crime, cyberattack, cybercrime, North Korea, Security technology, Uncategorized
Excellent New Yorker article on North Korea’s offensive cyber capabilities. Powered by WPeMatico
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authentication, cell phones, cybercrime, Security technology, sms, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities
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 with a little bit of anonymous money — in this case, $16 off an anonymous prepaid credit card — and a few lies, you can forward the … Read More “Easy SMS Hijacking” »
covid19, crime, cybercrime, Security technology, uk
The Cambridge Cybercrime Centre has a series of papers on cybercrime during the coronavirus pandemic. Powered by WPeMatico
cybercrime, email, hacking, malware, phishing, russia, Security technology
A criminal group called Cosmic Lynx seems to be based in Russia: Dubbed Cosmic Lynx, the group has carried out more than 200 BEC campaigns since July 2019, according to researchers from the email security firm Agari, particularly targeting senior executives at large organizations and corporations in 46 countries. Cosmic Lynx specializes in topical, tailored … Read More “Business Email Compromise (BEC) Criminal Ring” »
academicpapers, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, riskassessment, risks, Security technology
Interesting research: “Identifying Unintended Harms of Cybersecurity Countermeasures“: Abstract: Well-meaning cybersecurity risk owners will deploy countermeasures (technologies or procedures) to manage risks to their services or systems. In some cases, those countermeasures will produce unintended consequences, which must then be addressed. Unintended consequences can potentially induce harm, adversely affecting user behaviour, user inclusion, or the … Read More “The Unintended Harms of Cybersecurity” »
cyberattack, cybercrime, hacking, historyofsecurity, Security technology
Long and nuanced story about Marcus Hutchins, the British hacker who wrote most of the Kronos malware and also stopped WannaCry in real time. Well worth reading. Powered by WPeMatico
cybercrime, cybersecurity, historyofcomputing, historyofsecurity, malware, Security technology
It’s the twentieth anniversary of the ILOVEYOU virus, and here are three interesting articles about it and its effects on software design. Powered by WPeMatico
cybercrime, darkweb, databases, datacollection, leaks, Security technology
Two Harvard undergraduates completed a project where they went out on the dark web and found a bunch of stolen datasets. Then they correlated all the information, and combined it with additional, publicly available, information. No surprise: the result was much more detailed and personal. “What we were able to do is alarming because we … Read More “Collating Hacked Data Sets” »
apple, backups, cloudcomputing, cybercrime, encryption, fbi, Security technology
This is new from Reuters: More than two years ago, Apple told the FBI that it planned to offer users end-to-end encryption when storing their phone data on iCloud, according to one current and three former FBI officials and one current and one former Apple employee. Under that plan, primarily designed to thwart hackers, Apple … Read More “Apple Abandoned Plans for Encrypted iCloud Backup after FBI Complained” »
brazil, cellphones, chelseamanning, cybercrime, hacking, Security technology
Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes in Brazil, stemming from publishing information and documents that were embarrassing to the government. The charges are that he actively helped the people who actually did the hacking: Citing intercepted messages between Mr. Greenwald and the hackers, prosecutors say the journalist played a “clear role in facilitating the … Read More “Brazil Charges Glenn Greenwald with Cybercrimes” »