Cyber Defense Advisors

Month: February 2023

Dark Web Market Revenues Sink 50% in 2022

Closure of Hydra has major impact on underground sales

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Dark Web Market Revenues Sink 50% in 2022

Closure of Hydra has major impact on underground sales

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Mary Queen of Scots Letters Decrypted

This is a neat piece of historical research. The team of computer scientist George Lasry, pianist Norbert Biermann and astrophysicist Satoshi Tomokiyo—all keen cryptographers—initially thought the batch of encoded documents related to Italy, because that was how they were filed at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. However, they quickly realised the letters were in French. […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Mary Queen of Scots Letters Decrypted

This is a neat piece of historical research. The team of computer scientist George Lasry, pianist Norbert Biermann and astrophysicist Satoshi Tomokiyo—all keen cryptographers—initially thought the batch of encoded documents related to Italy, because that was how they were filed at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. However, they quickly realised the letters were in French. […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Smashing Security podcast #308: Jail after VPN fail, criminal messaging apps, and wolf-crying watches

When Ubiquiti suffered a hack the world assumed it was just a regular security breach, but the truth was much stranger… why are police happy that criminals keep using end-to-end encrypted messaging systems… and why is the Apple Watch being accused of crying wolf? All this and much much more is discussed in the latest […]

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

Trio Arrested in COVID PPE Fraud Probe

UK company set up to illegally profit from trade in protective equipment

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

New Info-Stealer Discovered as Russia Prepares Fresh Offensive

Ukraine braced for more critical infrastructure attacks

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends

New Info-Stealer Discovered as Russia Prepares Fresh Offensive

Ukraine braced for more critical infrastructure attacks

Cyber News, Cyber Threat Trends