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Sekoia Blog
Company blog · blog.sekoia.iosecurity
Sekoia Blog is the company blog at blog.sekoia.io, writing about security. Since 2022, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Sinkholing the PlugX USB worm botnet”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite Sekoia's posts on ransomware strains, DDoS group attribution and silent smishing as references, without judging the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Sinkholing the PlugX USB worm botnet2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-04-26
What Hacker News says?
We're all very impressed that you're such a 1337 h4x0r that you run Arch Linux and not Windo$e. See also https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/macos-notlockbit-evolving-r... and https://blog.sekoia.io/helldown-ransomware-an-overview-of-th...
Comment linking /helldown-ransomware-an-overview-of-this-emerging-threat/
on “Many ransomware strains will abort if they detect a Russian keyboard installed (2021)”Submitted APT28, an Evolution of Tradecraft as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt is based on various attribution factors. But since it is typically easier to point at the currently hated scapegoat and be done with it, the quality of these attribution factors leaves much to be desired. E.g. https://blog.sekoia.io/noname05716-ddosia-project-2024-updat... "The decision not to mandate VPN usage in Russia, especially given their statement “it is extremely unlikely that there will be any problems”,…
Comment linking /noname05716-ddosia-project-2024-updates-and-behavioural-shifts/
on “Microsoft informs customers that Russian hackers spied on emails”Submitted Sinkholing the PlugX USB worm botnet as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://blog.sekoia.io/silent-smishing-the-hidden-abuse-of-c...
Comment linking /silent-smishing-the-hidden-abuse-of-cellular-router-apis/
on “That annoying SMS phish you just got may have come from a box like this”Submitted Phishing Campaigns "I Paid Twice" Targeting Booking.com Hotels and Customers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unplugging PlugX: Sinkholing the PlugX USB Worm Botnet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Raspberry Robin’s botnet second life as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Aurora Botnet: A rising stealer flying under the radar as a story · 1 points
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