Collaborate Disseminate
Back in the 1990s, cyberwarfare was a word rarely used in the West – and definitely unheard of in China, which was just taking its first steps on the Internet. Two Chinese military officers, veterans of the semi-conflict with Taiwan, helped shape … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: China’s Unrestricted Cyberwarfare Part 1
Chris Wysopal (aka WeldPond), cybersecurity pioneer and one of L0pht’s founding members, talks about the group’s 1998 testimony in the Senate, how they used shaming to force corporations to secure their software, and the (not so fortunate) consequ… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: Shutting Down the Internet in 30 Minutes
In the early days, the L0pht crew tinkered with technology they already had laying around or could find dumpster-diving. But things change, of course. By the end of the ‘90s many of the L0pht hackers had quit their day jobs and incorporated under … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: The Story of LØpht Heavy Industries, Part 2
‘L0pht’, or ‘L0pht Heavy Industries’ was one of the most influential hacker collectives of the ’90s: its members were even invited to testify in front of the Congress on the current state of Internet security.
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‘L0pht’, or ‘L0pht Heavy Industries’ was one of the most influential hacker collectives of the ’90s: its members were even invited to testify in front of the Congress on the current state of Internet security.
The post Malicious Life Podcast: The … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: The Story of L0pht Heavy Industries, Part 1
The recent HAFNIUM attacks hit tens of thousands of organizations’ Microsoft Exchange servers around the globe. Now, an array of other threat actors are leveraging the residual webshells on victim systems to launch new attacks against organization… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: Inside the HAFNIUM Microsoft Exchange Attacks
Many of you may have already heard of Amit Serper: he was the first researcher to tackle NotPetya and provide a solution when he was Principal Security Researcher at Cybereason back in 2017.
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On June 28th, 2017, millions of Ukrainians were celebrating Constitution Day. Their national holiday turned into a nightmare, as tens of thousands of computers all over the country were infected by mysterious malware. By that afternoon, the cyber-… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: Inside NotPetya, Part 1
It seems likely that legislation alone won’t be able to regulate the widespread use of facial recognition. However, placing AI in the hands of law enforcement or the government does have its dangers due to the limitations of the technology itself … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: Should Law Enforcement Use Facial Recognition? Pt. 2
There are plenty of reasons why law enforcement should use AI for facial recognition – after all, humans are notoriously bad eye witnesses. However, placing AI in the hands of law enforcement does have its dangers due to the limitations of the tec… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: Should Law Enforcement Use Facial Recognition? Pt. 1