Robin's Newsletter - Volume 5
Volume 5 of Robin’s Newsletter covers the year 2022.
May 2022
May 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 20
Robin’s Newsletter #204
Costa Rica declares state of emergency over ransomware incidents. Civil penalties proposed for Colonial Pipeline over safety breaches.
Vol. 5, Iss. 19
Robin’s Newsletter #203
Mandiant identified stealthy APT actor targeting M&A teams in large corporates. Heroku mishandles breach of customer paswords, environment secrets. $1.6 billion of cryptocurrency has been stolen so far this year.
Vol. 5, Iss. 18
Robin’s Newsletter #202
Conti ransomware gang targets Costa Rica following election. Timeline of Russian cyberatacks against Ukraine. Facebook doesn't know where your data flows.
April 2022
April 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 17
Robin’s Newsletter #201
Okta breach affected two customers. Russian invasion leaves it 'fair game' for cyberattacks. Java’s ‘psychic signatures’ and conceptualising cybercrimes.
Vol. 5, Iss. 16
Robin’s Newsletter #200
Industroyer2: Cyberattack on Ukraine power grid averted. $600 million crypto-heist linked to North Korea's Lazarus group. RaidForums seized by UA authorities.
Vol. 5, Iss. 15
Robin’s Newsletter #199
Russian 'Cyclops Blink' botnet disrupted by the US. The value of Mailchimp distribution lists. Fundemental security metrics.
Vol. 5, Iss. 14
Robin’s Newsletter #198
Okta says it made a mistake. Wiper malware used against Viasat modems during Russian invasion of Ukraine. DCMS' cyber survey stats.
March 2022
March 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 13
Robin’s Newsletter #197
The rise, and fall?, of Lapsus$ as Okta confirm breach. US CNI cyberattack warning. Build capabilities, not plans for resilience.
Vol. 5, Iss. 12
Robin’s Newsletter #196
Russia/Ukraine roundup. Mysterious incident affecting satcom terminals. Ransomware group adds wiper capability. Law firm gets GDPR fine for not patching.
Vol. 5, Iss. 11
Robin’s Newsletter #195
Conti's involvement in crypto 'rug pulls'. Unintended consequences of isolating Russia from the Internet.
Vol. 5, Iss. 10
February 2022
February 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 9
Vol. 5, Iss. 8
Robin’s Newsletter #192
DDoS attacks on Ukraine MoD and banks. French signal jamming. New version of 27002 security control framework.
Vol. 5, Iss. 7
Robin’s Newsletter #191
Slovenian TV disruption. 500 ecommerce sites compromised by MageCart. 2021 was a bumper year for cyber M&A.
Vol. 5, Iss. 6
Robin’s Newsletter #190
News Corp targeted in 'advanced persistent' attack. US launches Cyber Safety Review Board. One guy knocks North Korea off the 'net.
January 2022
January 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 5
Robin’s Newsletter #189
Activists ransomware Belarus' state-woned railway company. New UK cyber strategy for government. Let's Encrypt re-issuing 2M certs.
Vol. 5, Iss. 4
Robin’s Newsletter #188
UK government advertising campaign against E2EE. Merck win 'act of war' cyber insurance lawsuit. More Russian action against cyber crims.
Vol. 5, Iss. 3
Robin’s Newsletter #187
Russian authorities scoop up members of REvil. Google Analytics and GDPR. Using a cyberattack to accelerate dgitial transformation.
Vol. 5, Iss. 2
Robin’s Newsletter #186
Potential FTC legal action over Log4shell. Phishing using Google Docs. New UK Information Commissioner. Reframing cybersecurity.
Vol. 5, Iss. 1