Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

July 2025

July 2025


Vol. 8, Iss. 27
Robin’s Newsletter #368
Vol. 8, Iss. 27

Sinoloa cartel used compromised mobile devices, CCTV, to identify and kill FBI informants. Qantas breached by Scattered Spider. Canada bans Hikvision.

December 2023

December 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 52
Robin’s Newsletter #288
Vol. 6, Iss. 52

Predatory Sparrow disrupts 70% of Iran's petrol pumps. New SEC breach rules come into force. Authories seize APLHV dark web site.

September 2023

September 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 36
Robin’s Newsletter #272
Vol. 6, Iss. 36

FBI takes down Qakbot. Two arrested for Polish train disruption. Met Police supplier loses personal data of 47,000 officers.

March 2023

March 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 11
Robin’s Newsletter #247
Vol. 6, Iss. 11

BlackLotus malware can circumvent Secure Boot, infect UEFI. The FBI has been buying US citizen's location data. People are better at identifying fake news if you pay them.

January 2023

January 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 5
Robin’s Newsletter #241
Vol. 6, Iss. 5

Hive ransomware infrastructure seized by FBI. The concentration of the illicit crypto-currency market. GoTo confirms customer data stolen during November breach.

July 2022

July 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 30
Robin’s Newsletter #214
Vol. 5, Iss. 30

Should climate change feature on cyber risk registers? FBI gets a warrant to force-unlock encrypted app. Alibaba execs hauled in by Shanghai police.

April 2021

April 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 16
Robin’s Newsletter #148
Vol. 4, Iss. 16

FBI gets a warrant to fix Hafnium web shells, becomes an MSSP. Sanctions for Russia over SolarWinds. Plus you cheddar believe there are some cheese puns.