Notices by Renée Burton (knitcode@infosec.exchange)

The Russians aren't coming, they are already here. Without most anyone realizing, they've created an entire malicious adtech industry whose story is just as complex as the Chinese organized crime we're now realizing from their ventures into pig butchering.

VexTrio is just one Russian organized crime group in the malicious adtech world, but they are a critical one. They have a very "special" relationship with website hackers that defies logic. I'd put my money on a contractual one. all your bases belong to russian adtech hackers.

Today we've released the first piece of research that may eventually prove whether I am right. This paper is hard. i've been told. I know. We've condensed thousands of hours of research into about 30 pages. @briankrebs tried to make the main points a lot more consumable -- and wrote a fabulous complimentary article : read both!

There's so much more to say... but at the same time, between ourselves and Brian, we've released a lot of lead material ... and there's more to come. I've emphasized the Russian (technically Eastern European) crime here, but as Brian's article points out there is a whole Italian side too. and more.

We've given SURBL, Spamhaus, Cloudflare, Domain Tools, several registrars, and many security companies over 100k domains. They are also posted on our open github.

Super thanks to our collaborators at Qurium, GoDaddy Sucuri Security, and elsewhere.

#threatintel #scam #tds #vextrio #cybercrime #cybersecurity #infosec #dns #infoblox #InfobloxThreatIntel #malware #phishing #spam

https://blogs.infoblox.com/threat-intelligence/vexing-and-vicious-the-eerie-relationship-between-wordpress-hackers-and-an-adtech-cabal/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/06/inside-a-dark-adtech-empire-fed-by-fake-captchas/

Yesterday the Washington Post app ran a story about the #handsoff #protests at the top of the app. Today it is hard to find any coverage. This is now buried in the "The District" section of the app and only found by searching for me.

This is a gift article. I recommend people visit the article, share the link with others... And show the WashPo that massive voter turnout deserves more than a few hours in the spotlight.

In the meantime they keep the same junk articles on the top stories for days

Let's see if their Top Stories algorithm actually works.. boost and click through.

https://wapo.st/4lk2Hu9

My mum passed away this morning and to the very end she was a proud queer ally. Here she is at last year's pride parade.

#trans #ally #transdayofvisibility #transrights

Today is a great day to be a visible trans/non-binary ally. You don’t need to be loud to be visible.

Remember the Kevin Bacon game? We’re all a lot more connected than we think.

Your actions with employees, colleagues, family, friends, and neighbors all matter. Not just directly, but in a six degrees of separation way.

On this International Day of Trans Visibility, what we need is for allies to be visible.

Here are some ways you can be a visible ally:

* Remember the underground railway? Strategically places stickers, signs, buttons all can show you are an ally. Since more bigots don’tn recognize an ally flag, you can use those. You don’t need to paint a trans flag on the front of your house, but it’s an option!
* Practice “echoing” language. Don’t want to share pronouns? That’s fine. But why do you need to know others? Try echoing the language they use. If someone says, “my kid is in college”, say “what college are they at?”…. if you say, “do you have any kids?” and they say “yes, one.”.. Say, “where are they now?”. … if they mention their partner, try “what does your partner do?”.
* If you “mess up” pronouns, correct yourself and move on.
* Talk amongst yourselves. Discussing trans and non-binary issues among small groups of friends is a positive way to influence others and to help grow allies. The more connected people feel to the queer community, the more allies there will be.
* Groups like PFLAG have regular ally and education sessions virtually across the country where you and your friends can learn allyship. This is a good resource. learningaboutrans.com.
* Boost posts about allyship and actions to support the community.

#trans #transdayofvisibility #transrights #nonbinary #ally

I am looking for a technical writer with a strong Intel/networking background and the ability to take the deep technical content my group creates and convert it into multiple more accessible pieces. For example, the VexTrio paper we released this week. Our work is designed for experts in the security industry. The person I'm looking for can use it to create writings for consumers and customers. If that's you, text me here or on LinkedIn. #threatintel #infosec #cybersecurity

Appreciate boosts for reach.