Jonathan D. Abolins

@[email protected]
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Information security & human languages geek. Biology & physics background. Interests in human factors & information dynamics.

Still setting up on Mastodon. This account is intended for information security & STEM topics. Other topics covered on my [email protected] account.

Other Mastodon[email protected]
Twitter@jabolns
Languages (varying fluencies)English, Latvian, German, Hebrew, Bisl Yiddish, Russian, Ukrainian, a bit of Arabic.
Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 26, 2023
«UK cyber experts warn of targeted phishing attacks from actors based in Russia and Iran» Rather than using surprise #phishing, these campaigns seek to develop rapport with their targets. #NCSC #Malware #APT #CyberSecurity https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/uk-cyber-experts-warn-of-targeted-phishing-attacks-from-actors-based-in-russia-and-iran
UK cyber experts warn of targeted phishing attacks from actors based in Russia and Iran

Advisory highlights techniques used by attackers in spear-phishing campaigns.

Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 25, 2023

«How Rishi Sunak’s Treasury helped Putin ally #Prigozhin sue #Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins» | openDemocracy

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/prigozhin-government-russia-ukraine-hack-libel-slapp/

Exclusive: Treasury helped Putin ally sue UK journalist

UK Treasury, then under Rishi Sunak’s control, let Yevgeny Prigozhin circumvent sanctions to target Eliot Higgins

openDemocracy
Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 24, 2023
JosephMennJan 24, 2023
Twitter engineers—or outsiders who hack them—can tweet from any user account without being detected, according to a new whistleblower complaint to the Federal Trade Commission shared exclusively with The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/24/whistleblower-twtter-ftc-settlement/
Ex-Twitter engineer tells FTC security violations persist after Musk

Concerns about Twitter’s security soared after an incident in 2020 when teenagers breached Twitter’s internal systems and tweeted as Musk, Barack Obama and others.

The Washington Post
Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 24, 2023
Roni Rolle LaukkarinenJan 24, 2023

"Why do you post on X, after all we're on Mastodon!"

Please, use the mute, block and filtering features, they are much better here. I get that Mastodon is a safe heaven for many. You can build your bubble, but let me embrace the world in all its shittiness.

I'm still interested about what's happening. I'm still interested in the Internet phenomena, in the social media, in the current events, including Twitter. That doesn't mean I'm participating in any of it. Just curious.

Let us not limit each other. You do whatever you want, I do me. Deal?  #Mastodon #Twitter

Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 24, 2023

«#Gamaredon (Ab)uses #Telegram to Target Ukrainian Organizations» #RussianMalware #MalwareObsfuscation #Malware Analysis #IOCs

https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2023/01/gamaredon-abuses-telegram-to-target-ukrainian-organizations

Gamaredon (Ab)uses Telegram to Target Ukrainian Organizations

The Gamaredon Group has been actively targeting the Ukrainian government lately, relying on the infrastructure of the popular messaging service Telegram to bypass traditional network traffic detection techniques without raising obvious flags. This new report from BlackBerry provides an analysis.

BlackBerry
Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 24, 2023
PwnallthethingsJan 23, 2023
#Latvia orders Russian ambassador to leave over its invasion of Ukraine and in solidarity with #Estonia, whose ambassador was ordered to leave the country by Russia yesterday #Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/edgarsrinkevics/status/1617497763620737024
Edgars Rinkēvičs on Twitter

“Due to the ongoing brutal Russian aggression against #Ukraine and in solidarity with #Estonia, #Latvia will lower level of diplomatic relations with #Russia effective February 24, demanding Russia to act accordingly”

Twitter
Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 23, 2023
Patrick C Miller Jan 23, 2023
Ransomware Payments Fall by 40% in 2022 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ransomware-payments-fall-2022/
Ransomware Payments Fall by 40% in 2022

The Chainalysis report found that victim organizations are increasingly reluctant to pay ransom demands

Infosecurity Magazine
Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 23, 2023

«#Turla: A Galaxy of Opportunity» | Mandiant. #Malware #RussianMalware #Ukraine #MalwareAnalysis
Note: Some of malware related indicators have vulgar references.

https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/turla-galaxy-opportunity

Turla: A Galaxy of Opportunity | Mandiant

Mandiant
Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 12, 2023
«A Widespread Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of #Stuxnet» -
More than 120 models of Siemens’ S7-1500 PLCs contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way. #ICS #SCADA #ICSSecurity #PLCs https://www.wired.com/story/siemens-s7-1500-logic-controller-flaw/
A Siemens S7-1500 Logic Controller Flaw Raises the Specter of Stuxnet

More than 120 models of Siemens' S7-1500 PLCs contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way.

WIRED
Jonathan D. AbolinsJan 5, 2023
Show threadLeserin17Jan 4, 2023
@Kavah @underthebreach You can check your email at https://haveibeenpwned.com/ but the Twitter breach isn't included there yet.
Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email address has been exposed in a data breach

Have I Been Pwned allows you to check whether your email address has been exposed in a data breach.

Have I Been Pwned