Russia
August 2025
August 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 31
Robin’s Newsletter #372
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. 24
Robin’s Newsletter #365
Whole Foods supplier disruption. Google outage caused by poor error handling. DarkGaboon ransoming Russian companies. US ATC runs on Win95.
Vol. 8, Iss. 23
Robin’s Newsletter #364
More retail cyber attack news. Meta, Yandex caught de-anonymising Android users. Vendors to collaborate on threat actor naming.
May 2025
May 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 21
Robin’s Newsletter #362
Global infostealer, ransomware infrastrucutre takedown. TCS investigating role in M&S incident. Anthropic's AI blackmails developer in test.
March 2025
March 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 10
Robin’s Newsletter #351
Silk Typhoon shift focus to tech supply chains. Apple launches legal challenge over UK backdoor request. Scammers sending fake, physical ransom notes.
February 2025
February 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 6
Robin’s Newsletter #347
UK demands Apple break iCloud encryption. Hurricane-style categorisation of cyber incidents. Meta torrented pirated books to train AI models.
January 2025
January 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 3
Robin’s Newsletter #344
UK launches ransomware consultation. FTC takes action against GoDaddy for poor security practices. Doom PDF.
Vol. 8, Iss. 2
Robin’s Newsletter #343
Ivanti zero-day exploits. US Treasury breach targeted foreign investment committee. Minor changes needed to manipulate AI models for misinformation.
December 2024
December 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 51
Robin’s Newsletter #340
US considering TP-Link ban. Nebraska sues Change Healthcare. False Claims Act whistleblowers.
Vol. 7, Iss. 49
Robin’s Newsletter #338
More Salt Typhoon victims, as FCC proposes new telco cyber regulations.
Vol. 7, Iss. 48
Robin’s Newsletter #337
Blue Yonder causes supply chain disruption. Incidents at two UK hospitals. $17M stolen from Urgana's central bank.
November 2024
November 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 47
Robin’s Newsletter #336
Black Friday scam warning. Microsoft Windows changes announced following CrowdStrike outage. Facebook take down of 2 million pig butchering accounts.
Vol. 7, Iss. 44
Robin’s Newsletter #333
Delta sues CrowdStrike for outage. Strava leaks location of French President. JP Morgan ATMs allowed fraudulent withdrawals.
October 2024
October 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 42
Robin’s Newsletter #331
Chinese accusations of Intel backdoors. Microsoft loses customer security logs. Hong Kong arrests in multi-milloin deepfake video scams.
Vol. 7, Iss. 41
Robin’s Newsletter #330
Chinese actors compromised major US telcos. Marriott agrees to 20-year FTC settlement.
Vol. 7, Iss. 40
Robin’s Newsletter #329
LockBit arrests. Evil Corp linked to Russian intelligence. Meta Ray Bans used in creepy facial recognition concept.
June 2024
June 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 26
Robin’s Newsletter #315
TeamViewer says it was compromised by Cozy Bear. Thousands arrested in law enforcement crackdown on scammers. Two critical MOVEit vulnerabilities.
Vol. 7, Iss. 25
Robin’s Newsletter #314
Updates on significant healthcare incidents. US gov bans Kaspersky. Spoofing Microsoft.com emails.
May 2024
May 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 18
Robin’s Newsletter #307
Microsoft ties exec pay to security. Change Healthcare paid $22M ransom. The UK bans default passwords for smart tech.
March 2024
March 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 12
Robin’s Newsletter #301
3 million hotel door locks vulnerable. Esports tournament suspended after compromise. New variant of AcidRain satellite malware discovered.
Vol. 7, Iss. 9
Robin’s Newsletter #298
Change Healthcare outage persists as ALPHV claims responsibility. Morris II GenAI worm. NIST CSF v2 launched.
February 2024
February 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 7
Robin’s Newsletter #296
FBI disrupts GRU botnet. Dozens of Romanian hospitals impacted by ransomware. European court rules on encryption backdoors.
January 2024
January 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 4
Robin’s Newsletter #293
Australia names Medibank attacker. Microsoft comes under criticism for config blunder that let Russia snoop on mailboxes.
Vol. 7, Iss. 3
Robin’s Newsletter #292
Microsoft email accounts compromised by Russian espionage group. Bumper password dump added to HIBP? Gaza phone services out for a week.
Vol. 7, Iss. 2
Robin’s Newsletter #291
SEC Twitter account compromised; used to swing Bitcoin price. Pro-Ukraine group launches retaliatory attack on Russian ISP.
Vol. 7, Iss. 1
Robin’s Newsletter #290
Sandworm was in Kyivstar for at least seven months. British Library will spend 40% of reserves rebuilding after ransomware attack. Mandiant Twitter account compromised.
December 2023
December 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 51
Robin’s Newsletter #287
Russian group claims responsibility for knocking out Ukraine's largest telco. National Grid removing Chinese tech from electricity network. PSNI breach expected to cost over £20M.
Vol. 6, Iss. 50
Robin’s Newsletter #286
23andMe data breach impacts grow. Pushing surveillance. Five Eyes detail Russian political meddling.
