Mirai’s new variant targets IoT devices. Volt Typhoon investigation continues. Hacktivism in Senegal. Lessons learned from Ukraine.
New Mirai malware uses low-complexity exploits to expand its botnet in IoT devices. The latest on Volt Typhoon. DDoS hits government sites in Senegal. The Pentagon's cyber strategy incorporates lesson...
30 Touko 20230s
Stacy Dunn: My superpower and my kryptonite. [Engineer] [Career Notes]
Stacy Dunn, a Senior Solutions Engineer from the SANS Institute sits down and shares what it is like to work through her own adversity to get to be where she is today. Stacy shares some of her experie...
28 Touko 20230s
8 GoAnywhere MFT breaches and counting. [Research Saturday]
This week, our guests are Emily Austin and Himaja Motheram from Censys and their sharing their research - "Months after first GoAnywhere MFT zero-day attacks, Censys still sees about 180 public admin ...
27 Touko 20230s
CosmicEnergy: OT and ICS malware from Russia, maybe for red teaming. Updates on Volt Typhoon. Legion malware upgraded for the cloud. Natural-disaster-themed online fraud.
CosmicEnergy is OT and ICS malware from Russia, maybe for red teaming, maybe for attack. Updates on Volt Typhoon, China’s battlespace preparation in Guam and elsewhere. In the criminal underworld, Leg...
26 Touko 20230s
Volt Typhoon goes undetected by living off the land. New gang, old ransomware. KillNet says no to slacker hackers.
China's Volt Typhoon snoops into US infrastructure, with special attention paid to Guam. Iranian cybercriminals are seen conducting ops against Israeli targets. A new ransomware gang uses recycled ran...
25 Touko 20230s
CISA Alert AA23-144A – People's Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actor living off the land to evade detection. [CISA Cybersecurity Alerts]
Cybersecurity authorities are issuing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to highlight a recent cluster of activity associated with a People’s Republic of China state-sponsored cyber actor, also known a...
25 Touko 20230s
Cybercriminals favor cyberespionage in North Korea, Russia, and parts unknown. Movements and activity in the cyber underworld.
Kimsuky's tailored reconnaissance tools. GoldenJackal is an APT quietly active since 2019. Criminals target Youtube viewers with free cracked software. Rheinmetall’s data was posted to BlackBasta's ex...
24 Touko 20230s
BlackCat gang crosses your path and evades detection. You’re just too good to be true, can’t money launder for you. Commercial spyware cases.
AhRat exfiltrates files and records audio on Android devices. The BlackCat ransomware group uses a signed kernel driver to evade detection. GUI-Vil in the cloud. Unwitting money mules. Ben Yelin unpac...
23 Touko 20230s
