Defence Intelligence

On May 26, I told city officials in Florence, Ala. their networks were hacked by a ransomware gang. Thanks, they said. We dodged a bullet. On Jun 5, ransomware was deployed. The city now says it'll pay ~$300k ransom to keep its citizens' data off the Web. krebsonsecurity.com/2020/06/floren…

WARNING: Install Latest Windows 10 Updates Immediately! Microsoft today released patches for a severe Windows #CryptoAPI spoofing vulnerability (CVE-2020-0601) that was discovered by the National Security Agency (NSA). Read more: thehackernews.com/2020/01/warnin… #PatchTuesday #infosec

my wife: babe what are you doing me: playing the sims 4 wife: oh cool. can i see me: no wife: why me: wife: me:

@CSSully Merry Christmas everyone!

Three generations of Sully’s at our annual #ChristmasEve celebration! #MerryChristmas

The kids are getting something extra nice for Christmas this year!

The #FiveEyes government coalition advocated for lawful access to #encrypteddata and threatened to follow "other measures" if tech companies don't find ways to comply. By @MT_Heller bit.ly/2oHGhYB

Air Canada app breach affects 20,000 cbc.ca/news/business/…

Police are now asking Google for data about all mobile devices close to certain crimes tcrn.ch/2po1CGG via @techcrunch

Instagram submits to Russia censor's demands bbc.com/news/technolog…

Don’t use Huawei phones, say heads of FBI, CIA, and NSA ow.ly/mE4K30ioW9F

China Denies That It Gifted the African Union an HQ Building Stuffed Full of Surveillance Devices ow.ly/ReNX30i5UpA

Merry Christmas everyone. lnkd.in/edCRXES

#Office 365 phishing examples | #SaltedHash Ep 10 | CIO rite.ly/Ka7V

Another #Cyberattack Spotted #Targeting Mideast ... rite.ly/Ka7q

#bitcoin exchange shuts down after being #hacked twice in one year lnkd.in/eQ3JUjp

#AtlantaAirport #Blackout Sends Message to Terrorists: #America Is Unprepared rite.ly/K0U1

My daughter went to a laser quest birthday party yesterday. She set her username to “a girl”. I asked why she didn’t pick ‘bloodstone’ or ‘skull-crusher’ and she said, “So every time I zapped a boy they’d know it was a girl that took them out.” Proud Dad.

Schools warned over #hackable #HeatingSystems - #BBCNews 🎓 rite.ly/K0Wg

Blast from the past, Mariposa. twitter.com/briankrebs/sta…