Steve Puluka

@Thespis377 @kmcnam1 I have that one and my Father's day version.

@kmcnam1 I had an ACM shirt in college that said: There are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those that don't.

Admins should check out this new feature from @awscloud to help prevent the attacks known as S3 Bucket Namesquatting or Bucketsquating. This only applies to new buckets so migration would be needed on current S3 data. aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/intr…

The @Google Threat Intelligence Report notes that ransomware actors are shifting from encryption to straight data exfiltration and extortion as the new business model. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/th…

Good news that the @linuxfoundation has collected $12.5M for open source software security projects from a solid range of sources. Looking forward to seeing where these grants will go. alpha-omega.dev/blog/linux-fou…

Looks like @Google has paid over $17M in bug bounties across all their platforms last year to security researchers. This is a 40% increase over the previous year and a new record. bughunters.google.com/blog/google-vr…

Good overview from Dutch police on how hosting providers can recognize hostile resellers that service cybercrime gangs with legitimate services. politie.nl/nieuws/2026/ma…

Good news that US authorities have changed a former employee of a US security firm @DigitalMintIO in at least 10 ransomware attacks. Using his position as a negotiator to deploy these attacks. cyberscoop.com/digitalmint-ra…

Good news that Cambodian authorities have taken down another set of cyber scam compounds hosting over 15k accounts based on data provided by Meta. about.fb.com/news/2026/03/m…

Good news that Europol in a joint operation with the Dutch police and FBI have taken down SocksEscort service that is a front for deploying malware. europol.europa.eu/media-press/ne…

The roadmap for @Microsoft Teams is going to automatically id bot accounts that join a team meeting and require the organizer to approve them into the meeting from the lobby. microsoft.com/en-us/microsof…

Good news that the UK is creating a new online fraud crime center with a budget of £31 million starting in April. They will focus on online fraud and high volume cyber crimes. gov.uk/government/pub…

That time again, to review the three new CVE posted by @PaloAltoNtwks and get patching the affected gear. security.paloaltonetworks.com

No more reboots for at least some of the @Microsoft patches as they roll out hot patch by default. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-i…

Interesting exercise by @SimonLermenAI using LLM to identify anonymous posters across multiple public platforms. The LLM connects the users via content and connects to known ID. simonlermen.substack.com/p/large-scale-…

Report from @TrendMicroHome outlines how using #AI tools and public information from LinkedIn profiles threat actors are creating very targeted and effective spear phishing messages. trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/secur…

Good news for software developers, looks like @Google is reducing developer fees on the App Store over time. android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-…

No more burner phones. Mexico is looking to remove any possible anonymous use of cell service. By June this year all SIM must be connected to a government ID. mexperience.com/all-mexico-cel…

Interesting report from Checkpoint that Iran threat actors seem to be after internet connected cameras throughout the Middle East to support the war effort. research.checkpoint.com/2026/interplay…

Interesting report from @Google on how they disrupted the infrastructure of the threat group UNC2814 that was targeting telecom and government agencies. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/th…

Good news in the latest Ransomware report from @chainalysis finds that payments have stopped growing and hold steady at $820 last year. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end. chainalysis.com/blog/crypto-ra…