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For the less technical
- Excellent story about Assange
- FBI pushes Kaspersky out of US market
- WikiLeaks refused to publish Russian leaks
- Some more information about attacks on US elections and a valuable comment
- Over 1000 student accounts hacked through password reset
- How the NYT stole the story of Russian hackers
- A spy operation that stopped the Nazis
- A great story of a hacked Instagram account
- Attack on Scottish Parliament
- Lost 25 kg to escape from prison
- Wrong software update bricked intelligent locks
- Used camera lens scam on Amazon
For the more technical
- How to look for vulnerabilities
- Malware payload encrypted with target domain name
- Analysis of a well obfuscated macro
- Attack on hardware wallet Trezor
- [PDF] Privacy with cryptocurrency payments
- HDDCryptor makes a comeback
- Kronos malware analysis
- Facebook award for phishing detection
- Guessing the PIN on iPhone 7
- G20 attack analysis
- Cases of hacking back – analysis
- Physical security keys – review
- Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenCart
- RCE in Symantec Messaging Gateway
- Getting car owner’s personal data
- $7 RubberDucky
- RE of IoT devices
- A really clever backdoor hidden in the system management software
- Analysis of attacks against Chrome plugins
- Chinese DDoS platform analysis
- Clever phishing attack on a cryptocurrency exchange customer
- RDP service availability analysis
- [PDF] Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure vs. Responsible Disclosure
- Turning LFI into RFI
- Detailed analysis of a malware campaign
- System to prevent network censoring
- Attacks with PowerPoint files
- Bad reviews as a way to combat drug dealers
- Attack on the defence industry
- Accidental typo to achieve admin access
- AES-encrypted phishing website
- Attack on an Irish energy distributor
- Checking new AD passwords against the leaked ones
- Broken attack with Office files
- Can you find a million bugs
- Malicious document with autoupdate feature
- Deobfuscating PHP code step by step
- Android adware analysis
- iCloud acquisition history
- Password managers master passwords follow up
- Monitoring with sonar sounds from loudspeakers
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