Threat Source newsletter (Dec. 8, 2022): Your uncle clicked every link
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. As we hurtle toward the end of another year I get that tightness in my chest – that feeling that I think most, if not all, Threat Source readers get at this time of year. That's right, it’s once again the time o
Threat Source newsletter (Nov. 17, 2022): Hot off the press! The Snort 2023 Calendar is here
The Snort 2023 calendar is finally here, and y’all, it’s a good one. Packed full of classic memes and punny Snorties, the calendar is sure to delight all year long.
Threat Source newsletter (Nov. 10, 2022): Vulnerability research, movies in class, and Emotet once again
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. Tuesday was an absolute hammer for the infosec community. Not only did we have the US elections but we had Emotet returning and a regular Microsoft Tuesday release. That release always leads me to think about the bu
Threat Source newsletter (Nov. 3, 2022): Mastodon, evolution, and LiveJournal oh my!
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. I’m fascinated by how things live and die on the internet. Things that are ubiquitous to our daily lives are simply gone the next. LiveJournal and Myspace we hardly knew you. Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and the
Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 27, 2022): I thought we were already aware of supply chain attacks?
Supply chain attacks were all the rage in 2020 after SolarWinds, but we seem to have forgotten how important they are.
Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 20, 2022) — Shields Up! No seriously, Shields Waaaaay Up
State-sponsored actors have been busy over the past month, including the Killnet group, which recently targeted several U.S. local elections offices and major airports.
Threat Source newsletter (Oct. 6, 2022) — Continuing down the Privacy Policy rabbit hole
Any time we welcome this software and hardware into our homes and on our devices, it’s worth considering what sacrifices we might be making elsewhere.
Threat Source newsletter (Sept. 29, 2022) — Personal health apps are currently under a spotlight, but their warning signs have always been there
A report from the Washington Post also released last week found that this app, as well as popular health sites like WebMD, “gave advertisers the information they’d need to market to people, or groups of consumers based on their health concerns.”
Threat Source newsletter (Sept. 22, 2022) — Attackers are already using student loan relief for scams
The Better Business Bureau and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission both released warnings over the past few weeks around fake offers, scams and website links related to the debt forgiveness plan, with which some borrowers will have up to $20,000 worth of loans forgiven.