Espionage

October 2025

October 2025


Vol. 8, Iss. 42
Robin’s Newsletter #383
Vol. 8, Iss. 42

‘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
Vol. 8, Iss. 35

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
Vol. 8, Iss. 31

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
Vol. 8, Iss. 25

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
Vol. 8, Iss. 2

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
Vol. 7, Iss. 6

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
Vol. 7, Iss. 5

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
Vol. 6, Iss. 49

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
Vol. 6, Iss. 43

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
Vol. 6, Iss. 32

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
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.

September 2022

September 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 36
Robin’s Newsletter #220
Vol. 5, Iss. 36

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
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.

October 2021

October 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 41
Robin’s Newsletter #173
Vol. 4, Iss. 41

Facebook's outage; compromise at major telco supplier; Twitch's massive breach; NSO Group spyware used to spy on Princess' divorce.