The UK Cyber Security Center (NCSC) and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) with the help of the NSA released an advisory today on attacks from APT29 (also known as ‘the Dukes’ or ‘Cozy Bear’), a group with ties to the Russian intelligence services. "APT29 is using custom malware known as ‘WellMess’ and ‘WellMail’ to target a number of organisations … [Read more...]
Operation Windigo – WSWiR Episode 99
MH370 Scams, Google Play DDoSed, and Operation Windigo Each week I summarize the biggest information security news in a short video, so you don't have to go searching for it yourself. If you're interested in the latest infosec updates, be sure to watch each Friday. Today's late episode covers a few cyber security stories around the disappeared MH370 flight, news about a … [Read more...]
NSA's Turbine – WSWiR Episode 98
Patch Day, Missed Logs, and Snowden's Latest What to learn about the latest information security (infosec) news in under eight minutes? You've found the right place. Check out my weekly security news summary video below. This week's episode covers all the big updates from this month's Adobe & Microsoft Patch Day, the latest news suggesting Target's breach could have been … [Read more...]
Uroburos APT- WSWiR Episode 97
SOHO Pharming, Trio of Data Breaches, and Russian APT I still remember ten years ago, when I used to wish more people would realize the dangers of the Internet and the sad state of cyber security. Back then, it seemed like I had to work to convince someone that there was any computer security problem at all. Boy has that changed... Now I feel overwhelmed by the amount of … [Read more...]