Bronze President shows both enduring interests and adaptability. Iranian threat actor activity reported. Cybersecurity and small-to-medium businesses.
Bronze President shows both enduring interests and adaptability. Iranian threat actor activity is reported. Cybersecurity and small-to-medium businesses. An initial access broker repurposes Conti's ol...
8 Sep 202227min
Albania attributes major cyberattack to Iran. TikTok denies breach. New Linux malware.
The Albanian government attributes a disruptive cyber attack to Iran. TikTok says it’s found no evidence of a data breach. Researchers have discovered a new strain of Linux malware. US agencies warn o...
7 Sep 202224min
CISA Alert AA22-249A – #StopRansomware: Vice Society.” [CISA Cybersecurity Alerts]
CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or MS ISAC, are releasing this advisory to disseminate indicators of compromise and TTPs associated with Vice Society actors...
6 Sep 20223min
Notes on the C2C market. A new cyberespionage threat actor has surfaced. Sharkbot made a brief return to Google Play. Privateering and catphishing in the hybrid war.
A Phishing-as-a-service offering on the dark web bypasses MFA. The Worok cyberespionage group is active in Central Asia and the Middle East. Prynt Stealer and the evolution of commodity malware. Shark...
6 Sep 202230min
Anjali Hansen: Cross team collaboration works best. [Privacy Counsel] [Career Notes]
Anjali Hansen, a senior privacy counselor from Noname Security shares her story as she climbed through the ranks to get to where she is toady. When Anjali started she wanted to do international law. S...
4 Sep 20228min
LockBit's contradiction on encryption speed. [Research Saturday]
Ryan Kovar from Splunk sits down with Dave to discuss their findings in "Truth in Malvertising?" that contradict the LockBit group's encryption speed claims. Splunk's SURGe team recently released a wh...
3 Sep 202219min
Ransomware groups continue to shift identities and targets. Assessments of the cyber phases of a hybrid war. Is wartime tough for criminals? Anonymous counts coup…against Moscow’s taxis.
REvil (or an impostor, or successor) may be back. A Paris-area medical center continues to work to recover from cyber extortion. An assessment of Russian failure (or disinclination) to mount effective...
2 Sep 202228min
News on three ransomware operations: BianLian, Cuba, and Ragnar Locker. How the gangs are recruiting. Mobile app supply chain blues. Happy Insider Threat Month.
The BianLian ransomware gang is better at coding than at the business of crime. The Attack on Montenegro seems to be ransomware. A look at Ragnar Locker's current interests. Recruiting for gangland ge...
1 Sep 202230min
