Security Leftovers
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GoDaddy Says Recent Hack Part of Multi-Year Campaign
GoDaddy recently discovered a hacker attack where a sophisticated threat group infected websites and servers with malware.
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Finding forensics breadcrumbs in Android image storage
Introduction Our digital forensics work is wide and varied.
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Fines as a Security System
Tile has an interesting security solution to make its tracking tags harder to use for stalking:
The Anti-Theft Mode feature will make the devices invisible to Scan and Secure, the company’s in-app feature that lets you know if any nearby Tiles are following you. But to activate the new Anti-Theft Mode, the Tile owner will have to verify their real identity with a government-issued ID, submit a biometric scan that helps root out fake IDs, agree to let Tile share their information with law enforcement and agree to be subject to a $1 million penalty if convicted in a court of law of using Tile for criminal activity. [...]
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Scam alert: bogus Companies House email threatens legal action
Watch out for the latest impersonation scam
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South Koreaâs banking security: Intermediate conclusions
A while back I wrote my first overview of South Koreaâs unusual approach to online security. After that I published two articles on specific applications. While Iâm not done yet, this is enough information to draw some intermediate conclusions.
TL;DR: I think that the question above can be answered with a clear âno.â The approaches make little sense given actual attack scenarios, they tend to produce security theater rather than actual security. And while security theater can sometimes be useful, the issues in question have proper solutions.