Big big DDoS. Evolving malware families. (More) privacy by default. A superseding indictment in the US case against Julian Assange. The EU reviews two years of GDPR.
Akamai’s report on the record-setting DDoS attack it stopped this week. Glupteba GLOOP-tib-yeh and Lucifer malware strains described. Apple and Google move their defaults in the direction of greater p...
25 Jun 202021min
BlueLeaks updates and fallout. Hidden Cobra hunt. Hacking leads to trade wars. What the crooks are watching, from their home and yours.
Twitter permanently suspends DDoSecrets for violating its policy with respect to hacked material. DDoSecrets explains its thinking with respect to BlueLeaks. A quick look at a Hidden Cobra hunt. Sino-...
24 Jun 202022min
Hacking attends international conflicts and disputes in India, Australia, and Ethiopia. US designates four Chinese media outlets foreign missions. Sodinokibi evolves; Evil Corps rises from its virtual grave.
International conflicts and disputes are attended by hacking in South Asia, Australia, and Africa. The US designates four Chinese media outlets as foreign missions, that is, propaganda outfits. Sodino...
23 Jun 202022min
BlueLeaks hacktivists dump police files online. NSO Group back in the news. COVID-19 apps and databases versus privacy. Cyber conflict: China versus India and Australia. An alt-coin baron’s story.
BlueLeaks dumps stolen police files online. A report of spyware delivered via network injection. COVID-19 apps and databases are reported to have indifferent privacy safeguards, and there’s been one b...
22 Jun 202021min
Superhero origin stories and lessons that last. [Career Notes]
Dean of Research, Johannes Ullrich, relays his experiences from studying the hard sciences to his career shift to cybersecurity. Basic principles, superhero origin stories, physics labs and radiation ...
21 Jun 20205min
Click here to update your webhook. [Research Saturday]
Slack is a cloud-based messaging platform that is commonly used in workplace communications. Slack Incoming Webhooks allow you to post messages from your applications to Slack. Generally, Slack webhoo...
20 Jun 202018min
Australia warns of a large-scale espionage campaign. China indicts two long-detained Canadians. And the Lazarus Group may be about to undertake a widespread COVID-19-themed fraud effort.
A look at the “state-based cyber actor” the Australian government is concerned about. Some signs of Chinese retaliation for Five Eyes’ skepticism of Huawei. Johannes Ullrich explains malware triggerin...
19 Jun 202023min
Cyber support for a kinetic conflict. Cyberespionage. Spyware in Chrome extensions. Criminal phishing bypasses defenses. Proposed revisions to Section 230. Zoom and encryption.
Sino-Indian conflict extends to cyberspace. InvisiMole connected to Gamaredon. Spyware found in Chrome extensions. Phishing around technical defenses (and some criminal use of captchas). The US Justic...
18 Jun 202021min
