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A look at Russian malware used against Ukrainian targets. Actual and potential targets harden themselves against Russia cyberattacks. Sanctions and the criminal underworld. Conti’s fortunes. A credential stealer resurfaces in corporate networks. BlackCat ransomware warning. Tomer Bar from SafeBreach discusses MuddyWaters. Dr. Christopher Emdin previews his new book STEM, STEAM, Make, Dream. CISA r...

A renewed Five Eyes’ warning about potential Russian cyberattacks. The FBI warns of the threat of ransomware attacks against the agriculture sector. REvil may be back in business. Carole Theriault shares insights on bug bounty programs. Our own Rick Howard checks in with Zack Barack from Coralogix on where things stand with XDR. And beware of threats of Facebook account suspension. For links to al...

A Shuckworm update. Pegasus spyware found in UK government officials’ phones. CISA issues six ICS security alerts and adds three entries to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Gangs succeed when criminals run them like a business. Julian Assange moves closer to extradition to the US. Tim Eades from Cyber Mentor Fund on cyber valuations. Our guest is Wes Mullins from deepwatch discussing a...

In a hybrid war, sometimes it’s about the timing. Not quite all quiet on the cyber front. Pyongyang is phishing for crypto wallets (and your NFTs, and other blockchained valuables). Emotet really likes those malicious macros. Joe Carrigan looks at prompt bombing. Bec McKeown from Immersive Labs explains human cyber capabilities. And it’s our anniversary this week: celebrate with us. For links to a...

Nuisance-level cyberattacks continue on both sides of Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine. Face-saving disinformation. “CatalanGate.” Industrial Spy says it caters to its victims’ competitors. More on what’s been learned from Conti’s leaked chatter. Rewards for Justice offers $5 million for tips on DPRK cyber ops. Awais Rashid on supply chain risk management. Our guest is Jack Chapman from Egress...

Co-founder and CTO of Virsec, Satya Gupta shares his story of how he has over 25 years of expertise in embedded systems, network security and systems architecture. He also talks about how a colleague of his told him something that resinated with him, he said " that was really a remarkable statement that I heard from that person. You rise to the point where you can actually contribute." He also dis...

At the Hack the Port 2022 event, the CyberWire held a CyberWire Live event. CyberWire Daily Podcast host Dave Bittner was joined by Roya Gordon, OT/IoT Security Research Evangelist at Nozomi Networks, and Christian Lees, CTO at Resecurity. During this fireside chat format session, Dave and our guests discussed ICS, OT cybersecurity, the role of security research and demos, supply chain compromise,...

Alan Neville from Symantec/Broadcom joins Dave Bittner on this episode to discuss Antlion, a Chinese state-backed hacker group, are using custom backdoors to target financial institutions in Taiwan. Symantec's blog shares the research behind the attacks and how the backdoor allowed the attackers to run WMI commands remotely. Symantec's research showed that "The goal of this campaign appears to hav...

Further developments in the Incontroller/Pipedream industrial control system threat. Conti claims responsibility for the Nordex hack. The half-a-billion stolen from Ronin went to the Lazarus Group. And indictments in an influence ops case. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/73 Selected reading. Ukr...

A nation-state threat actor (probably Russian) targets industrial systems. A quick look at the GRU's earlier attempt against Ukraine's power grid. The difficulty of recovering from a credible threat to industrial systems. Lazarus Group resumes Operation Dream Job. OldGremlin speaks Russian, and it holds Russian companies for ransom. Carole Theriault looks at research on lie detection. Josh Ray fro...

Indestroyer2 and Ukraine's power grid. More on last week's distributed denial-of-service attack against Finland. Anonymous claims to have doxed Russia's Ministry of Culture. Hafnium gets evasive. Enemybot is under development but worth keeping an eye on. Changing the phish hook. Patch Tuesday notes. Tim Eades from Cyber Mentor Fund on digital & security transformations. Our guest is Aaron Shilts f...

GRU deploys Industroyer2 against the Ukrainian energy sector. NB65 counts coup against Roscosmos. Anonymous doxes three more Russian companies. President Putin purges the FSB’s Fifth Service. CISA warns of an exploited firewall vulnerability. Medical robots’ vulnerabilities are remediated. A Cyber Civil Defense effort in the US. Ben Yelin on newly passed cyber legislation. Our guest is Chase Snyde...

