modern warfare An interview with Andy Greenberg about his book Sandworm, on the Russian state hackers who attack power grids Cory Doctorow
false flags Attribution is hard: the incredible skullduggery used to try to blame the 2018 Olympic cyberattack on North Korea Cory Doctorow
pocket snitches "Massive scale" intrusion into mobile carriers' networks exposed customers' location, call data for years Cory Doctorow
listening devices Hackers find exploitable vulnerabilities in Amazon Echo, turn one into a listening device Cory Doctorow
busy box FBI sinkholes a key domain used by the malware that infected 500,000 home routers, declares partial victory and Russian attribution Cory Doctorow
the malware is coming from inside the router 500,000 home routers have been infected with VPNFilter, malware that steals data and bricks devices Cory Doctorow
openpgp Efail: researchers reveal worrying, unpatched vulnerabilities in encrypted email Cory Doctorow
citizenlab Dissidents are getting destroyed by information attacks and tech isn't doing enough to help Cory Doctorow
cozy bear News report claims Dutch spies hacked Russian cyberwar operation and pwned their CCTVs, then recorded video of Russian government hackers attacking the DNC Cory Doctorow
mimikatz Origin story of the Mimikatz password cracker is a parable about security, disclosure, cyberwar, and crime Cory Doctorow
davids and goliaths Simple steps your small organization can take to defend itself against cyberattacks Cory Doctorow
tailored access operations group Kaspersky's explanation for possessing secret NSA cyberweapons is a doozy Cory Doctorow
uh oh Facebook's security is like a "college campus," but they face threats like a "defense contractor" Cory Doctorow
democratized creepiness Mobile ad technique allows stalkers to follow you around a city for less than $1000 Cory Doctorow
false flag formalism Hackers hack hackers to steal their hacking tools and deflect blame Cory Doctorow
mandiant Equifax blames hack on state actors, but breach followed spat with security contractor Cory Doctorow
vulnerable infrastructure Ukraine is Russia's testbed for launching devastating cyberwar attacks with total impunity Cory Doctorow
turla The Russian Britney Spears Instagram hackers also used satellites to hide their tracks Cory Doctorow