What We Now Know About Iran’s Global Propaganda Campaign
They set up phony news sites with stories ripped from other sources, backing up their state-sponsored agenda. They stole photos for their […]
Tag: Security
An Undiscovered Facebook Bug Made Me Think I Was Hacked
My legs were sticking to the vinyl back seat of a NYC cab when I received the email on a Thursday this […]
Why the DNC Thought a Phishing Test Was a Real Attack
On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee was alerted by Lookout, a mobile security firm, about an apparent phishing campaign. Someone had created […]
A Monitor’s Ultrasonic Sounds Can Reveal What’s on the Screen
You probably assume that someone can only see what’s on your computer screen by looking at it. But a team of researchers […]
Security Risks: How ‘Similar-Solution’ Information Sharing Reduces Risk at the Network Perimeter
We live in a connected world where we have access to several tools to assist in finding any information we need. If […]
Detecting bot attacks | Salted Hash Ep 44
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Tech Giants Are Becoming Defenders of Democracy. Now What?
On Tuesday, a trifecta of tech companies announced that they had thwarted what appear to be significant cyberattacks from Russia and Iran. […]
Six Big Questions After the Cohen and Manafort Bombshells
The hour of 4 pm Tuesday, potentially one of the most consequential hours in the history of the American presidency, made clear […]
Free DNS Resolver Services and Data Mining
Why would companies offer free DNS recursive servers? DNS data is extremely valuable for threat intelligence. If a company runs a recursive […]
The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History
It was a perfect sunny summer afternoon in Copenhagen when the world’s largest shipping conglomerate began to lose its mind. The headquarters […]