US National Security Advisor says atrocities were part of Russia's plan. Russian commanders seek to keep troops away from dangerous sections of the Internet. Cyberattacks in Finland may be a shot across Helsinki's bow. CERT-UA warns of a phishing campaign. Hacktivists hit Russian organizations. Mixed reviews for US preemptive measures against GRU botnets. Sharkbot-infested apps ejected from Google...

Founder and general partner of Rain Capital, Chenxi shares her story and how she conquered and got over the obstacle of fear to reach her goals in life. " I realized a lot of times my obstacle is my own fear rather than a real obstacle" Wang states, she also shares her story of breaking glass ceilings as a female founder and working in the field of cybersecurity. She hopes to be remembered for bei...

Alon Zahavi from CyberArk, joins Dave Bittner on this episode to discuss CyberArk's work in conjunction with Patch Tuesday. CyberArk published about how Docker inadvertently created a new vulnerability and what happens when it's exploited. CyberArk's research concluded that an attacker may execute files with capabilities or setuid files in order to escalate its privileges up to root level. CyberAr...

Russian disinformation in its war against Ukraine. Overhead imagery and electronic intercepts suggest that Russian atrocities are matters of policy and strategy. Microsoft disrupts GRU cyber operations. Facebook takes down Iranian coordinated inauthenticity. India’s Power Ministry says it stopped a Chinese cyberattack. Dave Dufour from Webroot on evolving attack mechanisms. Our guest is Dan Petro...

An update on US cyber defensive operations and the war in Ukraine. You can’t tell your oligarchs without a scorecard. Google ejects data-harvesting apps from Play. China preps the cyber battlespace against India’s power grid. More moves against Hydra Market. Bearded Barbie’s catphishing. Betsy Carmelite from BAH on a blueprint for achieving a secure and resilient dot gov. Our guest is Padraic O'Re...

There’s a maneuver lull in Russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine, but fire and cyber ops continue. The US provides cyber assistance to Ukraine. The Cicada call of Stone Panda. Phony e-commerce sites seek to harvest banking credentials. CISA offers some advice and some guidance. Hydra Market sanctioned. Awais Rashid from Bristol University on anonymous communication systems. Our guest is Armaan Mahbo...

Disinformation at the UN. Russian cyber operations against Ukraine. Bravo, BKA: German police take down a major contraband market. Under arrest but still in business? At least someone’s carrying on for Lapsus$. Compromise at Mailchimp. Joe Carrigan describes Javascript vulnerabilities. Carole Theriault with an eye on romance scams through the lens of Netflix's "The Tinder Swindler". And a well-kno...

Doxing, trolling, and censorship in a hybrid war. Western organizations remain on alert for a Russian cyber campaign. Known Russian threat actors continue operations against Ukraine proper. Borat RAT described. Welcome the US State Department’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. National Supply Chain Integrity Month. Your wild ways will break your mother’s heart. Rick Howard weighs in on Shi...

Chief intelligence officer at Intel 471, Michael shares his story where he started as an actor and quickly changed over to intelligence and what the transition was like for him. Michael grew up wanting to be an actor and even was able to land some acting jobs, after going into the Marine Corps he decided to leave acting behind and start a new path in his journey. He says looking for a purpose real...

In this CyberWire-X episode, host Rick Howard, the CyberWire's CSO, Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, explores the state of XDR. Joining Rick on this episode are Ted Wagner, SAP National Security Services CISO and CyberWire Hash Table member, and from episode sponsor Trellix are Bryan Palma, the Trellix Chief Executive Officer, and John Fokker, the Trellix Head of Cyber Investigations. Listen as Ri...

Guest Michael DeBolt from Intel 471 joins Dave Bittner on this episode to discuss one of the most popular commodity malware loaders on the underground – PrivateLoader. The blog provides an analysis of campaigns since May 2021, full details on a Pay-per-install (PPI) malware service, the methods operators employ to obtain “installs,” and insights on the malware families the service delivers. On Int...

Attempting to evolve rules of cyber conduct during a hot hybrid war. Waiting for major Russian cyber operations. Viasat terminals were hit by wiper malware. Patches and detection scripts for Spring4shell. Warning of ransomware threat to local governments. Emergency data requests under Senatorial scrutiny. NSA employee charged with mishandling classified material. Andrea Little Limbago from Interos...

Russian cyber operators collect against domestic targets. More details on the Viasat hack. Ukrainian hacktivists say they can interfere with Russian geolocation. Spring4shell is another remote-code-execution problem. The Remcos Trojan is seeing a resurgence. Malicious links distributed via Calendly. Johannes Ullrich from SANS on attack surface detection. Our guest is Fleming Shi from Barracuda on...