‘Just setting up my twttr’: 17 years of microblogging, misinformation and privacy risks
The microblogging platform Twitter, a child of the creative minds of four tech graduates in San Francisco, California, has emerged…
2023
New Cyber Platform Lab 1 Decodes Dark Web Data to Uncover Hidden Supply Chain Breaches
This article has not been generated by ChatGPT. 2022 was the year when inflation hit world economies, except in one…
Researchers Shed Light on CatB Ransomware’s Evasion Techniques
The threat actors behind the CatB ransomware operation have been observed using a technique called DLL search order hijacking to…
HinataBot: The Latest Go-based Threat Is Launching DDoS Attacks
In January, a Go-based botnet named HinataBot (named after the character from the popular anime series Naruto) was discovered exploiting…
Emotet Rises Again: Evades Macro Security via OneNote Attachments
The notorious Emotet malware, in its return after a short hiatus, is now being distributed via Microsoft OneNote email attachments…
Play ransomware gang hit Dutch shipping firm Royal Dirkzwager
Dutch maritime logistics company Royal Dirkzwager suffered a ransomware attack, the company was hit by the Play ransomware gang. The…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 411 by Pierluigi Paganini
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free…
The Shazam Sequel Sparks and Fizzles at the Box Office
Superhero fatigue seems to be hitting both Marvel and DC hard. Alongside a kind of mid-level audience response to Quantumania…
Anthony Mackie’s Super Secret Superhero Script Protocol
A few weeks ago, Anthony Mackie got the passcode to read the upcoming script for Captain America: New World Order.…