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Singapore Drops the Name, Shifting the Game
Singapore’s public attribution of cyber intrusions to UNC3886 marks a shift in its stance toward China, departing from past discretion. The move highlights the role of attribution as both technical evidence and strategic messaging. China’s swift counteraccusations illustrate a pattern in hostile influence, redirecting attention and reframing narratives to challenge Singapore’s position and shape international perception.
6 days ago


Targeting Taiwan: An Influence Campaign with Benefits
Between March and April 2025, Doublethink Lab identified a coordinated influence campaign on Threads involving 51 fake accounts posing as Taiwanese users, spreading anti-DPP narratives alongside sexually suggestive content. The operation showed signs of outsourced amplification, blending political messaging with dating spam.
Aug 8


Influence Rebranded: The African Initiative
Examiniation of a recent VIGINUM report (June 2025), which analyzes the activities and organizational structure of the "African Initiative," an organization operating across several African countries.
Jul 1


Meta Takes Down Global CIB Operations from Iran, China, and Romania
Meta’s latest Adversarial Threat Report details the detection and dismantling of three global Coor-dinated Inauthentic Behaviour (CIB) campaigns attributed to actors based in China, Iran, and Romania.
Jun 9


Visibility as Victory: The Strategic Logic of Doppelgänger
This week’s post highlights key findings from Beyond Operation Doppelgänger: A Capability Assessment of the Social Design Agency (Pamment & Tsurtsumia, 2025), published by the Psychological Defence Agency at Lund University. Drawing on over 3,100 leaked internal documents, the study offers new insights into the structure, strategy, and objectives of the Russian influence campaign known as “Doppelgänger.”
May 30


Storm-1516: VIGINUM Report Insights
VIGINUM Report
Storm-1516 is a coordinated Russian disinformation campaign targeting Western democracies. It uses AI, deepfakes, and fake media outlets—often distributed via the CopyCop network—and follows a five-phase operational model. Evidence points to potential links with GRU Unit 29155 and broader state-backed influence networks.
May 18


Commercial Hostile Influence Networks: Anthropic’s Findings on Multi-Client Operations
Anthropic uncovers and disrupts four coordinated influence operations in April 2025, run by a commercial "Influence-as-a-Service" provider. These AI-driven disinformation campaigns—unlinked to any specific state actor—underscore the rising threat of private sector influence operations in digital security, social media manipulation, and global information warfare.
May 9


Years of Deception: ClearSyksec´s Report on a Houthi-Yemeni Influence Network
This week on our blog, we are presenting a new report by ClearSkySec that highlights a compelling case of a long-term influence operation.
Apr 29


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 of Iran’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 Rlection 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


Correctiv and Partners Disrupt Doppelganger's Infrastructure
Correctiv, in collaboration with Qurium, has disrupted the infrastructure of Doppelganger , a Russian-linked propaganda operation. Their...
Dec 3, 2024


Hacktivist Activities: Hunt3r Kill3rs and ClassifiedDocument Leaks
The hacktivist group Hunt3r Kill3rs recently claimed to have leaked excerpts of classified U.S. government documents , allegedly...
Dec 2, 2024


DFRLab Report: Disinformation Targeting U.S. Election
A new investigation reveals how fake videos and bots are being used to spread lies about the 2024 U.S. presidential election. With...
Nov 24, 2024


Cybersecurity Advisory: ASA’s Techniques and Threat Mitigation for Organizations
This report highlights the evolving tactics of Iranian-linked cyber group ASA (Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan), formerly known as Emennet Pasargad
Nov 15, 2024


Failed Influence Operation: The U.S. Strategy to Destabilize Venezuela
This report delves into the U.S.'s failed attempts to destabilize Venezuela's Maduro regime through cyber and influence operations.
Nov 15, 2024


Russian Hybrid Espionage and InfluenceCampaign Targeting Ukrainian Recruits
This report examines UNC5812 conducting hybrid cyber-espionage and influence operations against Ukrainian military recruits.
Nov 15, 2024


Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Report on Post-Election Day Threats to U.S. Elections.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released a report focused specifically on post-Election Day threats.
Nov 4, 2024


Election Report Microsoft
The recent blog report reveals how Russia, Iran, and China are actively working to influence the 2024 U.S. election.
Nov 4, 2024


Report Accuses the U.S. of Global Cyber Espionage and False Flag Operations
China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) recently released a new report on Volt Typhoon, further asserting that...
Oct 28, 2024


Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)Report on Spamouflage Infrastructure
The FDD report uncovered over 25,000 inauthentic Facebook pages , many of which displayed characteristics associated with the Chinese...
Oct 27, 2024


Iran’s Involvement in the IDFLeaks CyberCampaign
The IDFLeaks campaign, initiated in December 2023, exposed the personal information of over 2,200 Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) personnel,...
Sep 24, 2024
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