End-to-end encryption (E2EE)
August 2025
August 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 34
Robin’s Newsletter #375
US intel chief says UK walking back E2EE backdoor (for US citizens?) Interpol arrests 1,200 in African cybercrime crackdown. Accenture to acquire CyberCX.
July 2025
July 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 30
Robin’s Newsletter #371
SharePoint shells for China. Clorox's $380M help desk lawsuit. And massive surges in UK VPN signups following Online Safety Act checks come into effect.
June 2025
June 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 24
Robin’s Newsletter #365
Whole Foods supplier disruption. Google outage caused by poor error handling. DarkGaboon ransoming Russian companies. US ATC runs on Win95.
May 2025
May 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 19
Robin’s Newsletter #360
China 'becoming a cyber superpower'. SignalGate twist: it wasn't Signal. SK Telecom breach could result in $5B revenue loss.
April 2025
April 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 16
Robin’s Newsletter #357
MITRE CVE funding secured, for now. Florida lawmakers want in on E2EE backdoor. Silicon Valley traffic crossings hacked to play spoof Zuck, Musk audio.
Vol. 8, Iss. 15
Robin’s Newsletter #356
Black Basta ransomware group chat logs leaked. Attackers accessed 150,000 emails at US Treasury bureau. Yes, Oracle was breached.
March 2025
March 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 11
Robin’s Newsletter #352
Apple/UK gov hearing held in private. Garantex founder arrested on holiday in India. American fraud losses up 25%.
Vol. 8, Iss. 10
Robin’s Newsletter #351
Silk Typhoon shift focus to tech supply chains. Apple launches legal challenge over UK backdoor request. Scammers sending fake, physical ransom notes.
Vol. 8, Iss. 9
Robin’s Newsletter #350
FBI points finger at North Korea for $1.5B crypto-heist. US deprioritises Russia cyber threat. 7,000 people freed from scam centres in Myanmar.
February 2025
February 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 8
Robin’s Newsletter #349
Apple disables ADP in UK amidst E2EE fight with UK gov. Trump seeks control of independent agencies. $1.4B stolen from Bybit cryptocurrency exchange.
Vol. 8, Iss. 7
Robin’s Newsletter #348
DOGE and the 'most consequential' breach in history. Salt Typhoon seen in five more telcos. AI Summaries are mostly inaccurate.
Vol. 8, Iss. 6
Robin’s Newsletter #347
UK demands Apple break iCloud encryption. Hurricane-style categorisation of cyber incidents. Meta torrented pirated books to train AI models.
November 2024
November 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 47
Robin’s Newsletter #336
Black Friday scam warning. Microsoft Windows changes announced following CrowdStrike outage. Facebook take down of 2 million pig butchering accounts.
September 2024
September 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 35
Robin’s Newsletter #324
Telegram CEO charged in France for illegal activity on the platform. Ukraine launches cyber range. Chinese attackers compromise four ISPs.
June 2024
June 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 25
Robin’s Newsletter #314
Updates on significant healthcare incidents. US gov bans Kaspersky. Spoofing Microsoft.com emails.
April 2024
April 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 17
Robin’s Newsletter #306
US tries to force sell-off of TikTok. UnitedHealth says it paid a ransom, 'substantial portion' of America affected. Darktrace agrees deal to go private.
February 2024
February 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 7
Robin’s Newsletter #296
FBI disrupts GRU botnet. Dozens of Romanian hospitals impacted by ransomware. European court rules on encryption backdoors.
October 2023
October 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 44
Robin’s Newsletter #280
1Password, Cloudflare amongst 170 caught up in Okta breach. UK Online Safety Bill becomes law. Lawful intercept against Russian chat service.
September 2023
September 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 37
Robin’s Newsletter #273
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. 30
Robin’s Newsletter #266
Microsoft responds to pressure over pay-for security logs. UK Online Safety Bill progresses through the Lords. PwC client data stolen in MOVEit breach.
Vol. 6, Iss. 28
Robin’s Newsletter #264
Japan's busiest port halted by ransomware. Academics write open letter over Online Safety Bill concerns. JumpCloud resets API keys.
May 2023
May 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 20
Robin’s Newsletter #256
Russian APT malware disabled. MSI compromise included important crypto keys. EU CSAM plans may be unlawful.
April 2023
April 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 17
Robin’s Newsletter #253
Customer data stolen in Capita breach. 3CX was a 'cascading' supply-chain breach. UK faces 'Wagner-like' cyber threat.
February 2023
February 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 9
Robin’s Newsletter #245
USSOCCOM Email server left exposed. Critical vulnerability in another file transfer app. Signal says it would exit UK market.
December 2022
December 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 50
Robin’s Newsletter #234
Apple offers encrypted iCloud backups. Medibank takes ysstems offline for security improvements. Attack on NZ MSP affects Justice and health bodies.
January 2022
January 2022
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.