CyberWire Daily

Perry Carpenter, Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer at KnowBe4 and host of the 8th Layer Insights podcast, sits down to share his story trying different paths, before ultimately switching over to the cyber industry. After trying to go down the paths of music and law and finding neither were what he wanted to do, he decided to take an internship to get more into computer programming. That led hi...

This week our guests are, Larry Cashdollar, Chad Seaman and Allen West from Akamai Technologies, and they are discussing their research on "Uncovering HinataBot: A Deep Dive into a Go-Based Threat." The team discovered a new Go-based, DDoS-focused botnet. They found it was named after the popular anime show "Naruto," they are calling it "HinataBot" In the research it says "HinataBot was seen being...

Cl0p and LockBit exploit PaperCut vulnerability in ransomware campaigns. Infostealer traded in the C2C market. All ads are trying to get your money, but some just take it. CISA requests comment on software self-attestation form. Our guest is Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of Malwarebytes, sharing thoughts on the current threat landscape, attacks on students and academic institutions. Betsy Carmelite from...

Google targets CryptBot malware infrastructure. FIN7 attacked Veeam servers to steal credentials. Ransomware-as-a-service offering threatens Linux systems. Evasive Panda targets NGOs in China. Anonymous Sudan is active against targets in Israel. Russian ransomware operations aim at disrupting supply chains into Ukraine. Our guest is Stuart McClure, CEO of Qwiet AI. Microsoft’s Ann Johnson stops by...

BellaCiao is malware from Iran's IRGC, while PingPull is malware used by the Chinese government affiliated Tarus Group. Ransomware continues to be a pervasive international threat. An overview of hacktivism. Our guest is CyberMindz founder Peter Coroneos, discussing the importance of mental health in cybersecurity. Johannes Ullrich shares insights from his RSAC panel discussions. And Ukraine conti...

BlackCat (ALPHV) follows Cl0p, exploiting the GoAnywhere MFA vulnerability. The Mirai botnet exploits a vulnerability disclosed at Pwn2Own. An RSAC presentation describes US response to Russian prewar and wartime cyber operations. The US Department of Homeland Security outlines cyber priorities. Andrea Little Limbago from Interos shares insights from her RSAC 2023 panels. US indicts, sanctions DPR...

3CX is not the only victim in the recent supply chain attack. The PaperCut critical vulnerability is under active exploitation. The Bumblebee malware loader is buzzing around in the wild. A new unique malware toolkit called Decoy Dog. Rick Howard, CSO from N2K Networks, shares RSA Conference predictions and talks about his new book, "Cybersecurity First Principles." Our guest Theresa Lanowitz from...

Maria Varmazis, N2K's Space Correspondent and host of N2K's newest podcast T-Minus, sits down to share her journey on combining her two passions of space and cyber. Maria grew up wanting to be an astronomer, in school she focused on joining anything with technology and enjoyed the classes that made her think. After transferring to a new college, she went into journalism, absolutely falling in love...

T-Minus Deep Space Guest Scott Stalker, Command Senior Enlisted Leader at US Space Command, shares how the combatant command is adapting to new challenges in the digital era of space operations, new operational concepts, and building the force to deter aggression. You can follow US Space Command on LinkedIn and Twitter, and you can follow MGySgt Scott Stalker on LinkedIn. Remember to leave us a 5-...

Shiran Guez from Akamai sits down with Dave to discuss their research on "Chatbots, Celebrities, and Victim Retargeting and Why Crypto Giveaway Scams Are Still So Successful." Researchers at Akamai have been on the lookout for crypto giveaway scams. These scams have been impersonating celebrities and brands, most notably Elon Musk and his associated companies. The research states "the scams are de...

Daggerfly APT targets an African telecommunications provider. EvilExtractor is an alleged teaching tool apparently gone bad. A Chinese speaking threat group is active against Taiwan and South Korea. Europe’s air traffic control is under attack. Cecilia Marinier from RSAC and Barmak Meftah, a judge of ISB, discuss the RSA innovation sandbox. Awais Rashid from University of Bristol on the cybersecur...

The 3CX compromise involved a two-stage supply-chain attack. Impersonating ChatGPT. Russia's security organs say they're cracking down on leaks. Updates on the Discord Papers case. Belarus arrests a pro-Russian hacktivist. Rob Boyce from Accenture Security on Dark Web cyber criminals targeting CRM systems. Our guest is Mike Loewy from the Tide Foundation, with an innovative approach to distributed...

