CyberWire Daily6 Okt 2023

Advice on security, from Washington, DC and Washington State. The Predator Files have bad news on privacy. Notes on the hybrid war. And LoveGPT is not your soulmate.

NSA and CISA release a list of the ten most common misconfigurations along with Identity and access management guidelines. The Predator Files. Cyber cooperation between Russia and North Korea. Hacktivist auxiliaries hit Australia. Hacktivists and hacktivist auxiliaries scorn the application of international humanitarian law. The direction of Russian cyber operations. Dave Bittner speaks with Andrea Little Limbago from Interos to talk about geopolitics, cyber and the C-suite. Rick Howard talks with John Hultquist, Chief Analyst at Mandiant, at the mWISE 2023 Cybersecurity Conference about cyber threat intelligence. And, finally, adventures in catphishing: “LoveGPT.” For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/192 Selected reading. NSA and CISA Release Advisory on Top Ten Cybersecurity Misconfigurations (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA) CISA and NSA Release New Guidance on Identity and Access Management (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA) Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2023 (Microsoft) Predator Files | EIC (European Investigative Collaborations) Meet the ‘Predator Files,’ the latest investigative project looking into spyware (Washington Post) NORTH KOREA–RUSSIA SUMMIT : A NEW ALLIANCE IN CYBERSPACE? - CYFIRMA (CYFIRMA) Australia’s home affairs department hit by DDoS attack claimed by pro-Russia hackers (the Guardian) Pro-Russia hacktivist group targets Australian government agencies over support for Ukraine (Cyberdaily.au) Home Affairs, Administrative Appeals Tribunal websites hit by cyber attacks (SBS News) ‘War has no rules’: Hacktivists scorn Red Cross’ new guidelines (Record) Espionage fuels global cyberattacks (Microsoft On the Issues) LoveGPT: How “single ladies” looking for your data upped their game with ChatGPT (Avast Threat Labs) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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When trusted sites turn. [Research Saturday]

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A nightmare on Windows street.

Nightmare Eclipse drops another Windows zero-day. The Gentlemen take the ransomware crown. CISA orders emergency Fortinet patching. Canada’s surveillance bill faces U.S. scrutiny. Meta’s Oversight Boa...

17 Jul 25min

For hackers, sharing is caring.

CISA warns of active SharePoint attacks. The NSA pushes coordinated vulnerability disclosure. ClickLock Stealer targets macOS. Splunk and Zoom patch critical flaws. Spirals ransomware strikes in under...

16 Jul 30min

Patchapalooza packs a punch.

Patch Tuesday. SonicWall urges immediate patching of actively exploited vulnerabilities. The White House launches an AI-backed vulnerability clearinghouse. The Air Force contends with widespread cybe...

15 Jul 28min

The ransomware toll road.

Treasury sanctions a VPN provider tied to ransomware. The Pentagon hits pause on CMMC audits. Critical flaws surface in Google Cloud’s Dialogflow CX. Estée Lauder discloses a data breach. Mobile netwo...

14 Jul 26min

State of the router.

The U.S. and its allies warn of Russian cyber threats targeting critical infrastructure as Europe rolls out new sanctions. Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft. Progress investigates a po...

13 Jul 26min

Preparing space for Q-day. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]

As the world prepares itself for quantum computing, governments and private space enterprises alike are looking to get ahead of the technology and manage the rapidly-accelerating risks. In this week’...

12 Jul 21min

Conti-versal opinions. [Research Saturday]

Today we are joined by Geoff White, host of Cyber Hack and BBC journalist, taking a deep dive into the Conti ransomware gang. Geoff explores an in-depth investigation into the notorious Conti ransomwa...

11 Jul 29min