Report: North Korea is launching Research Center 227, a cybersecurity research unit focused on AI-based hacking for stealing information and digital assets
The North Korean government is reportedly establishing a new hacking group within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). Bluesky: @myromanempire and @mnadeau X: @thegrugq and @lo...
ESET researchers find the first UEFI bootkit designed specifically to target Linux systems, marking a shift in bootkits that previously focused on Windows
Article then proceeds to describe a toy GRUB wrapper bootkit that has nothing to do with UEFI firmware (other than running on UEFI systems like any other UEFI bootloader), does not persist in UEFI fir...
An analysis of WeChat's network protocol MMTLS finds that it is a modified version of TLS 1.3 and WeChat developers' changes to its cryptography add weaknesses
Key contributions — We performed the first public analysis of the security and privacy properties of MMTLS … X: @citizenlab , @thegrugq , @jsrailton , and @citizenlab X: @citizenlab : WeChat messages...
BSODs hit thousands of Windows PCs due to “a defect” in an update from CrowdStrike, taking banks, airlines, and more businesses offline; Microsoft is aware
or CrowdStrike Microsoft : HELPFUL LINKS — Get notified of outages that impact you — Building reliable applications on Azure The Record : IT teams scramble to recover from CrowdStrike incident as ...
An overview of Apple's three new “Child Safety” initiatives, what critics are getting wrong, and the completely legitimate slippery slope concerns from experts
*without asking.* https://twitter.com/... Kontra / @counternotions : If you must read only one article to see the absurdity of the bombastic headline regurgitation currently being spewed about Apple's...
[Thread] WhatsApp says Apple's approach to CSAM is a setback to user privacy, will be more fraught outside the US; WhatsApp flagged 400K+ cases to NCMEC in 2020
even photos you haven't shared with anyone. That's not privacy. Will Cathcart / @wcathcart : We've worked hard to ban and report people who traffic in it based on appropriate measures, like making it ...
Microsoft says an attacker gained access to one of its customer service agents and launched attacks against customers in a probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center is tracking new activity from the NOBELIUM threat actor. Tom Warren / The Verge : Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips Malcolm Owen / AppleInsid...
Sources: Colonial paid ~$5M ransom in cryptocurrency within hours of the attack, but the hackers' decrypting tool was so slow that it had to use its own backups
this should significantly escalate the political pressure to finally counter the ransomware ecosystem https://www.bloomberg.com/... Barbara Malmet / @b52malmet : Maybe it was a four hundred pound eigh...
REvil ransomware gang says it has hacked Apple contractor Quanta Computer; source says it's demanding $50M ransom or it will leak more Apple product schematics
From Bloomberg's “Apple Targeted in $50 Million Ransomware Hack of Supplier Quanta” posted early Wednesday: David Bisson / Cybereason I Cybersecurity Software … : Sodinokibi Ransomware Gang Extorts Ap...
Sources: SolarWinds hackers gained access to emails of Trump administration's top DHS officials, including acting Secretary Chad Wolf and cybersecurity staff
Report iTnews : SolarWinds hack obtained emails of top US Homeland Security officials Tweets: @inteloperator : The recently approved stimulus package includes $650m for the Cybersecurity and Infrastru...