Weekly Update 336
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Processing Facility
This video of a modern large squid processing ship is a bit gory, but also interesting. As usual, you can…
One year on, how is the war playing out in cyberspace? – Week in security with Tony Anscombe
With the conflict in Ukraine passing the one-year mark, have its cyber-war elements turned out as expected? The post One…
A year of wiper attacks in Ukraine
ESET Research has compiled a timeline of cyberattacks that used wiper malware and have occurred since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
Putting Undetectable Backdoors in Machine Learning Models
This is really interesting research from a few months ago: Abstract: Given the computational cost and technical expertise required to…
Expiro: Old Virus Poses a New Challenge
A recent virus infection faced by some users was swiftly detected as being caused by Expiro. We have… The post…
WinorDLL64: A backdoor from the vast Lazarus arsenal?
The targeted region, and overlap in behavior and code, suggest the tool is used by the infamous North Korea-aligned APT…
Acunetix improves default roles
A new Acunetix Premium update has been released for Windows and Linux: 15.4 This Acunetix release improves the default roles.…
Cyberwar Lessons from the War in Ukraine
The Aspen Institute has published a good analysis of the successes, failures, and absences of cyberattacks as part of the…
Writing like a boss with ChatGPT and how to get better at spotting phishing scams
It’s never been easier to write a convincing message that can trick you into handing over your money or personal…