Technical

[Asyn]

Rancor: Cyber Espionage Group Uses New Custom Malware to Attack Southeast Asia
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/rancor-cyber-espionage-group-uses-new-custom-malware-to-attack-southeast-asia/

[Asyn]

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html

[bob3160]

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html

Not worth my time or information.

[Asyn]

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html

[...]
Not worth my time or information.

Well, that's strange Bob, I can access the article without any registration/subscription.

[Asyn]

New disclosures to our archive of state-backed information operations
https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/new-disclosures-to-our-archive-of-state-backed-information-operations.html

[DavidR]

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html

[...]
Not worth my time or information.

Well, that's strange Bob, I can access the article without any registration/subscription.

Same experience, no problem accessing the article, strange since both Asyn and I aren't in the USA and you are.

[bob3160]

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html

[...]
Not worth my time or information.

Well, that's strange Bob, I can access the article without any registration/subscription.

Same experience, no problem accessing the article, strange since both Asyn and I aren't in the USA and you are.

Since I am in the US, they want me to sign -in and hopefully subscribe. (Not going to happen. )

[DavidR]

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html

[...]
Not worth my time or information.

Well, that's strange Bob, I can access the article without any registration/subscription.

Same experience, no problem accessing the article, strange since both Asyn and I aren't in the USA and you are.

Since I am in the US, they want me to sign -in and hopefully subscribe. (Not going to happen. )

Even stranger, I would hve thought they would have been blocking content to those outside of the US or pushing a subscription.

[Asyn]

It Seemed Like a Popular Chat App. It’s Secretly a Spy Tool.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/politics/totok-app-uae.html

[...]
Not worth my time or information.

Well, that's strange Bob, I can access the article without any registration/subscription.

Same experience, no problem accessing the article, strange since both Asyn and I aren't in the USA and you are.

Since I am in the US, they want me to sign -in and hopefully subscribe. (Not going to happen. )

If so, you should be able to circumvent it with ASL or HMA.

[Asyn]

Operation Wocao - Shining a light on one of China’s hidden hacking groups
https://resources.fox-it.com/rs/170-CAK-271/images/201912_Report_Operation_Wocao.pdf

[Asyn]

The 12 weirdest cybersecurity stories of 2019
https://blog.avast.com/weirdest-cybersecurity-stories-of-2019

[Asyn]

U.S. Navy bans TikTok from government-issued mobile devices
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-navy/u-s-navy-bans-tiktok-from-government-issued-mobile-devices-idUSKBN1YO2HU

[Asyn]

One Nation, Tracked
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html

[Asyn]

Mozi, Another Botnet Using DHT
https://blog.netlab.360.com/mozi-another-botnet-using-dht/

[Asyn]

Introducing BIOLOAD: FIN7 BOOSTWRITE’s Lost Twin
https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/bioload-fin7-boostwrite-lost-twin.html