Global Frequency - 25 May 2025

Export restrictions failed, a cyber readiness reserve, and Russia is literally fishing for intelligence.

This past week marked the 30th anniversary of my thesis entitled "National Security in the Information Age" which did a surprisingly excellent job of not only predicting the threats and challenges of the past 30 years, but also the policy, technical, and business steps to help navigate and resolve them. If you've never given it a read, I'd love to hear your thoughts. This week on the Global Frequency...

National Security in the Information Age (Thesis Link)

New law targets deep fakes and non-consensual videos and images. (Read More)

Can we make autonomous cars safer by making them act more "human"? (Read More)

Fired by DOGE? UAE has a job for you. (Read More)

Luma stealer cybercrime activity disrupted with global takedown. (Read More)

Some major newspapers used AI to generate summer reading lists and their hallucinated results were printed with completely made-up titles included. (Read More)

Indonesians are increasingly being trafficked for call scam centers. (Read More)

Hack of contractor Opexus was at root of massive federal data breach. (Read More)

Russian GRU targeting Western logistics entities and technology companies. (Read More)

Russia claims it is victim of cyberattack during major outage. (Read More)

The US Clearance Readiness Reserve is needed. I proposed this idea to Cyber Command in 2021. (Read More)

Nvidia CEO says chip export restrictions failed and spawned a new generation of innovation in China. (Read More)

Russian fishing companies sanctioned over espionage activities. (Read More)

US cellular provider confirms outage due to cyber attack. (Read More)

Fact or Fiction:

"The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck" by David Spiegelhalter navigates the mathematical complexities of uncertainty in a way that satisfies the nerds while remaining accessible to those without an affinity for math (myself included). This is one of those books that I've already highlighted for a second reading or at least a repeat read through the numerous sections I've highlighted. (Amazon Link)

Quote of the Week:

"Some walk in darkness and some walk in light but those who carry the flame walk in both worlds at once." - Patricia Walsh