Kyle Alspach  

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cybersecurity reporter at CRN
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“F.B.I. officials made a push in late 2020 and the first half of 2021 to deploy the hacking tools — made by the Israeli spyware firm NSO — in its own criminal investigations. The officials developed advanced plans to brief the bureau’s leadership, and drew up guidelines for federal prosecutors about how the F.B.I.’s use of hacking tools would need to be disclosed during criminal proceedings.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/us/politics/fbi-pegasus-spyware-phones-nso.html
Internal Documents Show How Close the F.B.I. Came to Deploying Spyware

Christopher Wray, the F.B.I.’s director, told Congress last December that the bureau purchased the phone hacking tool Pegasus for research and development purposes.

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So weird how they didn't want to be held personally liable for someone else's bad security decisions https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/twitter-security-privacy-updates-ftc
Twitter’s security and privacy leaders just quit: What you should know

The departures come amid a flurry of product changes pushed by new owner Elon Musk that would seem to clash with an FTC order meant to ensure security and data privacy for users.

Protocol
Interesting- new research suggests "loose ties" do exist between #Russia-based #ransomware groups and the Russian government (via @lhn) https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ransomware-gang-connections/
Russia’s Sway Over Criminal Ransomware Gangs Is Coming Into Focus

Questions about the Kremlin’s relationships with these groups remain. But researchers are finally getting some answers.

WIRED
GitHub is adding private vulnerability reporting for open-source projects https://github.blog/2022-11-09-everything-new-from-github-universe-2022/
Everything new from GitHub Universe 2022 | The GitHub Blog

See what we're building to enhance the most integrated developer platform that allows developers and enterprises to drive innovation with ease.

The GitHub Blog
@RGB_Lights We saw a drop in activity for about 6 weeks following 24 Feb and then it resumed to normal or even higher levels. I don't think sanctions played as much of a role as Ukrainians no longer playing a role in their supply chains and other issues with people looking out for their own health and freedom during the initial chaos.

I think there might be a critical mass of great people forming here. Now to see if the content follows. I’ll start a thread.

Just after the Ukriane invasion I noted publicly that ransomware was diminished because post-sanctions and after western business pullouts (ie credit cards), criminals were having a hard time purchasing infrastructure and getting their cryptocurrency converted out of the exchanges. At this point, the Russian based criminal ecosystem has seemed to have found workarounds and recovered. I think new entrants are still suppressed but the hardcore elements have addressed their needs. The dip in operations is gone.

Anyone else seen similar or have other related observations?

Holy cow

Four days ago: huh this place is empty. Ooh I can follow three parked accounts

Yersterday morning: maybe 10% or so of the people I follow regularly on the bird site are here

Now: huh think it's fully half or more are here

It's a flood peeps. Never thought I'd see anything like it