Interesting Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
August 26 2021If you plug a Razer peripheral (mouse or keyboard, I think) into a Windows 10 or 11 machine, you can use a vulnerability in the Razer Synapse software —...
Read moreMan Robbed of 16 Bitcoin Sues Young Thieves’ Parents
August 25 2021In 2018, Andrew Schober was digitally mugged for approximately $1 million worth of bitcoin. After several years of working with investigators, Schober says he's confident he has located two...
Read moreSurveillance of the Internet Backbone
August 25 2021
Vice has an article about how data brokers sell access to the Internet backbone. This is netflow data. It’s useful for cybersecurity forensics, but can also be used...
Read moreHow a gaming mouse can get you Windows superpowers!
August 24 2021When a helpful feature (that you probably didn't need) turns into an exploitable vulnerability...
Read moreThat's funny. I could have sworn I didn't run a print job yesterday... but will you look at that?
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: On Squid Brains
August 20 2021Interesting National Geographic article. 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 moreJapanese cryptocoin exchange robbed of $100,000,000
August 20 2021Another week, another cryptocurrency catastrophe. This time, it's "only" $100 million's worth...
Read moreMore on Apple’s iPhone Backdoor
August 20 2021
In this post, I’ll collect links on Apple’s iPhone backdoor for scanning CSAM images. Previous links are here and here.
Apple says that hash collisions in its...
Read moreWanted: Disgruntled Employees to Deploy Ransomware
August 19 2021Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and...
Read moreLastest episode - listen, laugh and learn! This week, Chester Wisniewski joins us on the show.
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