by Bruce Schneier | Apr 6, 2020 | Welcome
Microsoft is reporting that an Emotat malware infection shut down a network by causing computers to overheat and then crash. The Emotet payload was delivered and executed on the systems of Fabrikam — a fake name Microsoft gave the victim in their case study... by Bruce Schneier | Apr 1, 2020 | Welcome
Daniel’s Hosting, which hosts about 7,600 dark web portals for free, has been hacked and is down. It’s unclear when, or if, it will be back up. by BrianKrebs | Mar 31, 2020 | Welcome
A spear-phishing attack this week hooked a customer service employee at GoDaddy.com, the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The incident gave the phisher the ability to view and modify key customer records, access that was used... by Bruce Schneier | Mar 26, 2020 | Welcome
Interesting article discussing cyber-warranties, and whether they are an effective way to transfer risk (as envisioned by Ackerlof’s “market for lemons”) or a marketing trick. The conclusion: Warranties must transfer non-negligible amounts of... by BrianKrebs | Mar 23, 2020 | Welcome
In December 2018, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how dozens of U.S. political campaigns, cities and towns had paid a shady company called Web Listings Inc. after receiving what looked like a bill for search engine optimization (SEO) services rendered on behalf of their... by Bruce Schneier | Mar 16, 2020 | Welcome
The TSA is allowing people to bring larger bottles of hand sanitizer with them on airplanes: Passengers will now be allowed to travel with containers of liquid hand sanitizer up to 12 ounces. However, the agency cautioned that the shift could mean slightly longer...
