CyberWire Daily7 Mar 2023

A new threat to routers. DoppelPaymer hoods collared. Ransomware hits a Barcelona hospital. Phishing in productivity suites. Espionage, hacktiism, and prank phone calls.

HiatusRAT exploits business-grade routers. International law enforcement action against the DoppelPaymer gang. Ransomware hits a major Barcelona hospital. Productivity suites are increasingly attractive as phishing grounds. Transparent Tribe’s romance scams. Cyberattacks briefly disrupt Russian websites and media outlets. Ashley Leonard, CEO of Syxsense, sits down with Dave to discuss their "Advancing Zero Trust Priorities'' report. Joe Carrigan on a warning from Microsoft about a surge in token theft. And trolling for disinfo raw material. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/44 Selected reading. Black Lotus Labs uncovers another new malware that targets compromised routers (Lumen Newsroom) Germany and Ukraine hit two high-value ransomware targets | Europol (Europol) European Police, FBI Bust International Cybercrime Gang (VOA) German police lift lid on worldwide cyber blackmail gang (Deutsche Welle) Europol Hits Alleged Members of DoppelPaymer Ransomware Group (Decipher) An international sting brings another win against ransomware gangs (Washington Post) European police move in on DoppelPaymer (Computing) Police Looking for Russian Suspects Following DoppelPaymer Ransomware Crackdown (SecurityWeek) Cyberattack hits major hospital in Spanish city of Barcelona (AP NEWS). Cyberattack Hits Major Hospital in Spanish City of Barcelona (SecurityWeek) Barcelona's Hospital Clinic hit by ransomware cyberattack 'from outside Spain' (Euro Weekly News) Phishers’ Favorites 2022 Year-in-Review (Vade) Kremlin Website Down Amid Reports of Cyber Attacks on Russia (The Daily Beast) Russian diplomat blames West for recruiting hackers for operations against Moscow (TASS) Don’t Answer That! Russia-Aligned TA499 Beleaguers Targets with Video Call Requests (Proofpoint)

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

Episoder(3705)

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

Behind the friendly face.

Hugging Face reports an autonomous AI-powered breach. Ernst & Young discloses a client data breach. Attackers are actively exploiting a critical ServiceNow flaw. Ransomware gangs sharpen their tactics...

20 Jul 29min