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U.S. Seizes $2.3 Million From DarkSide Actors Who Targeted Colonial Pipeline

The Department of Justice seized $2.3 million in Bitcoin that was part of the ransom that Colonial Pipeline paid to DarkSide ransomware actors in May.

Ransomware, Government

Finding Badness in AWS With Patrolaroid

A new tool called Patrolaroid scans AWS instances and S3 buckets for malware by taking snapshots rather than using an agent to scan production workloads.

Cloud Security, AWS

Van Buren Decision Narrows CFAA Interpretation

The Supreme Court's decision in the Van Buren case has narrowed the interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, providing more leeway for security research.

CFAA, Government

Securing the Open Source Software Supply Chain

Improving the security of the open source software supply chain will require better understanding of dependencies, and cooperation from developers and users.

Open Source, Supply Chain

Deciphering Real Genius

Dennis Fisher, Zoe Lindsey, and Pete Baker ride a cart through the steam tunnels to meet at the Pacific Tech lab, crank up the laser, and ponder the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "I drank what?" Get your giant tinfoil ball of popcorn ready for Real Genius!

Podcast, Hacker Movies