Official online channels hijacked in separate US, Philippine incidents. Update on MosesStaff, a ransomware group interested in politics, not profit. Costco breach. Ryuk money-laundering case.
Exploitation of a configuration error in the FBI’s Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal enables hackers to send bogus warning emails. Philippine Office of Civil Defense Twitter account briefly hijacked. ...
15 Nov 202122min
Swati Shekhar: Challenges increase your risk appetite. [Engineering] [Career Notes]
Ground Labs' Head of Engineering, Swati Shekhar, shares her circuitous route from and back to engineering. Always being interested in leveraging the tools available to solve problems, Swati talks abou...
14 Nov 20219min
The real costs of ransomware in 2021, 2022, and beyond. [CyberWire-X]
Ransomware: the problem that everyone is talking about, yet somehow continues to get worse with each passing year. In 2021, the cost of ransomware to global businesses is estimated to reach a whopping...
14 Nov 202128min
A glimpse into TeamTNT. [Research Saturday]
Senior Intelligence Researcher at Anomali, Tara Gould, joins Dave to discuss their team's work on "Inside TeamTNT’s Impressive Arsenal: A Look Into A TeamTNT Server." Anomali Threat Research discovere...
13 Nov 202115min
Tension in Eastern Europe. A Hong Kong watering hole. US, EU join the Paris Call. Cybermercenaries. CISA’s plans for countering disinformation, and for forming a white-hat hacker advisory group.
Notes on rising international tension in Eastern Europe. A watering-hole campaign in Hong Kong. The US and the EU have joined the Paris Call. NSO Group’s prospective CEO resigns his position before fo...
12 Nov 202126min
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Let's go to the movies. [Hacking Humans Goes to the Movies]
Welcome to a fun new project by the team who brings you Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Co-hosts Dave Bittner and Joe Carrigan are joined by Rick Howard in this series. The...
11 Nov 202125min
Cyberespionage from Tehran. Clopp ransomware operators exploit vulnerable SolarWinds instances. Mercenaries and lawful intercept vendors. Patch Tuesday.
Tehran’s Lyceum group expands its activities against ISPs and telcos in Israel, Morocco, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia. Clopp is going after unpatched instances of SolarWinds. Cyber mercenaries are quietl...
10 Nov 202123min
Ransomware hits an electronics retailer and a new-school financial services company. Updates on international action against REvil.
Hive ransomware hits electronics retailer Media Markt. Robinhood Markets sustains a data breach it traces to social engineering. Ben Yelin looks at the law behind U.S. police demanding your phone pass...
9 Nov 202125min
