CyberWire Daily

BianLian gang’s pivot. HinataBot is a Go-based threat. The US Social Security Administration is impersonated in attempted vishing attacks. BlackSnake in the RaaS criminal market. More Silicon Valley Bank-themed phishing. Caleb Barlow from Cylete on security implications you need to consider now about Chat GPT. Our guest is Isaac Roth from LeakSignal with advice on securing the microservices applic...

Telerik exploited, for carding (probably) and other purposes. Cloud storage re-up attacks. Cybercriminals use new measures to avoid detection of phishing campaigns. "Winter Vivern" seems aligned with Russian objectives. Microsoft warns of a possible surge in Russian cyber operations. Boss Sandworm. Johannes Ullrich from SANS talking about malware spread through Google Ads. Our guest is David Antel...

CISA, FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory to provide IT infrastructure defenders with TTPs, IOCs, and methods to detect and protect against recent exploitation against Microsoft Internet Information Services web servers. AA23-074A Alert, Technical Details, and Mitigations AA23-074A STIX XML MAR-10413062-1.v1 Telerik Vulne...

Patch Tuesday notes. Silicon Valley Bank's collapse and its effects on the cybersecurity sector. SVR's APT29 used a Polish state visit to the US as phishbait. Regularizing hacktivist auxiliaries. Our guest is Crane Hassold from Abnormal Security with a look at threats to email. Grayson Milbourne from OpenText Cybersecurity addresses chaos within the supply chain. And LockBit claims to have comprom...

Expect phishing, BEC scams, and other social engineering to use Silicon Valley Bank lures. An "attack superhighway." Unauthorized software in the workplace. A new cyberespionage group emerges. Squad up (but not IRL). Ben Yelin unpacks the FBI director’s recent admission of purchasing location data. Ann Johnson from Afternoon Cyber Tea speaks with Jason Barnett from HCA Healthcare about cyber resil...

Coping with Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. BatLoader's abusing Google Search Ads. More on Emotet’s re-emergence. Reflections on Medusa rising. An international law enforcement action against NetWire. Rob Shapland from Falanx Cyber on ethical hacking and red teaming. Bryan Ware from LookingGlass looks at exploited vulnerabilities in the US financial sector. And in Ukraine, it’s more-or-less quiet...

Bat El Azerad, CEO and Co-founder of mobile phishing protection company novoShield, shares her personal account of her experience as a female leader in the cybersecurity field as well as some insights into how far the industry has come and where it is headed in terms of the gender gap. Bat El speaks about how she grew into her role of becoming a CEO, by sharing where she started and how she got in...

Ron Masas of Imperva discusses their work, the "Google Chrome “SymStealer” Vulnerability. How to Protect Your Files from Being Stolen." By reviewing the ways the browser handles file systems, specifically searching for common vulnerabilities relating to how browsers process symlinks, the Imperva Red Team discovered that when files are dropped onto a file input, it’s handled differently. Dubbing it...

New IceFire version is out. A DUCKTAIL tale. Social engineering by Tehran. DPRK's LIGHTSHOW cyberespionage. The President's Budget and cybersecurity. The US Department of Defense issues its cyber workforce strategy. Remcos surfaces in attacks against Ukrainian government agencies. DDoS at a Ukrainian radio station. Dave Bittner sits down with Beth Robinson of Bishop Fox to share their 2023 Offensi...

A wormable version of the PlugX USB malware is found. Compromised webcams as a security threat. Emotet botnet out of hibernation. Proof-of-concept: AI used to generate polymorphic keylogger. Turning to alternatives as conventional tactics fail. Dave Bittner speaks with Eve Maler of ForgeRock to discuss how digital identity can help create a more secure connected car experience. Johannes Ullrich fr...

CISA adds three known exploited vulnerabilities to its Catalog. A data breach at Acer exposes intellectual property. Sharp Panda deploys SoulSearcher malware in cyberespionage campaigns. US Cyber Command’s head warns against underestimating Russia in cyberspace. Dave Bittner sits down with Simone Petrella of N2K Networks to discuss the recently-released Defense Cyber Workforce Framework. Betsy Car...

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 "Advan...

Cranes as a security threat. EPA memo addresses cybersecurity risks to water systems. Oakland's ransomware incident becomes a data breach. Carding rises in the Russian underworld. Sandworm's record in Russia's war. Rick Howard sits down with Andy Greenberg from Wired to discuss how Ukraine suffered more data-wiping malware last year than anywhere, ever. Dave Bittner speaks with Kathleen Smith of C...

