Fraud
November 2025
November 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 45
Robin’s Newsletter #386
Overblown AI malware hype. Rogue cyber security pros moonlighting as ransomware affiliates. Meta profiteering from scammers.
June 2025
June 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 22
Robin’s Newsletter #363
German authorities ID Trickbot, Conti ringleader. Australia passes law requiring ransom payment notifications. Vietnam blocks Telegram.
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%.
December 2023
December 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 52
Robin’s Newsletter #288
Predatory Sparrow disrupts 70% of Iran's petrol pumps. New SEC breach rules come into force. Authories seize APLHV dark web site.
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.
May 2023
May 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 19
Robin’s Newsletter #255
The figurative and literal jury is in on SolarWinds, Merck's NotPetya claim, Uber's data breach cover-up.
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.
November 2022
November 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 48
Robin’s Newsletter #232
Massive UK fraud crackdown. Russia designated state sponsor of terrorism by EU Parliament. Cyber Partisans claim compromise of Roskomnadzor agency.
Vol. 5, Iss. 46
Robin’s Newsletter #230
How Qatar hacked the World Cup. Calls for a law on 'failing to prevent fraud'. Australia's new offensive cybercrime team. Mistrust at a root CA.
October 2022
October 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 43
Robin’s Newsletter #227
Microsoft leaves 2.4TB of 'business transaction data' in public Azure bucket. Head of Germany's cyber agency suspended for links to Russian intelligence. Optus unilaterally blocks data breach victim's passports.
July 2022
July 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 27
Robin’s Newsletter #211
'Hacktivists' execute cyber attack against Iranian steel works, 'mercenary hackers' swaying legal battles, and malicious insiders
June 2022
June 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 25
Robin’s Newsletter #209 — 4th Birthday Edition
Looking back over the last four years. US and UK proposed data protection changes. Interpol announces arrests of 2,000 scammers.
February 2022
February 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 8
Robin’s Newsletter #192
DDoS attacks on Ukraine MoD and banks. French signal jamming. New version of 27002 security control framework.
June 2020
June 2020
Vol. 3, Iss. 25
Robins Newsletter #105
COVID-19 cyber threat update; IoT device vulnerabilities; how to spot like-farming!