Weird Fallout from Peiter Zatko’s Twitter Whistleblowing
September 14 2022People are trying to dig up dirt on Peiter Zatko, better known as Mudge. For the record, I have not been contacted. I’m not sure if I should feel slighted.
Read moreFBI Seizes Stolen Cryptocurrencies
September 13 2022The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FBI has recovered over $30 million in cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers earlier this year. It’s only a fraction...
Read moreNew Linux Cryptomining Malware
September 12 2022It’s pretty nasty:
The malware was dubbed “Shikitega” for its extensive use of the popular Shikata Ga Nai polymorphic encoder, which allows the malware to “mutate” its code...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Colossal Squid in New Zealand Museum
September 9 2022It’s in Timaru. 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 moreResponsible Disclosure for Cryptocurrency Security
September 9 2022Stewart Baker discusses why the industry-norm responsible disclosure for software vulnerabilities fails for cryptocurrency software.
Why can’t the cryptocurrency industry solve the problem the way the software and hardware...
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Facebook Has No Idea What Data It Has
September 8 2022This is from a court deposition:
Facebook’s stonewalling has been revealing on its own, providing variations on the same theme: It has amassed so much data on so many...
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The LockBit Ransomware Gang Is Surprisingly Professional
September 7 2022This article makes LockBit sound like a legitimate organization:
The DDoS attack last weekend that put a temporary stop to leaking Entrust data was seen as an opportunity to...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Images
September 2 2022iStock has over 13,000 royalty-free images of squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read...
Read moreMontenegro Is the Victim of a Cyberattack
September 2 2022Details are few, but Montenegro has suffered a cyberattack:
A combination of ransomware and distributed denial-of-service attacks, the onslaught disrupted government services and prompted the country’s electrical utility to...
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