June 3, 2022
The Folina 0day was used to attack Russia and Belarus, based on the location where the ITW samples were uploaded. It is interesting that a clearly...
June 2, 2022
Huge but very confusing news. This raises more questions than it answers. What did they do? When? Where? Who else knew about it? Very very interesting but...
Foghorn: Signals Through the Fog of War
Ukraine Survives and Thrives Russia’s first wave of destructive cyber effects operations against Ukraine were effective. They targeted and disabled Ukrainian...
June 1, 2022
James Vincent @jjvincentI’m sorry but I couldn’t resist: since I’ve just written a whole book on the subject, I want to talk about the history of anti-metric...
May 31, 2022
If you read nothing else, read this. It is epic, brutal, and amazing. Hard Drive Apologizes to Elon Musk for Dunking on Him Too Hard Hard Drive would like to...
May 30, 2022
Polish LARPers play contemporary Americans. ✨𝖇𝖊𝖓✨ @PenBercifieldIn Poland, there is a LARP group that roleplays as contemporary Americans. Here they are...
May 29, 2022
Mathias Verraes @mathiasverraesThere are only two hard problems in distributed systems: 2. Exactly-once delivery 1. Guaranteed order of messages 2. Exactly-...
May 28, 2022
Belgium seems to want to ban Signal. Matthew Green @matthew_d_greenBelgium’s new data retention laws might result in a Signal ban. edri.orgBelgium wants to...
May 27, 2022
I was on a Ukrainian cyber security podcast Sunday 22nd. It was a great discussion and a few interesting things came up. Check it out at No Name Podcast: No...
May 26, 2022
Russian hackers and Brexit. Shane Huntley @ShaneHuntleyArticle on latest Russian efforts. The "English Coop" website was linked to what the Google knew as...
May 25, 2022
An airline in India is suffering a ransomware attack. The interesting thing is that passengers trapped on planes that cant take off are tweeting from the...
May 24, 2022
Crypto. Scam. Fraud. Fascinating case of what to do when a smart contract is exploited. Is it fraud, or just a savvy investor taking advantage of an...
May 23, 2022
One of 40 Russian delegates to the UN resigned because he’s ashamed of his country. He posted a resignation paper on his LinkedIn. Hillel Neuer...
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
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
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
Another indictment of Chinese covert operations. switched @switch_dU.S. Citizen and Four Chinese Intelligence Officers Charged with Spying on Prominent...
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
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
The Ukrainian military is extremely good at enabling lower echelon leaders to operate independently with initiative. Russia has a more Soviet style top down...
