Welcome to your shift change report: news (with a pinch of zesty analysis) from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. LockBit returns (It was never gone) in less than a week. Nuance in reporting is difficult but some didn’t even
Welcome to your shift change report: news (with a pinch of zesty analysis) from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. Signal lets you hide your phone number behind a screen name—this has been a long time coming. Set a username,
Welcome to your shift change report: news (with a pinch of zesty analysis) from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. (I’m putting this in CAPS so people can hear me) DON’T COLLECT BIOMETRIC DATA ON PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS WITHOUT
Welcome to your shift change report: news (with a pinch of zesty analysis) from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. A shorter shift change today as I look at two attribution stories: one Russian, one American. 1. Cool things you cannot do
Welcome to your shift change report: news (with a pinch of zesty analysis) from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. Courts (and other basic local government functions) remain soft targets for any type of cyber disruption—I blame attorneys (at least
Welcome to your shift change report: news from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. Privacy is not dead, it’s just slow catching up. The Electronic Frontier Foundation highlights a few trend that should perk up a down-and-out privacy appreciator, like:
Welcome to your shift change report: news from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. Say it with me now: toothbrushes don’t need to be network, c’mon now give it another go with gusto: TOOTHBRUSHES DO NOT NEED TO BE
Welcome to your shift change report: news from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. Russia’s cyber tactics not accomplishing Russia’s goals in Ukraine, making Ukraine more resilient, not less. * Russia’s cyber attacks have targeted civilian infrastructure: Studies from
Welcome to your shift change, reports from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. I cannot believe this needs to be said in 2024—but do not take an attackers word for it that an attack has been successful. If bad actors
Welcome to your shift change, reports from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. SANS 2024 CTI Summit has come and passed; it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed every session along the way—particularly Joe Slowik pushing the community
Welcome to your shift change, reports from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. SANS CTI Summit 2024 — Day 2 starts at 09:20 with Slow Cooking & Cyber Threat Intelligence: Cooking a High Performing Team. “Let ‘em cook” already made an
Welcome to your shift change, reports from the off-going watch to the oncoming on anything interesting in privacy, security, or intelligence. 1. SANS CTI Summit—starting today, January 29th through tomorrow the 30th. * There is still time to sign up (for free) before the sessions begin at 9 a.m.