The laziness of hackers is making them smarter. Technological advance is offering new techniques to malign actors and honeypots provide the opportunity to observe how hackers operate. In new types of attack the “dirty work” is carried out by the machine drastically cutting human involvement and time. What it is worrying is not only that […]
Russia: a difficult bear to lure Read More »
As the fallout from the attempted murder of the Skripals continues, attention is turning to what punitive action could be taken against Russia – and how the Kremlin might respond in kind. While there seems agreement that this will not go well for Britain, what should not slip under the radar is the degree to
Russia: The Wolf in the Woods Read More »
Think of the mighty Russian war machine and what do you think of? Massed ranks patrolling through Red Square, Russian submarines conducting operations off the coast of England, Russian jets ‘buzzing’ Ukrainian territory. It may even be the infamous ‘inflatable tanks’ arrayed along the borders as part of the doctrine of maskirovka – masking. And
Russia: The Mask of The Red State Read More »
Regardless of whether one believes President Trump gained power via Russian ‘collusion’ or somehow managed to influence the British public’s decision to vote for Brexit, etc, one thing is absolutely certain in today’s post-truth world. While the cracks of disunity emerge between the so-called allied countries to reveal the true playing field in the world
Putin and Xi Jinping are the ones looking presidential Read More »
Since the formal break up of the USSR at the end of 1991, the majority of the former Soviet bloc countries would certainly appear to offer great, albeit still risky, investment opportunities in one form or another to the wealthy speculative investor. That view is perhaps easy to understand given the geopolitical position Russia finds
Russia: Still the USSR in all but name Read More »
