A weekly collection of news, op-ed analysis, tools and resources for cybersecurity practitioners. Curated and edited by Ryan Naraine and sent to your inbox every Monday morning.
10.12.2021 | 5'' read
For years, security pros (myself included) have urged the use of VPNs as a data and privacy protection utility. Today, this is slowly becoming bad advice and there are new signs that the entire cottage industry of consumer VPN software needs to be killed off as a matter of urgency.
Read10.07.2021 | 7'' read
An honest and open discussion about nation-state capabilities and operations must include all the actors, including the United States, Israel, France, South Korea and the growing list of European nations managing cyber-espionage campaigns.
Read10.01.2021 | 4'' read
High-end APT research is big business. This means that the traditional malware researcher is now an "intelligence broker" operating in an oft-misunderstood space with geopolitical weight and consequences. Do we truly understand the implications?
Read09.21.2021 | 6'' read
It's not too late to stop legitimizing these private sector offensive actors supplying zero-days to apex predators. These aren't cybersecurity companies helping to solve security problems. These are parasites cashing in on an unregulated space, making things worse for the rest of us.
Read09.14.2021 | 5'' read
According to publicly available data, there have been 66 documented zero-day attacks so far in 2021. The bulk of those target code from Microsoft, Google and Apple. Plus, ex-NSA mercenary hackers in legal crosshairs for security work in Dubai.
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