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This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m participating in an online panel discussion on “Ukraine and Russia: The Online War,” hosted by UMass Amherst, at 5:00 PM Eastern on March 31, 2022. I’m speaking at Future Summits in Antwerp, Belgium on May 18, 2022. I’m speaking at … Read More “Upcoming Speaking Events” »
The transparency organization Distributed Denial of Secrets has released 800GB of data from Roskomnadzor, the Russian government censorship organization. Specifically, Distributed Denial of Secrets says the data comes from the Roskomnadzor of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The Republic of Bashkortostan is in the west of the country. […] The data is split into two main … Read More “Leak of Russian Censorship Data” »
A fossilized ancestor of the vampire squid — with ten arms — was discovered and named Syllipsimopodi bideni after President Biden. Here’s the research paper. Note: Vampire squids are not squids. (Yes, it’s weird.) As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t … Read More “Friday Squid Blog: 328-million-year-old Vampire Squid Ancestor Discovered” »
It has been interesting to notice how unimportant and ineffective cyber operations have been in the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia launched a wiper against Ukraine at the beginning, but it was found and neutered. Near as I can tell, the only thing that worked was the disabling of regional KA-SAT SATCOM terminals. It’s probably too early … Read More “Where’s the Russia-Ukraine Cyberwar?” »
Zelle is rife with fraud: Zelle’s immediacy has also made it a favorite of fraudsters. Other types of bank transfers or transactions involving payment cards typically take at least a day to clear. But once crooks scare or trick victims into handing over money via Zelle, they can siphon away thousands of dollars in seconds. … Read More “Fraud on Zelle” »
Yet another method of surveillance: Radar can detect you moving closer to a computer and entering its personal space. This might mean the computer can then choose to perform certain actions, like booting up the screen without requiring you to press a button. This kind of interaction already exists in current Google Nest smart displays, … Read More “Using Radar to Read Body Language” »
An Alexa can respond to voice commands it issues. This can be exploited: The attack works by using the device’s speaker to issue voice commands. As long as the speech contains the device wake word (usually “Alexa” or “Echo”) followed by a permissible command, the Echo will carry it out, researchers from Royal Holloway University … Read More “Hacking Alexa through Alexa’s Speech” »
Pangu Lab in China just published a report of a hacking operation by the Equation Group (aka the NSA). It noticed the hack in 2013, and was able to map it with Equation Group tools published by the Shadow Brokers (aka some Russian group). …the scope of victims exceeded 287 targets in 45 countries, including … Read More “Details of an NSA Hacking Operation” »
TechCrunch is reporting — but not describing in detail — a vulnerability in a series of stalkerware apps that exposes personal information of the victims. The vulnerability isn’t in the apps installed on the victims’ phones, but in the website the stalker goes to view the information the app collects. The article is worth reading, … Read More “Vulnerability in Stalkerware Apps” »
Nice piece of research: Abstract: Among the many types of malicious codes, ransomware poses a major threat. Ransomware encrypts data and demands a ransom in exchange for decryption. As data recovery is impossible if the encryption key is not obtained, some companies suffer from considerable damage, such as the payment of huge amounts of money … Read More “Decrypting Hive Ransomware Data” »