November 2023
November 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 46
Robin’s Newsletter #282
LockBit behind attack on US arm of China's largest bank. Aonoymous Sudan DDOS disrupts ChatGPT. Sandworm's attack against Ukraine power grid.
October 2023
October 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 43
Robin’s Newsletter #279
Five Eyes security chiefs warn of espionage threat. Two ransomware gangs taken out. Thousands of Cisco devices compromised.
Vol. 6, Iss. 40
Robin’s Newsletter #276
Ukraine says Russia is going after war crimes data. US, Japan says China targeting routers for persistence. UK logistics firm goes under following ransomware attack.
September 2023
September 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 36
Robin’s Newsletter #272
FBI takes down Qakbot. Two arrested for Polish train disruption. Met Police supplier loses personal data of 47,000 officers.
August 2023
August 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 33
Robin’s Newsletter #269
UK Elections watchdog comopromsed two years ago. Detials of Northern Ireland police staff accidentally published. Zoom backtracks on AI training in terms of service.
June 2023
June 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 23
Robin’s Newsletter #259
Kaspersky says it was compromised using zero-click iMessage exploit. Russia blames the NSA. Amazon settles Ring2 'lax privacy' case.
May 2023
May 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 20
Robin’s Newsletter #256
Russian APT malware disabled. MSI compromise included important crypto keys. EU CSAM plans may be unlawful.
April 2023
April 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 18
Robin’s Newsletter #254
RSA Conference 2023 takeaways. Data-driven decision making. IoT and Digital Services legislation.
March 2023
March 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 13
Robin’s Newsletter #249
TikTok bans continue, Russia bans iPhones from Putin’s inner circle, China & Russia set sights on tech sovereignty
January 2023
January 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 2
Robin’s Newsletter #238
Details of 200 million Twitter users posted online. Cracking 2048-bit RSA encryption. Turla co-opting old malware.
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.
October 2022
October 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 40
Robin’s Newsletter #224
Optus breach attacker retracts demands as attention grows. Rise in fake LinkedIn CISO profiles. Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day.
May 2022
May 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 18
Robin’s Newsletter #202
Conti ransomware gang targets Costa Rica following election. Timeline of Russian cyberatacks against Ukraine. Facebook doesn't know where your data flows.
April 2022
April 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 17
Robin’s Newsletter #201
Okta breach affected two customers. Russian invasion leaves it 'fair game' for cyberattacks. Java’s ‘psychic signatures’ and conceptualising cybercrimes.
Vol. 5, Iss. 16
Robin’s Newsletter #200
Industroyer2: Cyberattack on Ukraine power grid averted. $600 million crypto-heist linked to North Korea's Lazarus group. RaidForums seized by UA authorities.
Vol. 5, Iss. 15
Robin’s Newsletter #199
Russian 'Cyclops Blink' botnet disrupted by the US. The value of Mailchimp distribution lists. Fundemental security metrics.
Vol. 5, Iss. 14
Robin’s Newsletter #198
Okta says it made a mistake. Wiper malware used against Viasat modems during Russian invasion of Ukraine. DCMS' cyber survey stats.
March 2022
March 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 13
Robin’s Newsletter #197
The rise, and fall?, of Lapsus$ as Okta confirm breach. US CNI cyberattack warning. Build capabilities, not plans for resilience.
Vol. 5, Iss. 12
Robin’s Newsletter #196
Russia/Ukraine roundup. Mysterious incident affecting satcom terminals. Ransomware group adds wiper capability. Law firm gets GDPR fine for not patching.
Vol. 5, Iss. 11
Robin’s Newsletter #195
Conti's involvement in crypto 'rug pulls'. Unintended consequences of isolating Russia from the Internet.
Vol. 5, Iss. 10
February 2022
February 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 9
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.
January 2022
January 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 3
Robin’s Newsletter #187
Russian authorities scoop up members of REvil. Google Analytics and GDPR. Using a cyberattack to accelerate dgitial transformation.
April 2021
April 2021
Vol. 4, Iss. 16
Robin’s Newsletter #148
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.
October 2020
October 2020
Vol. 3, Iss. 43
Robin’s Newsletter #123
DOJ charges Fancy Bear, Doubts over Trump's Twitter password, and digital dilemmas for charity donations.
July 2020
July 2020
Vol. 3, Iss. 28
Robin’s Newsletter #108
Hong Kong's new national security law causes headaches for citizens, tech and finance companies. Steal the cash, not the painting. Cosmic Lynx and Russian cyber-criminals' 'synergistic value accelerative opportunity'
April 2020
April 2020
Vol. 3, Iss. 1
Robin’s Newsletter #81
California's Consumer Privacy Act; Travelex systems still offline; the rise of 'data exposures'.
Vol. 3, Iss. 8
Robin’s Newsletter #88
Georgia defacement attribution; misusing anti-abuse; Pipeline ransomware.
Vol. 3, Iss. 13
Robin’s Newsletter #93
FBI COVID-19 scam warning; FIN7 mailing malware USB keys; predicting attacks from Russian APTs.