New DeadBolt Ransomware Targets NAT Devices
There’s a new ransomware that targets NAT devices made by QNAP: The attacks started today, January 25th, with QNAP devices...
Schneier on Security
Schneier on Security
Merck Wins Insurance Lawsuit re NotPetya Attack
The insurance company Ace American has to pay for the losses: On 6th December 2021, the New Jersey Superior Court...
Linux-Targeted Malware Increased by 35%
Crowdstrike is reporting that malware targeting Linux has increased considerably in 2021: Malware targeting Linux systems increased by 35% in...
Friday Squid Blogging: Piglet Squid
Nice article on the piglet squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
China’s Olympics App Is Horribly Insecure
China is mandating that athletes download and use a health and travel app when they attend the Winter Olympics next...
San Francisco Police Illegally Spying on Protesters
Last summer, the San Francisco police illegally used surveillance cameras at the George Floyd protests. The EFF is suing the...
Are Fake COVID Testing Sites Harvesting Data?
Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a bunch of writing about what seems to be fake COVID-19 testing sites....
UK Government to Launch PR Campaign Undermining End-to-End Encryption
Rolling Stone is reporting that the UK government has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency to launch an anti-encryption advertising...
An Examination of the Bug Bounty Marketplace
Here’s a fascinating report: “Bounty Everything: Hackers and the Making of the Global Bug Marketplace.” From a summary: …researchers Ryan...
Friday Squid Blogging: The Evolution of Squid Eyes
New research: The researchers from the FAS Center for Systems Biology discovered a network of genes important in squid eye...