Energy

Attackers have spent at least 14 weeks inside North American energy software vendors, quietly abusing update channels. Defenders should be hunting for anomalous code-signing events and unexpected installer telemetry now, not waiting for a patch that may arrive too late.

Bringing gas prices down while simultaneously running a military operation in the Persian Gulf requires threading a needle that has broken stronger administrations.

Threatening to blow up a gas field isn't how Foggy Bottom operates. That's precisely why Tehran is paying attention.

When Iran targets Gulf energy infrastructure, the impulse to treat it as provocation misses the point. Tehran is running a controlled experiment on American resolve.