CLAWS Cyber Index I Volume I I Issue 10
This edition of the CLAWS Cyber Index offers a comprehensive overview of pivotal cyber and geostrategic developments shaping global security. It highlights NATO’s deepening reliance on commercial satellite intelligence through its expanded partnership with Planet Labs, and the strategic integration of commercial remote sensing into U.S. national security architectures. The issue also examines mounting nuclear risks, as outlined by SIPRI, alongside escalating cyber threats involving Russia, Iran, and China, including targeted campaigns on analysts and critical infrastructure. Key geopolitical insights feature Japan’s vulnerability to undersea cable sabotage and its growing cyber partnership with NATO, China’s opaque AI advancements via DeepSeek, and the systemic push for a multipolar currency order through the digital yuan. Meanwhile, the Middle East remains volatile with aggressive cyber posturing between Iran and Israel, and state-aligned actors exploiting everything from phishing kits to security cameras. The edition concludes with an analysis of emerging malware techniques, including Unicode obfuscation, open-source weaponization, and novel backdoors like Mocha Manakin, underlining the evolving complexity of global cyber threats.
