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“It’s 100 percent Pol Pot,” a senior military officer explained. “There’s very much a Leninist angle here, like, we’re going to tell you the sky is green, and so the sky is green.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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In its harsh honesty and tender attentiveness to the humanity of those doing the fighting, “2000 Meters to Andriivka” is a masterpiece of bitterness and brutality, writes Christian Caryl.
A War Film to Change All War Films
An Oscar-shortlisted documentary shows actual battle in startling clarity.
foreignpolicy.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Last chance to register for - ‘The Defector: The untold story of the KGB agent who exposed the CIA and saved MI5’

With BAFTA-winning and twice Emmy-nominated producer
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November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The FT's top 10 novels of the year. Have you read any of them? Have you read all of them? on.ft.com/4ildcwb
Best books of 2025: Fiction
Maria Crawford selects her must-read titles
on.ft.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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The Art of Pivoting - Techniques for Intelligence Analysts to Discover New Relationships in a Complex World

This open source book explores how intelligence and cyber-security analysts can uncover hidden links between threat actor infrastructure and ongoing […]

[Original post on infosec.exchange]
December 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Are you a security researcher or journalist? We want to hear from you — please take this survey!

Dissent Doe at DataBreaches.net, and yours truly at this.weekinsecurity.com, are running this survey to explore the state of legal demands and criminal threats in cybersecurity.
Survey about legal and criminal threats experienced by journalists and security researchers
Researchers who try to responsibly disclose leaks, vulnerabilities, and other security breaches or mishaps may face legal threats or lawsuits. Similarly, journalists may find themselves threatened wit...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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#ESETresearch has detected a new MSIL loader, named #BlackHawk, protected by three layers of obfuscation, all of which show strong signs of being AI-generated. 1/9
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Apple was very smart to send Ivan Krstić, who's been fighting spyware and exploit makers for years now, to Hexacon, a conference attended by a lot of spyware and exploit makers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du8B...
HEXACON 2025 - Keynote by Ivan Krstić
YouTube video by Hexacon
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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My books of the year (though not necessarily published this year), in no particular order. First choice: “The Unaccountability Machine” by Dan Davies. An essential read for anyone who wants to understand why big organisations constantly screw up,
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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warontherocks.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The Intelligence & Security Committee's Annual Report 2023-2025 has just been released.

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isc.independent.gov.uk
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Wake me up when we’re done negotiating with ourselves and Russia actually joins the table.
December 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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"I'm trying now to give new advice to a new generation."

Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.

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December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Proud to share new research by Amazon Threat Intelligence detailing recent activity by Sandworm/APT44 🇷🇺 targeting US and European energy, critical infrastructure, and managed security provider networks via vulnerable and misconfigured network edge devices. #threatintel aws.amazon.com/blogs/securi...
Amazon Threat Intelligence identifies Russian cyber threat group targeting Western critical infrastructure | Amazon Web Services
As we conclude 2025, Amazon Threat Intelligence is sharing insights about a years-long Russian state-sponsored campaign that represents a significant evolution in critical infrastructure targeting: a ...
aws.amazon.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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🚨New publication in KCSI Insights — “Doc­u­ment Exploita­tion in Anglo-Amer­i­can Intelligence” by Dr. Michael A. Innes

🔗 Link: kcsi.uk/kcsi-insight...
Document Exploitation in Anglo-American Intelligence
kcsi.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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The Santa clause: America’s unrealistic new national security strategy offers Europeans an opportunity

theins.ru/en/opinion/d...
The Santa clause: America’s unrealistic new national security strategy offers Europeans an opportunity
In early December, the Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy that announced a sweeping overhaul of U.S. foreign policy. Built around the principle of “America First,” the docu...
theins.ru
December 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Hey we just had a bunch of Sherpas tote plutonium up a 25,000 ft mountain in India once and then we just left it up there www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Good news: Krigens Logik (The Logic of War) is being released in English on December 17. Initially it’ll ship from Denmark, but we’re working on a more flexible international solution.

The follow-up, Krigens Politik (The Politics of War), is expected in English in the first half of 2026.
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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If quoting Peter Pomerantsev @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social and Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat @eliothiggins.bsky.social weren't enough, describing X as "a Russian nesting doll of bullshit" is all you need to know this will be a good read.

Definitely worth 5 minutes of your time, and a gift link too!
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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#ESETresearch discovered and analyzed a previously undocumented malicious tool for network devices that we have named #EdgeStepper, enabling China-aligned #PlushDaemon APT to perform adversary-in-the-middle to hijack updates to deliver malware. www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-rese... 1/5
PlushDaemon compromises network devices for adversary-in-the-middle attacks
ESET researchers have discovered a network implant used by the China-aligned PlushDaemon APT group to perform adversary-in-the-middle attacks.
www.welivesecurity.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Italy's defence minister urges the West to counter a growing number of potentially “catastrophic” Russian hybrid attacks. He calls it absurd that the West does so little. Italy has just released a hybrid-threat document, even though it does not border Russia. www.difesa.it/assets/alleg...
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM