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Category Archives: Malware

LitterDrifter USB Worm

November 24 2023 By Bruce Schneier in Malware, Russia, Security

A new worm that spreads via USB sticks is infecting computers in Ukraine and beyond.

The group—known by many names, including Gamaredon, Primitive Bear, ACTINIUM, Armageddon, and Shuckworm—has been...
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Spaf on the Morris Worm

November 7 2023 By Syndicator in Malware, Security

Gene Spafford wrote an essay reflecting on the Morris Worm of 1988—thirty-five years ago. His lessons from then are still applicable today.

“Snakes in airplane mode” – what if your phone says it’s offline but isn’t?

August 22 2023 By Paul Ducklin in iPhone, Malware, Security

WYSIWYG is short for "what you see is what you get". Except when it isn't...

S3 Ep142: Putting the X in X-Ops

July 7 2023 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Malware, Podcast, Privacy, Security

How to get all your corporate "Ops" teams working together, with cybersecurity correctness as a guiding light.

S3 Ep141: What was Steve Jobs’s first job?

June 30 2023 By Paul Ducklin in Apple, Cybercrime, iPhone, Law & order, Malware, Podcast, Privacy, Security, Twitter, Vulnerability, Zero-day

Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

Aussie PM says, “Shut down your phone every 24 hours for 5 mins” – but that’s not enough on its own

June 24 2023 By Paul Ducklin in Malware, Security

Don't treat rebooting your phone once a day as a cybersecurity talisman... here are 8 additional tips for better mobile phone security.

Beware bad passwords as attackers co-opt Linux servers into cybercrime

June 22 2023 By Paul Ducklin in Malware, Security

Did you prevent password-only logins on your SSH servers? On ALL of them? Are you sure about that?

S3 Ep139: Are password rules like running through rain?

June 16 2023 By Paul Ducklin in Cybercrime, Law & order, Malware, Microsoft, Podcast, Security

Latest episode - listen now! (Full transcript inside.)

Gozi banking malware “IT chief” finally jailed after more than 10 years

June 14 2023 By Paul Ducklin in Law & order, Malware, Security

Gozi threesome from way back in the late 2000s and early 2010s now all charged, convicted and sentenced. The DOJ got there in the end...

Operation Triangulation: Zero-Click iPhone Malware

June 9 2023 By Bruce Schneier in Exploits, Forensics, iOS, iPhone, Malware, Security

Kaspersky is reporting a zero-click iOS exploit in the wild:

Mobile device backups contain a partial copy of the filesystem, including some of the user data and service databases....
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Category Archives: Malware

LitterDrifter USB Worm

Spaf on the Morris Worm

“Snakes in airplane mode” – what if your phone says it’s offline but isn’t?

S3 Ep142: Putting the X in X-Ops

S3 Ep141: What was Steve Jobs’s first job?

Aussie PM says, “Shut down your phone every 24 hours for 5 mins” – but that’s not enough on its own

Beware bad passwords as attackers co-opt Linux servers into cybercrime

S3 Ep139: Are password rules like running through rain?

Gozi banking malware “IT chief” finally jailed after more than 10 years

Operation Triangulation: Zero-Click iPhone Malware

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