Cyber Security
Cyber espionage and US-China relations: The world's biggest candy store
Don't believe anything you read on the cyber espionage spat between US and China. Depending on who's talking, the US is a 'thief crying stop thief' and a 'mincing rascal'; or…
US indictment of Chinese hackers: No way out
On 19 May, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted five officers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) on charges of hacking the computers of six US entities to benefit China's…
Democratic oversight of intelligence agencies: A primer
Revelations about mass intelligence gathering by the US and its allies serve the useful purpose of highlighting the need for, and proper role of, intelligence oversight in…
The silence of the lambs: The public service, leaks, and whistleblowing in Australia
It is little wonder that it was an Australian, Julian Assange, who set up the world's first secrecy leaking website, WikiLeaks. And it should be equally unsurprising that the…
Snowden and the struggle for new cyber-surveillance rules
It's 7:15am and you're in a conference room, the same room you sit in every working morning. At the head of the table sits the head of your country's domestic security service…
Australia needs a cyber white paper
The idea of cyberspace as a common global good has yet to find its place in Australia.
Ensuring that sea lanes remain open for navigation throughout the Indo-Pacific was a…
Dumbing down cyberwar: Is the US military ready for simpler cyberweapons?
America's military science lab DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is now spending $110 million 'to allow those with little or no hacking experience to engage in…
Interview: Peter Singer on cybersecurity and cyberwar, part 3
This is part 3 of my email interview with Peter Singer, co-author of a new book called Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (link takes you to the book's…
Interview: Peter Singer on cybersecurity and cyberwar, part 2
This is part 2 of my email interview with Peter Singer, co-author of a new book called Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (link takes you to the book's…
Interview: Peter Singer on cybersecurity and cyberwar
Brookings Institution scholar Peter Singer will be well known to many Interpreter readers for a number of books about the evolution of modern warfare, particularly Wired for War,…