De-anonymization Story
July 28 2021
This is important:
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill was general secretary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), effectively the highest-ranking priest in the US who is not a bishop,...
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You're probably expecting us to say, "Patch early, patch often." And that is EXACTLY what we're saying!
Read moreHiding Malware in ML Models
July 27 2021
Interesting research: “EvilModel: Hiding Malware Inside of Neural Network Models”.
Abstract: Delivering malware covertly and detection-evadingly is critical to advanced malware campaigns. In this paper, we present a method...
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PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk
July 26 2021One day after last summer's mass-hack of Twitter, KrebsOnSecurity wrote that 22-year-old British citizen Joseph "PlugwalkJoe" O'Connor appeared to have been involved in the incident. When the Justice Department...
Read moreA cute name but an annoying and potentially damaging attack. Here's what to do.
Read moreDisrupting Ransomware by Disrupting Bitcoin
July 26 2021
Ransomware isn’t new; the idea dates back to 1986 with the “Brain” computer virus. Now, it’s become the criminal business model of the internet for two reasons. The...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: The Evolution of Squid
July 23 2021Good video about the evolutionary history 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 moreIn response to growing concerns regarding the recent uptick in large-scale, nation-state-backed ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure, the Biden administration is taking new action to tackle the evolving challenges...
Read moreO, what a tangled web we weave/When first we practise to deceive!
Read moreCommercial Location Data Used to Out Priest
July 23 2021
A Catholic priest was outed through commercially available surveillance data. Vice has a good analysis:
The news starkly demonstrates not only the inherent power of location data, but how...
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