Spyware
September 2025
September 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 37
Robin’s Newsletter #378
JLR says data taken as supply chain worries grow. US wraps up is disinformation cooperation centre. Switzerland considering ID requirements for VPNs.
April 2025
April 2025
Vol. 8, Iss. 15
Robin’s Newsletter #356
Black Basta ransomware group chat logs leaked. Attackers accessed 150,000 emails at US Treasury bureau. Yes, Oracle was breached.
December 2024
December 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 49
Robin’s Newsletter #338
More Salt Typhoon victims, as FCC proposes new telco cyber regulations.
October 2024
October 2024
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.
April 2024
April 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 15
Robin’s Newsletter #304
Significant breach at data analytics firm Sisense. UK trade unions targeted. Perfect 10 vulnerability in Palo's GlobalProtect VPN product.
February 2024
February 2024
Vol. 7, Iss. 6
Robin’s Newsletter #295
No, 3 million toothbrushes didn't DDoS anything. But... Deepfake video used in CFO scam to steal £20 million. TfL has been trialling AI surveillance.
September 2023
September 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 38
Robin’s Newsletter #274
Ransomware groups target Save the Children, and Las Vegas casinos, and the Sri Lankan government.
Vol. 6, Iss. 37
Robin’s Newsletter #273
Results of Microsoft investigation into US government email compromise. Online Safety Bill E2EE clause to remain unenforced until 'technically feasible'.
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.
Vol. 6, Iss. 32
Robin’s Newsletter #268
Capita breach costs rise. Microsoft under pressure for opaque security practices. Side channel attack identifies keystrokes from audio over Zoom calls
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.
April 2023
April 2023
Vol. 6, Iss. 17
Robin’s Newsletter #253
Customer data stolen in Capita breach. 3CX was a 'cascading' supply-chain breach. UK faces 'Wagner-like' cyber threat.
December 2022
December 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 51
Robin’s Newsletter #235
Microsoft certs used to sign malware. AWS API exposed ability to modify, delete container images. BEC scammers are targeting sugar and milk powder.
July 2022
July 2022
Vol. 5, Iss. 28
Robin’s Newsletter #212
Apple's extreme 'Lockdown Mode' to protect against NSO Group. Apparent breach of 1 billion Chinese citizens data. Bad week for NPM ecosystem.
December 2021
December 2021
Vol. 4, Iss. 51
Robin’s Newsletter #183
Over 100 VMware apps are affected by Log4j, as a second patch is released to address 'Log4Shell' vuln. £2.6B UK cyber strategy unveiled. Plus interesting results in long-term phishing study.