-
Spyware Company QuaDream Set to Close
PRIVACY PRIVACY Under-fire Israeli firm was accused of developing zero-day exploits Read More
-
CISA: Patch Bug Exploited by Chinese E-commerce App
PRIVACY PRIVACY Zero-day was linked to malicious Pinduoduo apps Read More
-
7 cybersecurity mindsets that undermine practitioners and how to avoid them
PRIVACY PRIVACY It’s no secret that cybersecurity jobs are burning people out. It’s a high-pressure environment that ever seems to be ratcheting up the daily demand on security professionals. There are many reasons for this, but underlying them all is the way we think about security. By consciously recognizing these mindsets we can change them…
-
Police Crack Comms to Bust Money Laundering Group
PRIVACY PRIVACY Case relied on decrypting Sky ECC messages Read More
-
Friday Squid Blogging: Colossal Squid
PRIVACY PRIVACY Interesting article on the colossal squid, which is larger than the giant squid. The article answers a vexing question: So why do we always hear about the giant squid and not the colossal squid? Well, part of it has to do with the fact that the giant squid was discovered and studied long…
-
Why is ‘Juice Jacking’ Suddenly Back in the News?
PRIVACY PRIVACY KrebsOnSecurity received a nice bump in traffic this week thanks to tweets from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about “juice jacking,” a term first coined here in 2011 to describe a potential threat of data theft when one plugs their mobile device into a public charging…
-
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
PRIVACY PRIVACY This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking on “Cybersecurity Thinking to Reinvent Democracy” at RSA Conference 2023 in San Francisco, California, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 9:40 AM PT. I’m speaking at IT-S Now 2023 in Vienna, Austria, on June 2, 2023 at…
-
Hacking Suicide
PRIVACY PRIVACY Here’s a religious hack: You want to commit suicide, but it’s a mortal sin: your soul goes straight to hell, forever. So what you do is murder someone. That will get you executed, but if you confess your sins to a priest beforehand you avoid hell. Problem solved. This was actually a problem…
-
CISA Asks Manufacturers to Prioritize Cybersecurity in Product Design
PRIVACY PRIVACY The guidelines were created by several cybersecurity organizations worldwide Read More
-
RTM Locker Gang Targets Corporate Environments with Ransomware
PRIVACY PRIVACY Trellix said the businesslike approach of the group shows its organizational maturity Read More