Risks News: 11 August 2025

Unmasking Russia’s Troll Farm Empire: Inside the Kremlin’s Global Disinformation Machine
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Unmasking Russia’s Troll Farm Empire: Inside the Kremlin’s Global Disinformation Machine

The Internet Research Agency (IRA), Russia’s flagship troll farm, is based in St. Petersburg and was founded around 2013, growing to about 400 staff by 2015 working 12-hour shifts. IRA staff operated under strict quotas: 5 political posts, 10 non-political posts, and
August 17, 2025
No Peeking: How Confidential Computing Lets Cloud Providers Process Your Data Without Decryption
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No Peeking: How Confidential Computing Lets Cloud Providers Process Your Data Without Decryption

Confidential computing uses hardware TEEs such as Intel SGX, AMD SEV, and Arm CCA to perform computations on encrypted data, delivering encryption-in-use. Inside a TEE enclave, data and code are isolated with memory encryption, shielding them from the host OS, hypervisor, other
August 11, 2025

Technology News

  • Ethical hacker demonstrates Kindle vulnerability via malicious ebook, risking Amazon accounts
    December 15, 2025, 6:12 AM EST. Valentino Ricotta, an ethical hacker at Thales, showed how a malicious ebook could compromise a Kindle and expose an Amazon account. By exploiting flaws in the device's audiobook-scanning software and the on-screen keyboard, he could load malicious code that captured the user's session cookies, granting full access to payments and personal data. He warned that side-loading books from third-party sites-even offline-can create serious risks. Amazon fixed the critical flaws after the disclosure, and Ricotta earned a bug bounty of $20,000 (donated by Thales to charity). The demonstration highlights the ongoing need for robust security across connected devices and vigilance against malicious ebooks.