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Becky Bracken

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Senior Editor at Dark Reading

writer, editor, your mama … covering cybersecurity

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  • CVE Program Cuts Send the Cyber Sector Into Panic Mode

    1 week ago | darkreading.com | Becky Bracken

    In keeping with the current administration's pledge to skinny down government to its skeletal remains, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was reportedly prepared to let its contract with MITRE to manage the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program expire on April 16.

  • Chinese APTs Exploit EDR 'Visibility Gap' for Cyber Espionage

    1 week ago | darkreading.com | Becky Bracken

    Beijing-backed hacker groups are known by a variety of benign-sounding monikers, like FishMonger and MirrorFace, and notably, Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon — but a handful of these groups, some of them operating as arms of the military, are running ruthless cyber-espionage campaigns against the US's most sensitive critical infrastructure, including utilities and telecommunications networks.

  • Gmail Is Not a Secure Way to Send Sensitive Comms

    2 weeks ago | darkreading.com | Becky Bracken

    A couple of developments this week might have left lingering questions about the information security of Gmail, Google's ubiquitous email platform. Here's what cybersecurity experts say is the appropriate way for enterprises to secure their Gmail communications and what should be left off the platform altogether.

  • CoffeeLoader Malware Is Stacked With Viscous Evasion Tricks

    3 weeks ago | darkreading.com | Becky Bracken

    Since last fall, well-known backdoor malware SmokeLoader has been upgraded with a new second-stage payload dropper called CoffeeLoader that's tricked out with techniques to beat endpoint security software. New research from Zscaler ThreatLabz providers a deep technical dive into CoffeeLoader's new eyebrow-raising evasion techniques. At the moment, CoffeeLoader is being used to deliver shellcode for the Rhadamanthys infostealer, the analysis showed.

  • Meet the Access Broker Supercharging Russian Cybercrime

    1 month ago | darkreading.com | Becky Bracken

    Raspberry Robin is a threat actor worth keeping an eye on, according to new research indicating the initial access broker (IAB) is rapidly ditching its pedestrian roots and evolving into a potent danger, facilitating cyberattacks launched from the highest levels of Russian government.

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Becky Bracken @nerdiegaga
14 Mar 25

RT @whorewerton: god bless this tweet because it’s been so refreshing to see endless clips of kaitlin’s comic genius all over the timeline…

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Becky Bracken @nerdiegaga
12 Mar 25

Hello @elonmusk I’m a cybersecurity reporter working on a story about the X hack this week. Do you even have a press office at X anymore? Looking for a follow up to your Ukraine IP address attribution. Can you help?

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Becky Bracken @nerdiegaga
14 Feb 25

RT @jbendery: NEW: Elon Musk and his team have posted classified data on DOGE's new website https://t.co/hI43RSwdCN