Hacktivism
October 2023
October 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 41
Robin’s Newsletter #277
CISA publishes list of top 10 security misconfigurations. Red Cross sets out hacktivism rules of engagement. MGM Resorts says cyberattack will cost $100 million.
August 2023
August 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 35
Robin’s Newsletter #271
Lapsus$ 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
Montana bans TikTok. Ransomware as activitsm. Fallout from Capita breaches escalate.
February 2023
February 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 8
Robin’s Newsletter #244
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
YOLOsec, FOMOsec, business value and commodity controls. Plus a couple of examples of how hactivism is evolving.