Data-Driven Insights on Internet Mechanics, Governance & Security
In the wake of two catastrophic hurricanes and with just two weeks until highly divisive U.S. elections, the U.S. faces unprecedented challenges. Millions have lost loved ones, homes, and livelihoods. Damage estimates …
Measuring Influence Operations Impact with the Breakout Scale arrow_forward
We are now in day 6 (July 18 – 23) of the Internet outage caused by a defective CrowdStrike software update. In this post, we focus on one aspect of the story …
Flash Report: Malicious Domain Activity Related to CrowdStrike Outage arrow_forward
CopyCop refers to two recent Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) reports from Recorded Future on GenAI (Generative AI) enabled Russian Influence Operations. The CopyCop campaigns are just the latest examples of ‘narrative laundering’ …
CopyCop+: A Primer in GenAI Disinformation and DNS Intelligence for CTI Analysts arrow_forward
In the past week leading journalists have reported on the alarming rise in nonconsensual, AI-generated, deepfake pornography targeting women and girls. This issue has prompted rare bipartisan support from both the U.S. …
DEFIANCE and the Grim Reality of Explicit Deepfakes arrow_forward
With recent reporting from The New York Times on March 7 and research from Clemson University, our Russian Narrative Laundering collection has expanded to include additional Russian mock news sites and campaigns. In this …
Narrative Laundering in Russian Influence Operations – Part 2 arrow_forward