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Codebreakers Hack Sepah Bank: Financial Motive or Influence Operation?
This week, we examine the recent developments involving the hackergroup "Codebreakers" and the Iranian Sepah Bank, which have surprisingly not made international headlines yet.
Apr 17


VIGINUM REPORT: WAR IN UKRAINE
This week, we are also reviewing the latest VIGINUM report . While it presents few new insights, it offers a structured overview of key...
Apr 2


Norway´s Threat Assessment Report 2025
This week, we examine Norway’s most recent national threat assessment (1) , which delineates key developments and emerging dynamics...
Apr 1


Countermeasures and defense against AI-driven disinformation
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world at a rapid pace, increasingly shaping various aspects of life. With its...
Mar 3


Deepfakes and multilingual misinformation: The challenges of tracking AI-generated disinformation
The rapid advancement of AI-generated content has transformed the landscape of disinformation, making it harder than ever to detect and...
Feb 23


Google’s Report: The AI Use for Disinformation and Information Operations
State-linked actors from Iran, China, and Russia use AI tools like Google’s Gemini to enhance disinformation and information operations...
Feb 10


Meta’s Ad Transparency: Progress or Propaganda
A new report reveals how sanctioned Russian entities are exploiting Meta’s ad platform to spread state-sponsored propaganda. Despite...
Feb 4


Russian Disinformation Campaign Aims at German Federal Election
Ahead of Germany’s 2025 federal election, 102 fake news websites were discovered spreading pro-Russian disinformation to influence public...
Feb 4


Parsian Afzar Rayan Borna, a key instrument ofIran’s Disinformation Campaigns
A new report by Iran International raises allegations against the Iranian IT company Parsian Afzar Rayan Borna. According to the report,...
Jan 28


China´s Influence Operations (IO) in Taiwan
A recent report by Taiwan's National Security Bureau illuminates the escalating influence operations (IO) conducted by the Chinese...
Jan 21


Fact-checking and its limitations to combat Influence Campaigns
Meta’s shift from independent fact-checkers to user-driven “community notes” sparks debate over the effectiveness of moderating...
Jan 21


US Sanctions against Beijing-Based Cybersecurity Firm Integrity Tech
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Beijing-based cybersecurity firm Integrity Tech , alleging...
Jan 14


Cyberattack on U.S. Treasury attributed to Chinese Actors
Unclassified U.S. Department of the Treasury systems were breached through vulnerabilities in a contractor’s security system. Hackers...
Jan 14


Romanian Election and findings of snoop.ro
A recent investigation by Snoop.ro sheds light on the role of influencer campaigns in Romanian politics. At the center is a...
Jan 7


The Moldovan government report on Russian election interference
The Moldovan Intelligence and Security Service (SIS) has published a report investigating Russian interference in the 2024 referendum on...
Jan 6


Influence Operation and Impact on Romanian Election Outcome
This Blog Post examines how Romania's 2024 presidential election was annulled due to coordinated disinformation campaigns and foreign...
Dec 29, 2024


A Rising Influence Operation
This Blog Post by the Cyfluence Research Center analyzes a recent influence operation. The focus is on the X account “ElectionsFocus.” ...
Dec 15, 2024


Insights from Google and Mandiant`s Glassbridge Report
The Glassbridge Report, released by Google’s Threat Intelligence Group in collaboration with Mandiant, analyzes a large-scale pro-China...
Dec 10, 2024


Recorded Future’s Analysis of Operation Undercut
Recorded Future’s report on Operation Undercut details a covert influence campaign by Russia’s Social Design Agency (SDA), active since...
Dec 9, 2024


CrowdSTrike’s Intelligence Assessment
CrowdStrike’s recent intelligence assessment identifies LIMINAL PANDA as a cyber threat actor aligned with Chinese strategic objectives,...
Dec 3, 2024
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