Espionage
October 2025
October 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 42
Robin’s Newsletter #383
‘Sophisticated’ threat had ‘long-term’ access to F5. 'Nationally significant' attacks against UK up 50%. NK hiding malware in smart contracts.
August 2025
August 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 35
Robin’s Newsletter #376
Salt Typhoon comp'd over 200 organisations. Anthropic says cybercrims run ransomware ops using Claude. SK Telecom lacked pretty much any security.
Vol. 8, Iss. 31
Robin’s Newsletter #372
Hacktivists ground dozens of Russian flights. Palo Alto acquires CyberArk for $25 billion. OpenAI rolls back conversation sharing feature.
June 2025
June 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 25
Robin’s Newsletter #366
Israeli/Iran cyberspace heating up. Scattered Spider turns to insurance industry. 23andMe fined £2.3M by ICO.
January 2025
January 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 2
Robin’s Newsletter #343
Ivanti zero-day exploits. US Treasury breach targeted foreign investment committee. Minor changes needed to manipulate AI models for misinformation.
February 2024
February 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 6
Robin’s Newsletter #295
No, 3 million toothbrushes didn't DDoS anything. But... Deepfake video used in CFO scam to steal £20 million. TfL has been trialling AI surveillance.
Vol. 7, Iss. 5
Robin’s Newsletter #294
FBI disrupted Volt Typhoon activity. Moody's downgrades UK water sector due to cyber threat. Stolen FTX millions linked to US SIM swapping ring.
December 2023
December 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 49
Robin’s Newsletter #285
Iranian attack on US water facility. Chinese espionage group in Netherlands chip maker for years. US
October 2023
October 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 43
Robin’s Newsletter #279
Five Eyes security chiefs warn of espionage threat. Two ransomware gangs taken out. Thousands of Cisco devices compromised.
August 2023
August 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 32
Robin’s Newsletter #268
Capita breach costs rise. Microsoft under pressure for opaque security practices. Side channel attack identifies keystrokes from audio over Zoom calls
July 2023
July 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 29
Robin’s Newsletter #265
EU and US adopt new privacy framework for personal data transfers. Microsoft email systems breached by Chinese APT group. Poisoned AI models and disinformation.
September 2022
September 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 36
Robin’s Newsletter #220
The US gov simultaneously using, and suing a provider of, commercial geolocation data. Uncovering Russian agents in hacktivist data breaches.
February 2022
February 2022
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.
October 2021
October 2021
Vol. 4, Iss. 41
Robin’s Newsletter #173
Facebook's outage; compromise at major telco supplier; Twitch's massive breach; NSO Group spyware used to spy on Princess' divorce.