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01.18.2022 | 9'' read
Who are legit targets for NSO Pegasus surveillance malware?
A guest editorial from GReAT's Costin Raiu examines the categories of potential targets for NSO Group's Pegasus surveillance malware and finds few places that justify the multi-million dollar budgets for offensive tools. Plus, the cloud of cyberwar and the Russia/Ukraine conflict...
Read12.07.2021 | 7'' read
On the passing of Dark Reading’s Tim Wilson
A few thoughts on the passing of Tim Wilson, the well-respected security journalism pioneer who co-founded and nurtured Dark Reading into a cybersecurity industry fixture it is today. Plus, news on the Israel/Iran cyberwar, Apple's NSO/Pegasus lawsuit and a slew of research discoveries.
Read11.23.2021 | 6'' read
That ‘we take security very seriously’ line
Whenever a company drops the "we take security and privacy very seriously," I do a basic smell test by adding "/security" to their domain to see how that page is being used. It's a pretty instructive test of a company's cybersecurity priorities. GoDaddy is under the radar.
Read11.09.2021 | 5'' read
US sanctions hit ‘friendly’ zero-day exploit shops
It's a welcome surprise to see companies from two "friendly" countries -- Israel and Singapore -- on the list of entities deemed "to be acting contrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States."
Read10.26.2021 | 6'' read
The software supply chain pain intensifies
A lighter than normal edition this week covering malware embedded in a JavaScript library causing some jitters in software supply chain circles. Plus, more Pegasus spyware revelations and an incredible Cyberwarcon agenda.
Read07.20.2021 | 8'' read
Exposing the zero-day exploit suppliers
Israeli vendors Candiru and NSO Group are caught in the crosshairs of global investigations into the secretive world of zero-days and point-and-click mobile hacking tools to .gov customers. Plus, the fallout from China's clampdown on vulnerability data sharing.
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