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May 22, 2022
May 22, 2022
Great observation Justin Troutman @justintroutmanTeaching cryptography to non-cryptographers has been most enlightening for students, and me, when we...
May 21, 2022
May 21, 2022
Sort of interesting news from Ukraine on the cyber front. I missed this earlier, but there’s apparently a link between missile strikes on Odesa and...
May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022
Huge news. The Feds won’t use the CFAA to go after security researchers, pinky promise! Zack Whittaker @zackwhittakerWow. DOJ has announced a significant...
May 19, 2022
May 19, 2022
Another indictment of Chinese covert operations. switched @switch_dU.S. Citizen and Four Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Spying on Prominent...
May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022
We open this newsletter with a banger. A free book of case studies of Russian espionage operations. Free! Book! Matthijs R. Koot @mrkootRussian Intelligence:...
May 17, 2022
May 17, 2022
Someone just noticed that Kaspersky is Russian.. CNAS @CNASdcThe authorities are "really the only tool that we have to deal with the threat posed by...
May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
The Ukrainian military is extremely good at enabling lower echelon leaders to operate independently with initiative. Russia has a more Soviet style top down...
May 15, 2022
May 15, 2022
A mini compilation of pictures documenting embarrassingly bad black bag jobs. Kitzy @heykitzyA MacBook Pro came back from a trip to China with half of its...
May 14, 2022
May 14, 2022
Intelligence analysis on “foreign countries doing war” is… not very accurate. They’re 0 for 2 in the last 12 months. US intelligence community launches...
May 13, 2022
May 13, 2022
Max Goodhart @chromakodeNew York City is like Linux: - Spend the first year re-learning how to perform basic tasks - Spend the rest of your lifetime claiming...
May 12, 2022
May 13, 2022
👣ℙ𝕖𝕕𝕣𝕠'𝕤 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖🇺🇲 @OfAthenryWhen I tell you that you'll invent new curse words, believe me. 12:49 AM ∙ May 10, 20221,874Likes224Retweets Crypto. Fraud....
May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022
Matthew Green @matthew_d_greenSpeaking of actual free speech issues, the EU is proposing a regulation that could mandate scanning of encrypted messages for...
May 9, 2022
May 10, 2022
Hi everyone. Just a quick note to inform you that this week I have even less time than I initially anticipated. I was hoping to be able to do a digest, but I...
May 8, 2022
May 8, 2022
Uncle Duke @UncleDuke1969Growing up, Sesame Street taught me the importance of education, empathy, and kindness. Bugs Bunny, on the other hand, taught me...
May 7, 2022
May 7, 2022
Ukrainian Memes Forces @uamemesforces8:44 PM ∙ May 6, 202220,742Likes2,239Retweets FSB counterintelligence is a bit of an institutional embarrassment these...
On the gulf between desire and reality
May 7, 2022
CERT-IN's VPN logging announcement in context The latest rules by CERT India asking VPN providers to collect user data or face jail terms is interesting...
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022
Stan Account @tristandrossback in my day, money had pictures of apes on them and ape holders could use multiple slurp juices on a single ape! 'give me three...
May 5, 2022
May 5, 2022
This seems like possibly an important development. DeCential Media @DecentialMediathanks to @dguido of @trailofbits for helping explain a new US program that...
May 4, 2022
May 4, 2022
You want to watch a great discussion on cyber warfare. You want to watch Danny Moore talk about his upcoming book. A Ukrainian family lived in a basement for...
May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022
Detailed Mandiant report on attacker activity that is pretty cool, such as embedded devices and old conference video systems(!). Nice to see the use of SSH...
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