CyberSecurity Oxford

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/germ…

AI generated videos have entered mainstream American politics. Trump’s deepfakes of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries – replayed by the White House - and counter-fakes by Democrats like Gavin Newsom signal something new: the dawn of synthetic political theatre. thewrap.com/gavin-newsom-t…

I am shocked

MIT engineers clashed over the future of robotics: should progress come from vast data or first-principles models? Data promises adaptability; models offer safety and insight. I agree with most thinkers that the real frontier lies in combining both: empirical “know-how” with theoretical “know-why.”

Those abusing copyright can wield the court’s power to override an internet user’s right to anonymous speech, without permission from a judge. But now that power has been limited. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…

The National Crime Agency has warned of a “deeply concerning” trend of online networks of predominantly teenage boys, dedicated to inflicting harm and committing a range of criminality. Read the full story and find a link to the full NSA here ➡️ nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/sadistic-…

I have a slightly different take on these leaked signal messages of the Trump admin planning the attack on Houthis… Once again, it’s that nobody seems to use Signal SECURELY. If they had, this leak would have been less likely. 🧵1/n

Loose chats sink ships. Why fear foreign hackers when we leak our own war plans? wsj.com/politics/natio…

New Windows zero-day exploited by 11 state hacking groups since 2017 - @serghei bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/… bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…

Poland now has the largest quantum key distribution network in Europe, and second after China. Pionier-Q – 1 770 km.

.@BSAnews just released its cyber priorities for the year, giving the Trump admin some major industry cover to eliminate Biden's corporate cyber responsibility projects, like the SEC incident reporting rule and software attestation requirements. bit.ly/4ikS3Bk

The concept of “Euro Eyes” is gaining traction. But without Britain – Europe’s premier intelligence power – how far or sharply could it really see?

I am extremely proud to share that my new report "DeepSeek, Huawei, Export Controls, and the Future of the U.S.-China AI Race" has just been published by CSIS! This report is chock full of previously not-public information and analysis connecting dozens of data points to assess where DeepSeek's achievements do and do not change the state of U.S.-China AI competition. Tldr: it's not a psyop, and it is a big deal. BUT Huawei's recent success in two areas matters most. 1) getting TSMC to manufacture boatloads of Ascend AI chips, and 2) Smuggling advanced chip-making equipment to SMIC Over the long term, the biggest risk of DeepSeek is that the community of Chinese open source enthusiasts get interested in running DeepSeek models on Huawei CANN software, which could pose a threat to Nvidia's CUDA moat. Right now DeepSeek isn't interested in Ascends because they're lousy chips with dreadful supporting software, but at least the software part could change in a few years. Please read the report and help spread the word! Link in next tweet

Signal is threatening to leave Sweden over a bill demanding a backdoor. Meredith & Signal are staying strong. swedenherald.com/article/signal…

Breaking Update on the ByBit Hack 🚨🚨🚨🚨 It has been confirmed that the Lazarus Group compromised Safe{Wallet}’s AWS S3 bucket and injected malicious javascript code that resulted in a $1,400,000,000 loss. If you report this to Safe, you might get a $500 bounty.

And as we continue to think about liability for software companies, there's an apposite pairing of articles at the top of @TheRecord_Media right now. Catch up on @jgreigj's coverage of the SolarWinds litigation here: therecord.media/judge-tosses-m…

A software update bug from major cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike has caused a global computer outage – the kind of disruption many hackers dream of causing. Cybersecurity certainly has its ironies! therecord.media/crowdstrike-up… @AlexMartin

Is it time for consequent liability for software vendors? And what would that do to the price of software?

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Happening tomorrow! Looking forward to our next event, ‘European Elections 2024: Examining Digital and Far-Right Dynamics’ hosted by @KeeganMcB, @oiioxford with panellists @JulianBKing, @DBonansinga,@liciniagl. Tues 04 June 13:00-14.00 BST. Register here: bit.ly/3V9S94J