China Taking Control of Zero-Day Exploits
July 14 2021
China is making sure that all newly discovered zero-day exploits are disclosed to the government.
Under the new rules, anyone in China who finds a vulnerability must tell the...
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Iranian State-Sponsored Hacking Attempts
July 13 2021
Interesting attack:
Masquerading as UK scholars with the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), the threat actor TA453 has been covertly approaching individuals since at...
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Analysis of the FBI’s Anom Phone
July 12 2021Motherboard got its hands on one of those Anom phones that were really FBI honeypots. The details are interesting.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid-Related Game
July 9 2021It’s called “Squid Fishering.” As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines...
Read moreDetails of the REvil Ransomware Attack
July 8 2021
ArsTechnica has a good story on the REvil ransomware attack of last weekend, with technical details:
This weekend’s attack was carried out with almost surgical precision. According to Cybereason,...
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Vulnerability in the Kaspersky Password Manager
July 6 2021
A vulnerability (just patched) in the random number generator used in the Kaspersky Password Manager resulted in easily guessable passwords:
The password generator included in Kaspersky Password Manager had...
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Stealing Xbox Codes
July 5 2021Detailed story of Volodymyr Kvashuk, a Microsoft insider who noticed a bug in the company’s internal systems that allowed him to create unlimited Xbox gift cards, and stole $10.1...
Read moreFrom the New York Times: “When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray.” The article is about the eel; the squid is...
Read moreMore Russian Hacking
July 2 2021
Two reports this week. The first is from Microsoft, which wrote:
As part of our investigation into this ongoing activity, we also detected information-stealing malware on a machine belonging...
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