Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

A little late this week as the tail end of travel bites into my time, but it's nice to be home again (albeit amidst a period of record rainfall). I'll get back on a normal schedule next week but for now, here's all the usual stuff in number 284, complete with a super cool "ransomwear" hoodie from this week's sponsor, Varonis 😎 References The Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group Mary Litynski Award (seeing industry recognition for HIBP is enormousl

Passwords 90

Passwords Ransomware Security IT 90

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Researchers provided details about a stealthy custom malware dubbed SockDetour that targeted U.S.-based defense contractors. Cybersecurity researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have analyzed a previously undocumented and custom backdoor tracked as SockDetour that targeted U.S.-based defense contractors. According to the experts, the SockDetour backdoor has been in the wild since at least July 2019.

Education 87

Education Encryption Ransomware Cybersecurity 87

WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Cookies are on the way out—but not enough is being done about browser fingerprinting. So what is it?

IT 99

IT Privacy Security 99

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Global internet monitor working group NetBlocks reported that Twitter has been restricted in Russia amid conflict with Ukraine. Global internet monitor working organization NetBlocks shared its metrics confirming the restriction of Twitter in Russia from early morning amid conflict with Ukraine. Multiple local providers (Rostelecom, MTS, Beeline and MegaFon) were blocking access to the popular platform to prevent the vision of videos and images of the attacks carried out by Russian army in Ukrai

Government 87

Government Access Security IT 87

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

IT

WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Plus: Hacker recruits, NFT thefts, and more of the week’s top security news.

Security 105

Security 105

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Anonymous collective has hacked the Russian Defense Ministry and leaked the data of its employees in response to the Ukraine invasion. A few hours after the Anonymous collective has called to action against Russia following the illegitimate invasion of Ukraine its members have taken down the website of the Russian propaganda station RT News and news of the day is the attack against the servers of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Military 121

Military Government IT Security 121