Make sure they’re dead. 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 moreDouble-Encrypting Ransomware
May 21 2021
This seems to be a new tactic:
Emsisoft has identified two distinct tactics. In the first, hackers encrypt data with ransomware A and then re-encrypt that data with ransomware...
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Bizarro Banking Trojan
May 20 2021
Bizarro is a new banking trojan that is stealing financial information and crypto wallets.
…the program can be delivered in a couple of ways — either via malicious links...
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Apple Censorship and Surveillance in China
May 19 2021Good investigative reporting on how Apple is participating in and assisting with Chinese censorship and surveillance.
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Most US critical infrastructure is run by private corporations. This has major security implications, because it’s putting a random power company in — say — Ohio — up against...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Far Side Squid Comic
May 14 2021A classic. 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 here.
Read moreRansomware Is Getting Ugly
May 14 2021
Modern ransomware has two dimensions: pay to get your data back, and pay not to have your data dumped on the Internet. The DC police are the victims of...
Read moreNew US Executive Order on Cybersecurity
May 13 2021
President Biden signed an executive order to improve government cybersecurity, setting new security standards for software sold to the federal government.
For the first time, the United States...
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