Geoffrey Alexander
Publications
Familiar Feeling
A Malware Campaign Targeting the Tibetan Diaspora Resurfaces
Investigation of a malware campaign targeting the Tibetan community and discussion of the challenges in analyzing closed espionage ecosystems.
August 8, 2018
Champing at the Cyberbit
Ethiopian Dissidents Targeted with New Commercial Spyware
This report describes how Ethiopian dissidents in the U.S., U.K., and other countries were targeted with emails containing sophisticated commercial spyware posing as Adobe Flash updates and PDF plugins.
December 6, 2017
Still Safer Without
Another Look at Korean Child Monitoring and Filtering Apps
South Korea requires minors to have content filtering apps installed on their phones. A security audit of two child monitoring apps published by major Korean telecoms —KT Olleh Kidsafe and Clean Mobile Plus—finds serious security and privacy issues that put children at risk.
November 27, 2017