Microsoft Typhoon story: “Living off the Land” The story starts: ‘The attack is carried out by Volt Typhoon, a state-sponsored actor based in China that typically focuses on espionage and information gathering’ The Chinese attacked and stole state department employee email, in this Politico story about the Chinese hack: “Among the most sensitive information stolen, … Read more
Because it is an election year and because the sun is coming up over the horizon the latest FBI director is testifying in Washington to say China could (was and is) attack(ing) us using cyber. “FBI director Christopher Wray testifies on China’s growing cyber threat against U.S. — 1/31/24 (CNBC Youtube video)“ Christopher Wray, FBI … Read more
SCMagazine has the story ” Accepting Calendar Invite Could Leak Your Password Several steps and the hacker has to create the right environment, but if they can make you click on a calendar invite with the right circumstances your password “hash” will be transferred to the hacker. A hash are a number of characters that … Read more
How should I know? All I do know is that there will be a lot of changes happening faster and faster. The above image is from a previous post that discussed “spam AI” a little. Imagine a new world where you can ask a computer a question and it will answer by reviewing and looking … Read more
SCMagazine has the story “Hiring? New scam campaign means ‘resume’ downloads may contain malware” “Requiring the victim to copy and paste the malicious domain name increases the likelihood the emails will make it past secure email gateways. Plus, with unassuming domain names like “wlynch[.]com” for a candidate named William Lynch and “annetterawlings[.]com” for a candidate … Read more
