Every week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity.
Projects
- TryHackMe – Hashing – Crypto 101 – Complete
Videos
Articles
- StopCrypt: Most widely distributed ransomware evolves to evade detection – A new variant of StopCrypt ransomware (aka STOP) was spotted in the wild, employing a multi-stage execution process that involves shellcodes to evade security tools.
- Preparing Society for AI-Driven Disinformation in the 2024 Election Cycle – The rapid evolution of AI and analytics engines will put campaign-year disinformation into hyperspeed in terms of false content creation, dissemination and impact.
- E-Root Marketplace Admin Sentenced to 42 Months for Selling 350K Stolen Credentials – A 31-year-old Moldovan national has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in the U.S. for operating an illicit marketplace called E-Root Marketplace that offered for sale hundreds of thousands of compromised credentials, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced.
- Fujitsu Data Breach Impacts Personal, Customer Information – Fujitsu says hackers infected internal systems with malware, stole personal and customer information.
- Cisco Completes $28 Billion Acquisition of Splunk – The networking giant paid $157 per share in cash for Splunk, a powerhouse in data analysis, security and observability tools, in a deal first announced in September 2023.
- IMF Emails Hacked – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) detects a cybersecurity incident that involved nearly a dozen email accounts getting hacked.
- AT&T says leaked data of 70 million people is not from its systems – BleepingComputer has reviewed the data, and while we cannot confirm that all 73 million lines are accurate, we verified some of the data contains correct information, including social security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers.
- Misconfigured Firebase instances leaked 19 million plaintext passwords – Three cybersecurity researchers discovered close to 19 million plaintext passwords exposed on the public internet by misconfigured instances of Firebase, a Google platform for hosting databases, cloud computing, and app development.
Podcasts
- Cyberwire – Ep 2026 | 3.18.24 – The hot pursuit of Volt Typhoon.