North Korea ATM Hack
September 1 2020The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a long and technical alert describing a North Korea hacking scheme against ATMs in a bunch of countries worldwide: This...
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September 1 2020The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a long and technical alert describing a North Korea hacking scheme against ATMs in a bunch of countries worldwide:
This...
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US Postal Service Files Blockchain Voting Patent
August 28 2020The US Postal Service has filed a patent on a blockchain voting method: Abstract: A voting system can use the security of blockchain and the mail to provide a...
Read moreUS Postal Service Files Blockchain Voting Patent
August 28 2020The US Postal Service has filed a patent on a blockchain voting method:
Abstract: A voting system can use the security of blockchain and the mail to provide a...
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Vaccine for Emotet Malware
August 18 2020Interesting story of a vaccine for the Emotet malware: Through trial and error and thanks to subsequent Emotet updates that refined how the new persistence mechanism worked, Quinn was...
Read moreDrovorub Malware
August 14 2020The NSA and FBI have jointly disclosed Drovorub, a Russian malware suite that targets Linux. Detailed advisory. Fact sheet. News articles. Reddit thread....
Read moreUAE Hack and Leak Operations
August 13 2020Interesting paper on recent hack-and-leak operations attributed to the UAE: Abstract: Four hack-and-leak operations in U.S. politics between 2016 and 2019, publicly attributed to the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...
Read moreThe NSA on the Risks of Exposing Location Data
August 6 2020The NSA has issued an advisory on the risks of location data. Mitigations reduce, but do not eliminate, location tracking risks in mobile devices. Most users rely on features...
Read moreTwitter Hacker Arrested
July 31 2020A 17-year-old Florida boy was arrested and charged with last week's Twitter hack. News articles. Boing Boing post. Florida state attorney press release. This is a developing story. Post...
Read moreFake Stories in Real News Sites
July 30 2020Fireeye is reporting that a hacking group called Ghostwriter broke into the content management systems of Eastern European news sites to plant fake stories. From a Wired story: The...
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