How a barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike mess in a flash
Whoever is interested in embedding further backdoors has learned from the extensive public coverage of everything that went wrong. These mistakes have been pointed out, published and learned from. We have given the actors behind this backdoor free training for future attacks. It is time that distributions learn from this as well and also take train... See more
Dirk Mueller • What we need to take away from the XZ Backdoor
There were no backups of Maersk's DC servers, because all 151 servers were perfect copies of each other. They continuously and automatically synchronized user data between each other. Effectively, this meant that they had 151 backups of the DC servers, as you could never lose all 151 servers at the same time…except for when Notpetya struck.
Mikko Hyppönen • If It's Smart, It's Vulnerable
“Silk Road doesn’t really sell drugs. It sells insurance and financial products,” says Carnegie Mellon computer engineering professor Nicolas Christin. “It doesn’t really matter whether you’re selling T-shirts or cocaine. The business model is to commoditize security.”