Cryptography

March 2025

March 2025


Vol. 8, Iss. 12
Robin’s Newsletter #353
Vol. 8, Iss. 12

Alphabet to buy Wiz for $32B. Oracle denies cloud platform compromise. Clearview AI class action lawsuit grants plaintiffs company stake.

August 2024

August 2024


Vol. 7, Iss. 33
Robin’s Newsletter #322
Vol. 7, Iss. 33

Large data set published from US Data broker. Trump campaign blames Iran for leaked emails. Critical zero-click TCP/IP vulnerability in Windows.

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.

December 2022

December 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 50
Robin’s Newsletter #234
Vol. 5, Iss. 50

Apple offers encrypted iCloud backups. Medibank takes ysstems offline for security improvements. Attack on NZ MSP affects Justice and health bodies.


Vol. 5, Iss. 49
Robin’s Newsletter #233
Vol. 5, Iss. 49

UK managed security businesses to be regulated. Medibank attackers release data. Anker's Eufy smart camera 'local only' claims disputed.

October 2021

October 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 42
Robin’s Newsletter #174
Vol. 4, Iss. 42

White House ransomware summit attended by over 30 countries. Client-side scanning (such as for CSAM) may undermine democracy. Don't view-source on Missouri state websites

August 2021

August 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 33
Robin’s Newsletter #165
Vol. 4, Iss. 33

Apple's damage-control on CSAM. Belarus' state security doxxing. Code poisoning ML models.


Vol. 4, Iss. 32
Robin’s Newsletter #164
Vol. 4, Iss. 32

Apple's plans to have iPhone continuously scan for child sexual abuse material are ripe for abuse.

April 2020

April 2020


Vol. 3, Iss. 3
Robin’s Newsletter #83
Vol. 3, Iss. 3

Changing the economics of cybercrime; Windows crypto vulnerability; and rival groups exploiting Citrix.