More signal, less noise—we distill the day’s critical cyber security news into a concise daily briefing.
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Usable security is a delicate balance. — Research Saturday
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2019-11-02
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Cyber espionage. Russia tries Web autarky. The US will investigate TikTok. A bad keyboard app is out of Google Play but still in circulation. Crime comes to e-sports. Happy hundredth, GCHQ.
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2019-11-01
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Malware in nuclear plant business system, but not in control systems. Facebook versus inauthenticity and spyware. Twitter refuses political ads. NIST wants comments. Cyber risk a factor in credit ratings.
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2019-10-31
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The Malware Mash
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2019-10-31
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Caveat Ep 2 — Privacy and biometric data.
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2019-10-30
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WhatsApp sues NSO Group over Pegasus distribution. Georgia continues its recovery, as does Johannesburg. Facebook stops more inauthentic action. A Bed, Bath, and Beyond breach.
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2019-10-30
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Fancy Bear paws at anti-doping agencies. Johannesburg says no to the Shadow Kill Hackers. Adwind jRAT’s new misdirection. US FCC versus Huawei, ZTE. Georgia hacked.
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2019-10-29
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Actionable intelligence, and the difficulty of cutting through noise. Extortion hits Johannesburg. Criminal-to-criminal markets. Who’s more vulnerable to phishing, the old or the young?
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2019-10-28
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Masad Steals via Social Media. — Research Saturday
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2019-10-26
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Spearphishing the UN and NGOs. Clickware kicked out of app stores. ICS security notes. Close-reading the Turla false-flag reports. A good use for the dark web. Senators call for investigations.
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2019-10-25
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Clouds are back after being out. Bitpaymer hits German manufacturer. Cross-plaform mobile malware. SecurityWeek’s 2019 ICS Cyber Security Conference.
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2019-10-24
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Caveat — Crowdsourced private surveillance.
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2019-10-24
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Criminal connections. The risky business of acquisition. Joker is back, and it’s not funny. Most dangerous celebrities. Notes from SecurityWeek’s ICS Cyber Security Conference.
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2019-10-23
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More coordinated inauthenticity taken down. The Westphalian system and cyber conflict. VPNs and an AV company sustain incidents. Assange and extradition.
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2019-10-22
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Not every incident is necessarily an attack. Not everything that purrs is a kitten (sometimes it’s a bear that would like you to think it’s a kitten). ICS security notes.
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2019-10-21
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Hoping for SOHO security — Research Saturday
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2019-10-19
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Clickfraud and third-parties (both SDKs and stores). Trojanized TOR browser steals from Russian users. WiFi bugs. Sketchy jailbreak. Big Tech on free speech. Cooperation against terrorism.
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2019-10-18
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Cozy Bear never really left. Iran denies it suffered a US cyberattack. Malicious WAV files. Darknet dragnet hauls in child exploitation ring. Graboid infests Docker hosts.
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2019-10-17
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Cyber retaliation for a kinetic attack, again. Industrial espionage from China. Botnet does sextortion. Typosquatting the other candidate. A poor approach to reputation management.
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2019-10-16
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Ransomware hits US, French companies. ISPs as combat support arms. Lawful intercept gone rogue? Lazarus Group is back and in GitHub. China’s security laws and security risks.
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2019-10-15
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