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@brianhonan

@brianhonan
23 posts
2024-06-15
This is the right decision by MS considering the security, privacy, and compliance concerns around Recall. However, its too little too late to repair the damage to MS already tarnished reputation regarding their apparent focus on features & profit over #cybersecurity
2024-06-15 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft delays Recall to test it with the Windows Insider Program and won't ship it with Copilot+ PCs next week, after saying it would make the feature opt-in

will arrive via Windows Update later this year Richi Jennings / Security Boulevard : Recall ‘Delayed Indefinitely’ — Microsoft Privacy Disaster is Cut from Copilot+ PCs Katie Bartl...

2024-06-14
This is the right decision by MS considering the security, privacy, and compliance concerns around Recall. However, its too little too late to repair the damage to MS already tarnished reputation regarding their apparent focus on features & profit over #cybersecurity
2024-06-14 View on X
The Verge

Microsoft delays Recall to test it with the Windows Insider Program and won't ship it with Copilot+ PCs next week, after saying it would make the feature opt-in

Microsoft is planning to launch its new Copilot Plus PCs next week without its controversial Recall feature that screenshots everything you do on these new laptops.

2024-01-22
This is a great and must read on the implications and impacts of ransomware, not just in relation to the British Library but our overall approach to dealing with ransomware attacks and the criminals behind them
2024-01-22 View on X
Ciaran's Crispy Cogitations

British Library hack lessons for the UK: ransomware is a national security issue, a national response is required, policy mitigations are available, and more

Introduction, apology, caveat, and then another apology  —  The introduction: For nearly three months, the British Library …

2023-03-07
Well done to @EC3Europol @europol and law enforcement in Germany and Ukraine in arresting key figures behind the DoppelPaymer #ransomware https://www.europol.europa.eu/ ...
2023-03-07 View on X
Associated Press

German police, Europol, the FBI, and Ukrainian police disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid €40M+ from 2019 to 2021

Associated Press :

2023-03-06
Well done to @EC3Europol @europol and law enforcement in Germany and Ukraine in arresting key figures behind the DoppelPaymer #ransomware https://www.europol.europa.eu/ ...
2023-03-06 View on X
Associated Press

German police, Europol, FBI, and Ukrainian authorities disrupt a ransomware gang that deployed DoppelPaymer; Europol says US victims paid out €40M+ in 2019-2021

German police said Monday that they have disrupted an international cybercrime gang which has been blackmailing large companies …

2022-11-03
Well no real surprise here, but it will be interesting to see if the @DPCIreland investigates and see what their findings are. https://twitter.com/...
2022-11-03 View on X
The Guardian

TikTok plans to update its privacy policy on December 2 to confirm that its staff outside of Europe, including in China, can access the data of European users

Privacy policy update confirms data of continent's users available to range of TikTok bases including in Brazil, Israel and US

2022-09-16
and people ask me why I always turn my phone and other electronic devices off when crossing borders, including US https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-16 View on X
Washington Post

Senator Ron Wyden reveals the CBP told Congress it adds data from ~10K travelers' devices per year to a database, accessible by 2,700 officers without a warrant

2022-08-23
Some interesting comments in this story “Zatko says he found was a company with extraordinarily poor security practices” .. “it was impossible to protect the production environment. All engineers had access. There was no logging of who went into the environment” https://twitter.com/...
2022-08-23 View on X
Washington Post

Whistleblower complaint: Twitter's ex-head of security Peiter Zatko alleges the company misled the FTC over its security plans, did not protect users, and more

In an explosive whistleblower complaint obtained by The Washington Post, former Twitter security chief Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko alleges …

2022-06-16
This is why end to end encryption is so important. We have no control over who in the future could be monitoring our communications and what they will do with that surveillance. Encryption is not just about privacy, it is about security of not just data but lives too !! https://twitter.com/...
2022-06-16 View on X
Wired

In occupied Ukraine, Russia is forcing multiple ISPs to reroute connections through Russian infrastructure, subjecting traffic to censorship and surveillance

In occupied Ukraine, people's internet is being routed to Russia—and subjected to its powerful censorship and surveillance machine.

2022-05-17
GDPR in action https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-17 View on X
TechCrunch

Report: the real-time bidding industry exposes a person's online activity and location 747 times per day on average in the US and 376 times per day in Europe

New data about the real-time-bidding (RTB) system's use of web users' info for tracking and ad targeting, released today … Source: Irish Council … .

