cybersecurity’s subsequent act, and mass protests in China

On this planet of cybersecurity, there’s at all times one certainty: extra hacks. That’s the unavoidable fixed in an trade that can 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 aimed toward Ukraine; extra ransomware in opposition to hospitals and faculties—and in opposition to complete governments too; a seemingly limitless 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 a majority of these hacks will proceed subsequent yr and within the close to future, cybersecurity consultants don’t imagine subsequent yr can be all doom and gloom for cybersecurity. Learn the total story to seek 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 needs to promote you a “safe” smartphone that’s too good to be true. MIT Expertise Evaluation obtained Prince’s investor presentation for the “RedPill Cellphone” again in August, which promised greater than it may presumably ship. Learn the total story.

+ Hackers linked to China have been concentrating on human rights teams for years. A hacking group linked to China has spent the final three years concentrating on human rights organizations, assume tanks, information media, and businesses of a number of international governments. Learn the total story.+ The US army needs to know crucial software program on Earth. Open-source code runs on each pc on the planet—and retains America’s crucial infrastructure going. DARPA is anxious about whether or not it may be trusted. Learn the total story.

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to seek out you in the present day’s most enjoyable/essential/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 repute a hammer blow. (Nikkei Asia)