COVID-19 Risks of Flying
June 24 2020I fly a lot. Over the past five years, my average speed has been 32 miles an hour. That all changed mid-March. It's been 105 days since I've been...
Read moreCryptocurrency Pump and Dump Scams
June 24 2020Really interesting research: "An examination of the cryptocurrency pump and dump ecosystem": Abstract: The surge of interest in cryptocurrencies has been accompanied by a proliferation of fraud. This paper...
Read moreReport on espionage attacks using LinkedIn as a vector for malware, with details and screenshots. They talk about "several hints suggesting a possible link" to the Lazarus group (aka...
Read moreIdentifying a Person Based on a Photo, LinkedIn and Etsy Profiles, and Other Internet Bread Crumbs
June 22 2020Interesting story of how the police can identify someone by following the evidence chain from website to website. According to filings in Blumenthal's case, FBI agents had little more...
Read moreFourteen feet long and 450 pounds. It was dead before it washed up. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in...
Read moreSecurity and Human Behavior (SHB) 2020
June 19 2020Today is the second day of the thirteenth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior. It's being hosted by the University of Cambridge, which in today's world means we're all...
Read moreNew Hacking-for-Hire Company in India
June 19 2020Citizen Lab has a new report on Dark Basin, a large hacking-for-hire company in India. Key Findings: Dark Basin is a hack-for-hire group that has targeted thousands of individuals...
Read moreThe Washington Post is reporting on an internal CIA report about its "Vault 7" security breach: The breach -- allegedly committed by a CIA employee -- was discovered a...
Read moreZoom Will Be End-to-End Encrypted for All Users
June 17 2020Zoom is doing the right thing: it's making end-to-end encryption available to all users, paid and unpaid. (This is a change; I wrote about the initial decision here.) ...we...
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