Bringing AI up right–realizing its potential without its becoming a threat. (And how deepfakes might be an informational fleet-in-being.)
The Hive ransomware gang may be back, and rebranded. Coinminers exploit AWS IAM credentials. LockBit claims to have obtained sensitive information from Boeing. Ukrainian auxiliaries disrupt Internet s...
30 Okt 202328min
The Malware Mash! [Bonus]
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30 Okt 20233min
Nicole Sundin: Women helping women. [Chief Product Officer] [Career Notes]
Nicole Sundin, a Chief Product Officer from Axio sits down to discuss her career path and what it is like to be a woman in the cybersecurity field. As a UX leader, Nicole has devoted her entire career...
29 Okt 20238min
No rest for the wicked HiatusRAT. [Research Saturday]
Danny Adamitis from Lumen's Black Lotus Labs sits down to discuss their work on "No Rest For The Wicked: HiatusRAT Takes Little Time Off In A Return To Action." Last March Lumen's Black Lotus Lab rese...
28 Okt 202323min
Social engineering as a blunt instrument–almost like swatting without the middleman.
Eastern European gangs overcome their reservations about working with anglophone criminals. Mirth Connect is vulnerable to a critical flaw. A look at a mercenary spyware strain. “PepsiCo” as phishbait...
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Some intelligence services understand the value of being underestimated.
StripedFly gets reclassified. YoroTrooper is interested in the Commonwealth of Independent States. The current state of DDoS attacks. Ukrainian hacktivists deface Russian artists' Spotify pages. Troll...
26 Okt 202330min
AI ain’t misbehavin’, except when it does. Also, privateers and hacktivist auxiliaries get busy.
Teaching AI to misbehave. Ransomware's effect on healthcare downtime. Two reports on the state of cybersecurity in the financial services sector. Possible connections between Hamas and Quds Force. Ukr...
25 Okt 202330min
Two new things to worry about: how long it takes to read the fine print, and bed bug disinformation.
DDoS activity during the Hamas-Israeli war. Insurance firm reports cyber incident. Recent arrests in cybercrime sweeps. Ukrainian hacktivist auxiliaries compromise customer data at Russia's Alfa Bank....
24 Okt 202328min
