China

September 2023

September 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 37
Robin’s Newsletter #273
Vol. 6, Iss. 37

Results of Microsoft investigation into US government email compromise. Online Safety Bill E2EE clause to remain unenforced until 'technically feasible'.

July 2023

July 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 29
Robin’s Newsletter #265
Vol. 6, Iss. 29

EU and US adopt new privacy framework for personal data transfers. Microsoft email systems breached by Chinese APT group. Poisoned AI models and disinformation.

May 2023

May 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 22
Robin’s Newsletter #258
Vol. 6, Iss. 22

Meta fine €1.2 billion. US-China cyber tensions. Brute-forcing biometric authentication. Insider threat fail.

March 2023

March 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 13
Robin’s Newsletter #249
Vol. 6, Iss. 13

TikTok bans continue, Russia bans iPhones from Putin’s inner circle, China & Russia set sights on tech sovereignty

January 2023

January 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 2
Robin’s Newsletter #238
Vol. 6, Iss. 2

Details of 200 million Twitter users posted online. Cracking 2048-bit RSA encryption. Turla co-opting old malware.

July 2022

July 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 28
Robin’s Newsletter #212
Vol. 5, Iss. 28

Apple's extreme 'Lockdown Mode' to protect against NSO Group. Apparent breach of 1 billion Chinese citizens data. Bad week for NPM ecosystem.

June 2022

June 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 24
Robin’s Newsletter #208
Vol. 5, Iss. 24

LockBit distances themselves from Conti. Round-up from RSA Conference 2022. And 'predicting thunderstorms not lightning strikes'.

February 2022

February 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 6
Robin’s Newsletter #190
Vol. 5, Iss. 6

News Corp targeted in 'advanced persistent' attack. US launches Cyber Safety Review Board. One guy knocks North Korea off the 'net.

November 2021

November 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 45
Robin’s Newsletter #177
Vol. 4, Iss. 45

Trojan source vulnerbaility in the way compilers handle Unicode characters. Meta/Facebook to disable facial recnogition feature and delete faceprints.

July 2021

July 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 30
Robin’s Newsletter #162
Vol. 4, Iss. 30

China called out for state-sponsored cyber campaigns. NSO Group in the spotlight (again) for spyware. Questionable QA on Google Chrome OS update.

May 2021

May 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 21
Robin’s Newsletter #153
Vol. 4, Iss. 21

Lots of ransomware: Ireland's HSE will not pay. Colonial coughed up $4.4M'. But there are Technology Detection Dogs. And they're very good dogs!

September 2020

September 2020


Vol. 3, Iss. 37
Robin’s Newsletter #117
Vol. 3, Iss. 37

China's Global Initiative on Data Security; Ireland's data regulator 'unlikes' Facebook; Who is top of the Cyber Power Index?

July 2020

July 2020


Vol. 3, Iss. 28
Robin’s Newsletter #108
Vol. 3, Iss. 28

Hong Kong's new national security law causes headaches for citizens, tech and finance companies. Steal the cash, not the painting. Cosmic Lynx and Russian cyber-criminals' 'synergistic value accelerative opportunity'

April 2020

April 2020


Vol. 3, Iss. 7
Robin’s Newsletter #87
Vol. 3, Iss. 7

Huawei, Crypto AG, and all the nations doin' all the cybers; plus Emotet.