The return of Turla. Data exposure incidents disclosed. Beijing accuses Taipei of waging cyberwarfare against the PRC. Coronavirus disinformation.
Turla’s back, this time with watering holes in compromised Armenian websites. Data exposures are reported in the Netherlands and the United States. China accuses Taiwan of waging cyberwarfare in an at...
12 Mar 202022min
The Cyberspace Solarium reports. Coronavirus scams and coronavirus realities. Notes on March’s Patch Tuesday.
The Cyberspace Solarium has released its report, as promised, and they wish to make your flesh creep. Coronavirus scams and phishbait amount to what some are calling an “infodemic.” Some notes on Patc...
11 Mar 202020min
Caution in the Play store. EU power consortium’s business systems hacked. Cablegate--a look back. Schulte trial ends in minor convictions, but a hung jury on major counts. The cyber underworld.
Google removes from the Play store an app nominally designed to track COVID-19 infections. An EU power distribution consortium says its business systems were hacked. An assessment of Cablegate has bee...
10 Mar 202021min
Coronavirus misinformation, phishbait, and disinformation. Ransomware’s growing reach. How criminals’ desire for glory works against their desire to escape apprehension.
Coronavirus misinformation, coronavirus online scams, and coronavirus disinformation. Ransomware hits a steel plant, local government, and a defense contractor. And how criminals’ desire for glory bet...
9 Mar 202021min
Overworked developers write vulnerable software. [Research Saturday]
Why do some developers and development teams write more secure code than others? Software is written by people, either alone or in teams. Ultimately secure code development depends on the actions and ...
7 Mar 202016min
Misconfigured databases, again. Vulnerable subdomains. Dark web search engines. Troll farming. An update on the crypto wars.
Virgin Media discloses a data exposure incident, another misconfigured database. Microsoft subdomains are reported vulnerable to takeover. A dark web search engine is gaining popularity, and black mar...
6 Mar 202024min
Credential stuffing attacks and data breaches. Coronavirus-themed phishbait is an international problem. Super Tuesday security post mortems. Huawei agonistes.
Credential stuffing affects J. Crew and Tesco customers. T-Mobile discloses a data breach. Emcor works to recover from a ransomware infestation. Coronavirus-themed emails remain common phishbait--it’s...
5 Mar 202020min
Election security--a look back at Super Tuesday. Cyberspace Solarium preview. Rapid Alert System engaged in EU. Cyber capability building in Ukraine. Cloud backups as attack surface.
A quick security retrospective on Super Tuesday, a day on which no dogs barked (or bears growled, or kittens yowled, or pandas did whatever it is that pandas do). The Cyberspace Solarium previewed the...
4 Mar 202022min