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), NSA, CISA, and FBI are releasing this joint advisory to provide TTPs associated with APT28’s exploitation of Cisco routers in 2021. AA23-108A Alert, Technical Details, and Mitigations Malware Analysis Report Resource to mitigate a ransomware attack: CISA-Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Joint Ransomware Guide. No-cost cyber...

Play ransomware's new tools. Fancy Bear is out and about. Updates on Sandworm. Ransomware in Russia's war against Ukraine. The US Air Force opens an investigation into the alleged leaker's Air National Guard wing. The Washington Post’s Tim Starks joins us with insights on the Biden administration's attempts to better secure the water supply. Carole Theriault chats with Cisco Talos' Vanja Svacjer a...

Brace yourselves, it’s Space Symposium week! Wet dress rehearsal for Starship. UK launches the International Bilateral Fund. Orbit Fab gets a series A round. Boeing announces their anti-jam payload for WGS. The FAA wants to balance air travel and space travel. Our interview with Steve Luczynski, Board Chair of the Aerospace Village, on their mission, programs, and upcoming activities at the RSA Co...

An Iranian threat actor exploits N-day vulnerabilities. CSC exposes subdomain hijacking vulnerabilities. More on the Discord Papers. An update on Russia’s NTC Vulkan. Joe Carrigan on the aftermath of a $98M online investment fraud. Our guest is Blake Sobczak from Synack , host of the podcast WE'RE IN! And threat actor nomenclature: a scorecard, and a Periodic Table no more. For links to all of tod...

The alleged Discord Papers leaker has been charged. We look at how the Papers spread online. A life lived online as a security risk. US tax season scams, at the 11th filing hour. Caleb Barlow from Cylete on the layoffs in security that many thought would never happen. Maria Varmazis and Brandon Karpf share the launch of the new space podcast, T-Minus. And KillNet says it’s open for business. For l...

Jack Chapman, VP of Threat Intelligence at Egress sits down to share his story on how he found his way into the cybersecurity field as well as his journey creating a cybersecurity company that was successfully acquired. Jack previously co-founded anti-phishing company Aquilai and served as its Chief Technology Officer, working closely with the UK’s intelligence and cyber agency GCHQ to develop cut...

Scott Fanning, Senior Director of Product Management, Cloud Security at CrowdStrike, sits down to talk about the first-ever Dero cryptojacking operation targeting Kubernetes infrastructure. The research defines Dero as "a cryptocurrency that claims to offer improved privacy, anonymity and higher and faster monetary rewards compared to Monero, which is a commonly used cryptocurrency in cryptojackin...

"Read the Manual" and the ransomware-as-a-service market. Bitter APT may be targeting Asia-Pacific energy companies. A Cozy Bear sighting. Hacktivist auxiliaries hit Canadian targets. Deepen Desai of Zscaler describes job scams following tech layoffs. Our guest is Kelly Shortridge from Fastly with insights on the risks from bots. And there’s been an arrest in the Discord Papers case. For links to...

Transparent Tribe expands its activity against India's education sector. A Lazarus sub-group is after defense sector targets. The FBI's Denver office warns of potential juicejacking. Legion: a Python-based credential harvester. The source of leaked US intelligence may be closer to identification. Johannes Ullrich from SANS explains upwork scams. Our guest is Charlie "Tuna" Moore of Vanderbilt Univ...

Patch Tuesday update. Another commercial surveillance company is outed. Voice security and the challenge of fraud. CISA updates its Zero Trust Maturity Model. Effects of the US intelligence leaks. Our guest Eric Goldstein, Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity at CISA, outlines CISA's role in the cybersecurity community. André Keartland of Netsurit makes the case for DevSecOps. Russian cy...

Key trends in Identity Access Management. RagnarLocker and critical infrastructure. Cyber criminals capitalize on the AI hype. Updates on the leaked US classified documents, and speculation of whether Russian hackers compromised a Canadian gas pipeline. Ben Yelin describes a multimillion dollar settlement over biometric data. Microsoft’s Ann Johnson from Afternoon Cyber Tea talking about cyber par...

An Iranian APT MERCURY exploits known vulnerabilities. The US investigates apparent leaks of classified information about Russia's war against Ukraine. KillNet claims it has paralyzed NATO websites. More apparent doxing of the GRU. Britta Glade and Monica Koshgarian of RSA Conference talking about content curation. Grayson Milbourne from OpenText Cybersecurity hopes to remove shame from cyber atta...

Karen Worstell, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist from VMware sits down to share her journey and discusses her experience as a woman in cyber. Starting her career off as a chemist, after graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a bachelor's degree in molecular biology, she took some time off to be with her family, she came back to a science field that was far more advanced than before sh...