Tales from the SOC: Classic Crypto – Operation GUNMAN | S1 Ep023
Cold War cryptographic capers in a real-world Spy vs. Spy scenario!
Apr 27, 2026
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The average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 million — a 15% increase over three years, marking yet another year in which the average cost has risen significantly. Yet, costs can balloon even higher. Just recently, Change Healthcare had to shell out billions after its breach earlier this year. With the devastatingly high costs of cyberattacks, acting only after you’ve been compromised is a good way to incur some heavy payments or, in some cases, even go […]
As the famous saying goes, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Employees are a major attack vector for threat actors targeting organizations. Recent research by Stanford University confirms this, revealing that 88% of all data breaches are caused by human error. These human errors might be as simple as sending an email to an incorrect address or leaving a database publicly viewable; but they can also be more involved, as when employees become victims of targeted phishing campaigns. Let’s detail how employees might be increasing risk for organizations and what organizations […]
When you come across a threat that seems mundane at first glance, is it OK to let AI try to mop it up on its own?
Banks with safe deposit vaults don’t set them up so that every box gets the same key. But when it comes to online accounts, we’re not always so careful…
HTTPS needed at least two decades to take hold, for a bunch of curious and sometimes contradictory reasons. Join Paul Ducklin for Part 2 of this peculiar but educational tale…
HTTPS needed at least two decades to take hold, for a bunch of curious and sometimes contradictory reasons. Join Paul Ducklin for Part 1 of this peculiar but educational tale…
If you work in a large organization with an extensive attack surface, you might have considered establishing a security operations center (SOC) for more dedicated monitoring and response. Establishing a SOC makes sense for enterprise organizations that face constant threats, handle sensitive and high-value data, and/or have large and complex infrastructures. Such organizations include financial institutions, healthcare organizations, government agencies, high-profile companies, large entertainment companies with A-list celebrities on their rosters, and massive e-commerce companies. For these organizations, a SOC […]
Dire cybersecurity warnings about QR codes are commonplace, but is the risk really as bad as some vendors are saying?
Join Paul Ducklin and SolCyber CTO David Emerson as they talk about the human element in cybersecurity in our new podcast TALES FROM THE SOC.
What do you do when malware you’re chasing hasn’t left a copy of itself behind on disk? Or if it’s lying about where to find it, so you grab the wrong thing?
ChatGPT’s release in late 2022 brought the AI industry out of obscurity, turned Nvidia into the fourth-largest company in the world, and generally reawakened the stock market. Yet it didn’t take long for the naysayers and FUD (Fear-Uncertainty-Doubt) mongers to start spreading terrifying news about AI’s risks—everything from supposedly AI-created malware to robots developing general intelligence and taking over the world. Seriously. However, 1.5 years later, we can now take a step back, evaluate what’s happened, —and what hasn’t— and […]
Sometimes, measurements and observations that seem obvious and intuitive turn out to be way off base.
These ‘bad guesses’ can lead to all sorts of risky conclusions, especially in cybersecurity.
Following our recent article series about VPNs, a reader asked about Tor, saying, “Can you give us a balanced view so we can figure it out for ourselves?”
The answer is: Yes!
The average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45 million — a 15% increase over three years, marking yet another year in which the average cost has risen significantly. Yet, costs can balloon even higher. Just recently, Change Healthcare had to shell out billions after its breach earlier this year. With the devastatingly high costs of cyberattacks, acting only after you’ve been compromised is a good way to incur some heavy payments or, in some cases, even go […]
As the famous saying goes, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Employees are a major attack vector for threat actors targeting organizations. Recent research by Stanford University confirms this, revealing that 88% of all data breaches are caused by human error. These human errors might be as simple as sending an email to an incorrect address or leaving a database publicly viewable; but they can also be more involved, as when employees become victims of targeted phishing campaigns. Let’s detail how employees might be increasing risk for organizations and what organizations […]
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When you come across a threat that seems mundane at first glance, is it OK to let AI try to mop it up on its own?
Banks with safe deposit vaults don’t set them up so that every box gets the same key. But when it comes to online accounts, we’re not always so careful…
HTTPS needed at least two decades to take hold, for a bunch of curious and sometimes contradictory reasons. Join Paul Ducklin for Part 2 of this peculiar but educational tale…
HTTPS needed at least two decades to take hold, for a bunch of curious and sometimes contradictory reasons. Join Paul Ducklin for Part 1 of this peculiar but educational tale…
What do you do when malware you’re chasing hasn’t left a copy of itself behind on disk? Or if it’s lying about where to find it, so you grab the wrong thing?
ChatGPT’s release in late 2022 brought the AI industry out of obscurity, turned Nvidia into the fourth-largest company in the world, and generally reawakened the stock market. Yet it didn’t take long for the naysayers and FUD (Fear-Uncertainty-Doubt) mongers to start spreading terrifying news about AI’s risks—everything from supposedly AI-created malware to robots developing general intelligence and taking over the world. Seriously. However, 1.5 years later, we can now take a step back, evaluate what’s happened, —and what hasn’t— and […]
Sometimes, measurements and observations that seem obvious and intuitive turn out to be way off base.
These ‘bad guesses’ can lead to all sorts of risky conclusions, especially in cybersecurity.
Following our recent article series about VPNs, a reader asked about Tor, saying, “Can you give us a balanced view so we can figure it out for ourselves?”
The answer is: Yes!
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