Digital Monet
@artaggi.bsky.social
Binary and art recovery specialist. Aka “The White Glove”
Thinking of my friend @cryptokippers Kip Goldencoin today. Wherever you are buddy, I hope you slayed those demons and found exit liquidity so you could accept that administration job www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/thre...
Crypto Crime: How Cyber Criminals Target Cryptocurrency | Proofpoint US
Discover the increasing importance of cryptocurrency cybersecurity and how to protect yourself and your assets against cyber criminals with Proofpoint.
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Stanford review published a great piece of journalism on the CCP's on-campus activities. stanfordreview.org/investigatio...
INVESTIGATION: Uncovering Chinese Academic Espionage at Stanford
This summer, a CCP agent impersonated a Stanford student. Under the alias Charles Chen, he approached several students through social media. Anna*, a Stanford student conducting sensitive research on ...
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Alot being made today about CN aviation technology & its practical capabilities against NATO manufactured jet technology. The analog conflict of PK & IN are both 4.5 generation aircraft. CN has 5th gen capability and is developing a 6th. also true of US www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defen...
Chinese jets used by Pakistan against India's Western aircraft unnerve defense sector
A shocking victory by Pakistani Chinese-made jet fighters in a dogfight with Western-made Indian aircraft has caused alarm in the global defense industry.
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You love to see it! Talented super friends beating up on the bad guys
Saher@saffronsec.bsky.social · last yr.My first blog with Proofpoint is live! And we love a good crossover. State-sponsored actors try their hand at ClickFix - the hottest thing in cybercrime. Meet the North Koreans, Iranians, and Russians who are upping their social engineering game www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/thre...
Treasury today sanctioned the Chinese company that U.S. officials say provided technical support to Beijing's Flax Typhoon hacking campaign against critical infrastructure: https://bit.ly/4a2dC6A
News you wouldn't expect to break on Xmas Eve: UN Adopted the Convention Against "Cybercrime" (proposed by Russia): unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressre... Here's why you should be concerned if you are a fan of privacy and freedom of expression
UN General Assembly adopts landmark convention on cybercrime
<p>The UN Convention against Cybercrime aims to prevent and combat cybercrime more efficiently and effectively, including by strengthening international cooperation and by providing technical as...
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#Treasury sanctions #Chinese #cyber company, employee for 2020 #global #firewall attack. The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Guan Tianfeng used a zero-day exploit to deploy #malware on 81,000 firewalls. via @mattbracken.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/treasury-san...
Treasury sanctions Chinese cyber company, employee for 2020 global firewall attack
The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Guan Tianfeng used a zero-day exploit to deploy malware on 81,000 firewalls.
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Never a dull moment. Rapid7 is also observing exploitation of CVE-2024-50623 in the wild. www.rapid7.com/blog/post/20...
Widespread exploitation of Cleo file transfer software (CVE-2024-50623) | Rapid7 Blog
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Chinese security firm Knownsec 404 has published a profile on ELITETEAM, an infamous bulletproof hosting provider for cybercrime operations medium.com/@knownsec404...
Unveiling Dark Internet Service Providers: Bulletproof Hosting
Author: Knownsec 404 team Date: Dec 9, 2024
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“We are not lovers because of the love we make but the love we have We are not friends becauseof the laughs we spend but the tears we save I don't want to be near you for the thoughts we share but the words we never have to speak I will never miss you because of what we do but what we are together”
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2y agoVirginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
Look, Scattered Spider was good at one thing: initial access/ransomware. But they weren’t some super talented group of hackers - they are stupid teenagers. Hence the reason law enforcement has been able to nab so many.
Another teenage hacker charged as feds continue Scattered Spider crackdown
Remington Ogletree, a 19-year-old resident of Texas and Florida, is at least the sixth alleged member of the Scattered Spider hacking collective to have federal charges filed against them in recent mo...
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This blog is wild. “Secret Blizzard (Turla) has used the tools and infrastructure of at least 6 other threat actors during the past 7 years.” www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...
Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage | Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft has observed Secret Blizzard compromising the infrastructure and backdoors of the Pakistan-based threat actor we track as Storm-0156 for espionage against the Afghanistan government and Indi...
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Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
#PIVOTcon25 #CfP is open and you can submit your proposals till 7 FEB 2025 Remember - one track,30m - no recording/streaming/tweeting. U should feel comfy to share more - No TLP:WHITE - Original content only Let us guide u through with a little meme-thread #CTI #ThreatIntel 1/10
@milenkowski.bsky.social and I are looking forward to presenting together at #CyberThreat2024 in London next month. We‘ll be discussing China-nexus APTs engaging in cybercriminal activities like ransomware.
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Art Historian: the punched filigree of the cup is indicative of the international gothic style in Sienna Italy just before the high renaissance. Art Collector: I’d like to collateralize a loan with this cup so I can buy borrow die
Rachel Pope@prehistorian.bsky.social · 2y agoOptimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Archaeologist: we’ll need a social history of cups, as well as a project charting the perception of their fullness, both geographically and through time, to better understand the social meaning of the cup.
Worth reading through this report for deep insights into Microsoft’s #storm0558 security key response
Nicolas Grégoire@agarri.fr · 2y agoThis publication by CISA’s Cyber Safety Review Board is a good reminder that the "P" in APT means "Persistent" I’ll paste the best excerpts below ⬇️
Thank you friends @cyberwarcon.bsky.social. It’s been heavy lately and seeing everyone in one place made it feel light again. Turns out everything IS everything.
a computer screen shows a worm generator tool that is completing worm
ALT: a computer screen shows a worm generator tool that is completing worm
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stuck in PAN-OS vuln world today, easy detect for exploit of #CVE-2024-0012 GET Request URI "/php/ztp_gate.php/.js" AND Request Header Content including "Auth Header: X-PAN-AUTHCHECK: off" security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2024-9474
CVE-2024-9474 PAN-OS: Privilege Escalation (PE) Vulnerability in the Web Management Interface
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privil...
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Reading today about incoming administration considering Medicaid cuts to pay for tax breaks has an eerie similarity to the death throes of Athenian Democracy. When govs start paying citizens for things that don’t materially improve society it unleashes trouble www.searchengine.show/listen/searc...
Search Engine | How did the first democracy die?
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