Gabriela Smith-Sherman, a former Federal agency CISO with over 15 years of experience in leading and implementing comprehensive enterprise cybersecurity programs and initiatives, sits down to share her journey. She is a U.S. combat disabled veteran who understands the importance of mission and is dedicated to delivering high-quality results and value to customers through innovative solutions. Gabr...

Dor Zvi, Co-Founder and CEO from Red Access to discuss their work on "New Chrome Exploit Lets Attackers Completely Disable Browser Extensions." A recently patched exploit is tricking Chrome browsers on all popular OSs to not only give attackers visibility of their targets’ browser extensions, but also the ability to disable all of those extensions. The research states the exploit consists of a boo...

Implementing the US National Cybersecurity Strategy. The US National Cybersecurity Strategy was informed by lessons from Russia's war. Two threat actors from China up their game. Responding to a phishing campaign. #StopRansomware: Royal Ransomware. CISA releases five ICS advisories. Sameer Jaleel, Kent State University Associate CIO on closing functionality gaps and creating a safer digital enviro...

CISA and FBI are releasing this joint advisory to disseminate known Royal ransomware IOCs and TTPs identified through recent FBI threat response activities. AA23-061A Alert, Technical Details, and Mitigations AA23-061A STIX XML Royal Rumble: Analysis of Royal Ransomware (cybereason.com) DEV-0569 finds new ways to deliver Royal ransomware, various payloads - Microsoft Security Blog 2023-01: ACSC Ra...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is releasing this Cybersecurity Advisory detailing activity and key findings from a recent CISA red team assessment—in coordination with the assessed organization—to provide network defenders recommendations for improving their organization's cyber posture. AA23-059A Alert, Technical Details, and Mitigations No-cost cyber hygiene services: Cyber...

CyberWire Daily podcast host Dave Bittner is joined by CyberWire editor John Petrik for an extended discussion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its effect on cybersecurity at the one year anniversary. John and his team have covered the Ukrainian conflict with daily news stories since the invasion began, and in fact, had quite a lot of coverage prior to the invasion. They take stock of whe...

The White House releases its US National Cybersecurity Strategy. Red-teaming critical infrastructure. Redis cryptojacker discovered. Russia bans several messaging apps. Our guest is Kapil Raina from CrowdStrike with the latest on Threat Hunting. Dinah Davis from Arctic Wolf on the top healthcare industry cyber attacks. And hacktivist auxiliaries continue their nuisance-level activities. For links...

The LastPass data breach built on an earlier attack. Forensic visibility and the Google Cloud Platform. An overview of hacktivist auxiliaries in Russia's war against Ukraine. Dish acknowledges sustaining a cyberattack. MKS Instruments discloses a ransomware incident. Carole Theriault has a lesson about ChatGPT and school systems. Ann Johnson from Afternoon Cyber Tea speaks with Stacy Hughes from V...

The US Marshals Service sustains a data breach. Blind Eagle is a phish hawk. Dish continues to work toward recovery. OneNote attachments are used to distribute Qakbot. Ben Yelin has analysis on the Supreme Court’s hearing on a section 230 case. Mr Security Answer Person John Pescatore has thoughts on Chat GPT. And CISA Director Easterly urges vendors to make software secure-by-design. For links to...

Social engineering with generative AI. Mylobot and BHProxies. PureCrypter is deployed against government organizations and staged through Discord. Dish Network reports disruption. Third-party app and software as a service risk. Further assessments of the cyber phase of Russia's war so far, with warnings to stay alert. Are tough times coming in gangland? Comments on NIST's revisions to its Cybersec...

Mike Fey, CEO and co-founder of Island.io, joins to share his story, falling in love with technology and being fascinated by it at a young age. Mike quickly started working for companies where he grew in his role, becoming CTO of McAfee and then GM of the Enterprise business, stepping out to then become president and COO of Blue Coat, which was eventually acquired by Symantec, eventually wanting t...

Andy Patel from WithSecure Labs joins with Dave to discuss their study that demonstrates how GPT-3 can be misused through malicious and creative prompt engineering. The research looks at how this technology, GPT-3 and GPT-3.5, can be used to trick users into scams. GPT-3 is a user-friendly tool that employs autoregressive language to generate versatile natural language text using a small amount of...