Hacktivism

October 2023

October 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 41
Robin’s Newsletter #277
Vol. 6, Iss. 41

CISA publishes list of top 10 security misconfigurations. Red Cross sets out hacktivism rules of engagement. MGM Resorts says cyberattack will cost $100 million.

August 2023

August 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 35
Robin’s Newsletter #271
Vol. 6, Iss. 35

Lapsus$ group pair court verdict. Ransomware dwell times are down. Cloud providers looses all their customers data in ransomware incident.

May 2023

May 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 21
Robin’s Newsletter #257
Vol. 6, Iss. 21

Montana bans TikTok. Ransomware as activitsm. Fallout from Capita breaches escalate.

February 2023

February 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 8
Robin’s Newsletter #244
Vol. 6, Iss. 8

Twitter to charge for SMS MFA. 'Anonymous' ideological attacks. GoDaddy discloses multi-year breach. The proliferation of 'risk dashboards'.

January 2023

January 2023


Vol. 6, Iss. 1
Robin’s Newsletter #237 — 2023 Forecast
Vol. 6, Iss. 1

My thoughts on the broad outlook and specific predictions for the world of cyber in 2023.

September 2022

September 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 39
Robin’s Newsletter #223
Vol. 5, Iss. 39

Uber points the finger at Lapsus$; GTA games copmany rockstar, Aussie telco Optus, and fintech Revolut all suffer breaches.

July 2022

July 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 31
Robin’s Newsletter #215
Vol. 5, Iss. 31

Facial recognition use at Co-Op convenience stores and 'secret blacklists' challenged in the UK. The opportunity cost in action bias. And protestware, the 'insider threat' of hacktivism.


Vol. 5, Iss. 27
Robin’s Newsletter #211
Vol. 5, Iss. 27

'Hacktivists' execute cyber attack against Iranian steel works, 'mercenary hackers' swaying legal battles, and malicious insiders

January 2022

January 2022


Vol. 5, Iss. 5
Robin’s Newsletter #189
Vol. 5, Iss. 5

Activists ransomware Belarus' state-woned railway company. New UK cyber strategy for government. Let's Encrypt re-issuing 2M certs.

August 2021

August 2021


Vol. 4, Iss. 35
Robin’s Newsletter #167
Vol. 4, Iss. 35

Microsoft's $20BN investment is on its own products, and they need the investment. Future of the UK's 'post-Brexit' data protection regime and new Information Commissioner. Samsung can remotely disable its smart TVs.

September 2020

September 2020


Vol. 3, Iss. 39
Robin’s Newsletter #119
Vol. 3, Iss. 39

YOLOsec, FOMOsec, business value and commodity controls. Plus a couple of examples of how hactivism is evolving.