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Read moreThe DarkSide Ransomware Gang
June 2 2021
The New York Times has a long story on the DarkSide ransomware gang.
A glimpse into DarkSide’s secret communications in the months leading up to the Colonial Pipeline attack...
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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 moreAll that glisters is not gold/Often have you heard that told/Gilded tombs do worms enfold
Read moreRansomware Shuts Down US Pipeline
May 10 2021This is a major story: a probably Russian cybercrime group called DarkSide shut down the Colonial Pipeline in a ransomware attack. The pipeline supplies much of the...
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Read moreOn North Korea’s Cyberattack Capabilities
April 22 2021Excellent New Yorker article on North Korea’s offensive cyber capabilities.
Read moreEasy SMS Hijacking
March 19 2021
Vice is reporting on a cell phone vulnerability caused by commercial SMS services. One of the things these services permit is text message forwarding. It turns out that...
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