More signal, less noise—we distill the day’s critical cyber security news into a concise daily briefing.
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Phishing with a RAT in the Gulf. More on how Jeff Bezos was hacked. Microsoft discloses data exposure. Ransomware continues to dump data. Windows 7, already back from the great beyond.
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2020-01-23
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The UN takes up a case of spyware; it’s linked to an extrajudicial killing. Glenn Greenwald indicted on hacking charges in Brazil. NetWire and StarsLord are back.
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2020-01-22
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RATs, backdoors, and a remote code execution zero-day. Hoods breach Mitsubishi Electric. Telnet credentials dumped.
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2020-01-21
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Clever breaches demonstrate IoT security gaps - Research Saturday
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2020-01-18
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Hacks, and rumors of hacks. Burisma incident under investigation. SharePoint exploitation. How to spark a run on a bank. WeLinkInfo taken down. Phishbait update.
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2020-01-17
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Curveball proofs-of-concept. CISA warns chemical industry. Military families harassed online. Phishing the UN. Fleeceware in the Play Store. Moscow says there was no Burisma hack.
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2020-01-16
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Disclosure, patching, and warning. Norway takes on “out-of-control” data sharing by dating apps. Ransomware all-in on doxing. What to do about Huawei.
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2020-01-15
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Microsoft patches a vulnerability NSA disclosed. Fronting for APT40 in Hainan. Fancy Bear pawed at Burisma. The NSA Pensacola shooting and the debate over encryption.
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2020-01-14
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Cyber tensions and cyberwar. China’s influence ops against Taiwan apparently backfire. Maze gang goes for doxing. SIM swapping. FBI promises FISA Court it will do better.
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2020-01-13
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Profiling the Linken Sphere anti-detection browser - Research Saturday
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2020-01-11
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Updates on US-Iranian tensions, and especially on hacktivism and possible power grid battlespace preparation. Researchers complain of preinstalled malware said to be in discount Android phones.
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2020-01-10
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Cyber alert remains high as the US-Iranian confrontation cools. Information ops, wipers, and energy sector targeting.
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2020-01-09
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No major Iranian cyberattacks against the US so far, as both sides appear interested in cooling off. The Cyber Solarium offers a preview of its coming report on US cyber strategy.
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2020-01-08
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No more Iranian cyberattacks since the minor weekend vandalism, but the US Government advises all to look to their defenses. Fancy Bear is the usual suspect in Austria. A guilty plea by an insider threat.
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2020-01-07
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Sequelae of the US Reaper strike against the Quds Force commander. Warnings of Iranian retaliation, with an emphasis on cyberspace. Espionage in Austria, and a second look at an LSE outage.
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2020-01-06
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Escalation in the Gulf as a US air strike kills Iran’s Quds commander. Travelex and RavnAir continue their recovery from cyberattacks. Taiwan’s memes against misinformation.
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2020-01-03
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A Jira vulnerability that’s leaking data in the public cloud - Research Saturday
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2020-01-02
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Taking down Thallium. Cloud Hopper: bigger (and worse) than thought. US tightens screws on the supply chain. The bite of winter and the scent of plums.
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2020-01-02
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Special Edition - Daniel Garrie from Law & Forensics on eDiscovery
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2019-12-31
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Special Edition - Ron Gula and Mike Janke - VC pitfalls and how to avoid them
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2019-12-30
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