CyberWire Daily11 Jul 2022

DDoS attacks strike countries friendly to Ukraine. Predatory Sparrow's assault on Iran's steel industry. Callback phishing impersonates security companies. Anubis is back. BlackCat ups the ante.

More deniable DDoS attacks strike countries friendly to Ukraine. Predatory Sparrow's assault on Iran's steel industry. A callback phishing campaign impersonates security companies. The Anubis Network is back. Thomas Etheridge from CrowdStrike on the importance of outside threat hunting. Rick Howard weighs in on sentient AI. And a ransomware gang ups the ante. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/131 Selected reading. Pro-Russian cybercriminals briefly DDoS Congress.gov (CyberScoop) Lithuania's state-owned energy group hit by 'biggest cyber attack in a decade' (lrt.lt) Ignitis Group hit by DDoS attack as Killnet continues Lithuania campaign (Tech Monitor) Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine (Wired - 07-11-2022) Predatory Sparrow: Who are the hackers who say they started a fire in Iran? (BBC News) Hacktivists claiming attack on Iranian steel facilities dump tranche of 'top secret documents' (CyberScoop) Callback Phishing Campaigns Impersonate CrowdStrike, Other Cybersecurity Companies (CrowdStrike) Anubis Networks is back with new C2 server (Security Affairs) BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware is increasing stakes up to $2.5 million in demands(Help Net Security) Resecurity - BlackCat (aka ALPHV) Ransomware is Increasing Stakes up to $2,5M in Demands (Resecurity)

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