US cryptocurrency coder gets 5 years for North Korea sanctions busting
Cryptocurrency expert didn’t take “No” for an answer when the US authorities said he couldn’t pursue cryptocoin opps in North Korea.
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Cryptocurrency expert didn’t take “No” for an answer when the US authorities said he couldn’t pursue cryptocoin opps in North Korea.
Fake warnings and false accusations – it’s a “call to distraction”
One down. Lots more to go. Here’s what to do…
by Paul Ducklin It’s like the movie Independence Day, but with the malware part of the story back-to-front. In the 1996 Jeff Goldblum classic, the bespectacled, academic antihero finally quashes the alien invaders by connecting to their mothership with his Mac laptop and uploading a computer virus that even the . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin [03’22”] Will quantum cryptography mean the end of encryption? [10’30”] How was the FBI able to get bitcoins back in the Colonial Pipeline ransomware case? [25’00”] What is the ALPACA attack, and does it make your browsing less secure? [25’00”] Oh! No! of the week. With Kimberly Truong, Doug Aamoth . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin [04’24”] Alleged malware coder from the Trickbot gang arrested. [15’36”] 5500 passwords cracked and salaries stolen by “credential stuffing” crook. [29’28”] We answer a listener’s question about just how tough to be when judging a company that’s had a breach. [34’37”] Oh! No! of the week. With Kimberly Truong, Doug . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin The cybersecurity buzz of the week is the intriguing – and highly unusual – aftermath of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. Colonial runs the largest American supply pipeline for refined petroleum products, capable of shifting about 500 million litres of various fuels, including gasoline (petrol), jet fuel, . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin In case you’ve never heard of it, Have I Been Pwned, or HIBP as it is widely known, is an online service run out of Queensland in Australia by a data breach researcher called Troy Hunt. The idea behind HIBP is straightforward: to give you a quick . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin We investigate the controversy that was stirred up recently when the FBI in the US used malware to fight malware. The Feds accessed remote access webshells left behind after the recent Hafnium attacks to remove the webshells themselves, after a court order said they could. As helpful . . . Read more
by Paul Ducklin Sophos cybersecurity expert Chester Wisniewski provides excellent, topical and timely commentary on the FBI’s recent use of a malware-like method to forcibly clean up hundreds of servers still infected in the Hafnium aftermath. With Paul Ducklin and Chester Wisniewski Intro and outro music by Edith Mudge. LISTEN . . . Read more