2022-02-26
Let's not jump to conclusions that this is related to the article noting Russian invasion on Ukraine Major #cybersecurity incidents happen all the time So wait for more details before speculating or jumping to conclusions https://twitter.com/...
2022-02-26 View on X
Bloomberg

Nvidia confirms an “incident” caused internal outages; source: the event appears to be a minor ransomware attack unrelated to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

A cyber breach suffered by Nvidia Corp. in recent days appears to have been a ransomware attack that's not connected …

2021-07-04
If you are running Kaseya in your environment, or your MSP is, then you had better cancel your plans for the weekend https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-04 View on X
BleepingComputer

REvil is pushing ransomware via an update for Kaseya's IT management software, hitting hundreds of managed service providers with thousands of customers

A massive REvil ransomware attack affects multiple managed service providers and their clients through a reported Kaseya supply-chain attack.

2021-07-03
If you are running Kaseya in your environment, or your MSP is, then you had better cancel your plans for the weekend https://twitter.com/...
2021-07-03 View on X
BleepingComputer

REvil is pushing ransomware via an update for Kaseya's IT management software, hitting eight or more large managed service providers with thousands of customers

A massive REvil ransomware attack affects multiple managed service providers and their clients through a reported Kaseya supply-chain attack.

2021-06-06
Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack: Hackers Used Compromised Password - Bloomberg This shows the importance of having a robust leavers process in place, using password managers so staff don't reuse passwords, and implementing MFA. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-06-06 View on X
Bloomberg

Investigator says hackers breached Colonial Pipeline through a VPN account whose password has since been discovered inside a batch of leaks on the dark web

🍿 Gangster Coworking CNN : Ransomware attackers used compromised password to access Colonial Pipeline network Kim Lyons / The Verge : Hackers reportedly used a compromised password...

2021-06-04
Health services, gasoline pipelines, food providers, and now communication services all hit in the past few weeks and all deemed critical infrastructure. Ransomware is a clear and present danger and needs appropriate responses from governments https://twitter.com/...
2021-06-04 View on X
The Record

Live streams for Cox radio and TV stations were down on Thursday, sources say due to a ransomware attack

Live streams for radio and TV stations owned by the Cox Media Group, one of the largest media conglomerates in the US, have gone down earlier today in what multiple sources have de...

2021-05-07
This will have a significant positive impact if it succeeds. For many people their personal email is core to their online identity as it is often used to sign up for most online services, and for those services to send reset password requests to. https://twitter.com/...
2021-05-07 View on X
VICE

Google says it will start verifying users with 2FA enabled using a prompt on their phones, and will soon start automatically enabling 2FA for all users

The company is making some changes to encourage more people to adopt a key digital security mechanism.  —  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

2020-12-14
It will be interesting to get details on this. If its a security flaw in Solar Winds then many others are at risk. Also, a reminder that all remote management tools while providing benefits are also a useful vector for attackers to use https://twitter.com/...
2020-12-14 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Source: Treasury's hackers used a flaw in a SolarWinds product; SolarWinds, which touts 300K+ customers, says the flaw was the result of a “supply chain attack”

Russia's foreign intelligence service is suspected of being behind effort to breach government networks

2020-09-10
Note if UK and EU end up with a no deal #brexit we could have similar scenarios on data transfers of EU personal data to the UK https://twitter.com/...
2020-09-10 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Ireland's privacy regulator has sent Facebook a preliminary order to stop sending EU user data to the US, the first big step in enforcing July's Privacy Shield

Privacy regulator's order to suspend the company's data transfers to the U.S. cites concerns over American government surveillance practices

2020-08-10
Crime may not pay but sure seems like cybercrime does !! https://twitter.com/...
2020-08-10 View on X
ZDNet

McAfee report: NetWalker ransomware operators have made ~$25M from ransom payments since March, putting them in the same league as Ryuk, Dharma, REvil groups

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Tweets: @philippederyck and @brianhonan Tweets: Philippe De Ryck / @philippederyck : This article shines a light on the nightmares of ransomware. Data is...

2020-02-13
It will be interesting to see if @RSAConference will follow suit https://twitter.com/...
2020-02-13 View on X
The Verge

GSMA says it has canceled Mobile World Congress after the coronavirus made it “impossible” to hold the event

MWC 2020 is no more  —  The world's biggest phone show, Mobile World Congress, is no longer taking place this year.  After coronavirus threatened to throw MWC into chaos …