-tier institutions to ordinary citizens, with businesses and government agencies also caught in the crossfire. Cavaller explained that the research involved an “extensive review of cybersecurity systems that are being implemented worldwide in different organizations” and that the book “proposes Audit and Awareness Training models that are extremely useful and that have been successfully applied in several institutions with results that have radically improved the capacity of computer protection.” “This research…

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Hizballah Renews Its Cyberwarfare » Mosaic

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According to a recent survey, three fourths of the Palestinian residents of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip would like to see national elections, which have not occurred in over a decade. Presumably, then, a majority were pleased to hear that the Palestinian Authority’s president, Mahmoud Abbas, announced on January 15 that elections for the legislature and presidency will take place this summer. But Ghaith al-Omari is skeptical that—given the ongoing rift between Hamas and Fatah—elections will take place, and worries that if they do, they will not have salutary effects.

Read more at Washington Institute for Near East Policy


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Gaza Strip, Hamas, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, U.S. Foreign policy

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