CyberWire Daily30 Jan 2023

Criminal evolutions, disgruntled insiders, and gangsta wannabes. New wiper attacks hit Ukrainian targets, with less effect than the first rounds early last year. And support your local hacktivist?

Gootloader's evolution. Yandex source code leaked (and Yandex blames a rogue insider). New GRU wiper malware is active against Ukraine. Latvia reports cyberattacks by Gamaredon. Russia and the US trade accusations of malign cyber activity. A hacktivist auxiliary's social support system. Deepen Desai from Zscaler describes the Lilithbot malware. Rick Howard looks at chaotic simians. And wannabes can be a nuisance, too: LockBit impersonators are seen operating in northern Europe. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/19 Selected reading. Welcome to Goot Camp: Tracking the Evolution of GOOTLOADER Operations (Mandiant) Yandex denies hack, blames source code leak on former employee (BleepingComputer) Hackers use new SwiftSlicer wiper to destroy Windows domains (BleepingComputer) Sandworm APT targets Ukraine with new SwiftSlicer wiper (Security Affairs) Ukraine: Sandworm hackers hit news agency with 5 data wipers (BleepingComputer) Ukraine Links Media Center Attack to Russian Intelligence (BankInfoSecurity) Latvia confirms phishing attack on Ministry of Defense, linking it to Russian hacking group (The Record from Recorded Future News) Russia knows US recruits hackers, trains Ukrainian IT-army — Deputy Foreign Minister (TASS) Taking down the Hive ransomware gang. (CyberWire) US puts a $10m bounty on Hive while Russia shuts down access (Register) Exploring Killnet’s Social Circles (Radware) Copycat Criminals mimicking Lockbit gang in northern Europe (Security Affairs)

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(3706)

You've been disconnected.

A senator targets legacy VPNs. Minnesota water systems come under cyberattack. A 20-year-old flaw exposes 24,000 servers. Microsoft debuts its first cybersecurity AI model. A critical VeloCloud bug is...

28 Jul 26min

The world's least private hackers.

Hackers target Thailand’s Ministry of Finance with an autonomous AI agent.A new industry alliance hopes to improve AI security. Golden Chickens lay four new malware families. GitHub and PyPI introduce...

27 Jul 27min

How sovereign is Europe's space industry? [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

As space becomes an increasingly important part of global communications, national security, and critical infrastructure, European governments are confronting a difficulty: How much control do they ne...

26 Jul 24min

Cold lures, hot targets. [Research Saturday]

This week, we are joined by Ondrej Kubovič, Security Awareness Specialist from ESET, discussing their work on "FrostyNeighbor: Fresh mischief and digital shenanigans." Ondrej walks us through ESET's l...

25 Jul 17min

Laundry Bear gets the spin cycle.

Laundry Bear snuffles through unpatched Zimbra Collaboration servers. The State Department puts visa restrictions on cybercriminals. Oracle drops a record 1,449 security patches. Researchers disclose ...

24 Jul 26min

Do not pass Go(ogle).

Google gets a billion dollar fine from the EU. The White House considers sanctions against Chinese AI developers. The GAO criticizes overlap in cyber reporting regulations. The Feds warn of Iranian ag...

23 Jul 26min

The AI has entered the chat.

GPT escapes the sandbox and hacks Huggingface. SolarWinds patches multiple critical flaws. CISA orders patching of a critical Langflow AI vulnerability. A Paidwork breach affects over 23 million users...

22 Jul 29min

The defense against the AI arts.

Trump's latest AI leader resigns. The Army burns through its AI tokens. Scammers impersonate IC3 personnel.HollowGraph malware uses a compromised Microsoft 365 calendar for C2. Qilin ransomware target...

21 Jul 25min