CyberWire Daily

3271 Episodes

1. Consequence of the Taliban victory for influence operations and information security. Privateering gangs described. Data exposures, data compromises.

   Published: 8/17/2021
2. Possible consequences of Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban. Non-state actors’ political motives. Poly Network rewards “Mr. White Hat.” C2C offering will check your alt-coin. Breach at T-Mobile?

   Published: 8/16/2021
3. Rick Howard: Give people resources. [CSO] [Career Notes]

   Published: 8/15/2021
4. You can add new features, just secure the old stuff first. [Research Saturday]

   Published: 8/14/2021
5. Cyberespionage follows South Asian conflict. LockBit’s $50 million demand. Insider risk. Trend Micro warns unpatched Apex is under attack. PrintNightmare persists. Google and Apple on privacy.

   Published: 8/13/2021
6. More stolen alt-coin is returned. Accenture reports minimal effects in the alleged LockBit attack. Home routers attacked. Source code for sale? PrintNightmare exploited in the wild. Extradition cases.

   Published: 8/12/2021
7. A $600 million alt-coin heist. LockBit claims it hit Accenture. A false-flag cyberespionage campaign. A REvil key is posted. AlphaBay is back. Facebook takes down vaccine disinfo campaign.

   Published: 8/11/2021
8. A threat to release stolen proprietary data. The C2C market: division of labor and loss-leading marketing ploys. Misconfigured Salesforce Communities. Sanctions-induced headwinds for Huawei.

   Published: 8/10/2021
9. Home router vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. ACSC warns of a LockBit spike in LockBit. Flytrap Android Trojan is out. SCADA recon. Child protection. Wiretaps and social media.

   Published: 8/9/2021
10. Alyssa Miller: We have to elevate others. [BISO] [Career Notes]

    Published: 8/8/2021
11. SideCopy malware campaigns expand and evolve. [Research Saturday]

    Published: 8/7/2021
12. FTC warns of smishing targeting the unemployed. Initial access: buying it one way or another. Is the criminal gig economy vulnerable? Ransomware continues to hit healthcare.

    Published: 8/6/2021
13. CISA’s new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. C2C market update: Prometheus TDS and Prophet Spider. And naiveté about a gang’s reform, or optimism over signs the gang is worried?

    Published: 8/5/2021
14. Espionage phishing in unfamiliar places. OT vulnerabilities. LemonDuck’s rising fortunes. Data exposure. Kubernetes advice from NSA and CISA. Meng Wanzhou’s extradition.

    Published: 8/4/2021
15. Apparent ransomware disrupts Italian vaccine scheduling system. Cyberespionage compromised Southeast Asian telcos. RAT and phishing in the wild. Cybercriminals explain themselves.

    Published: 8/3/2021
16. SVR was reading the US Attorneys’ emails. Deliveries still lag as South African ports reopen. EA hackers dump game source code. Another look at criminal markets. And Mr. Hushpuppi cops a plea.

    Published: 8/2/2021
17. Behavioral transparency – the patterns within. [CyberWire-X]

    Published: 8/1/2021
18. Andrew Hammond: Understanding the plot. [Historian and Curator] [Career Notes]

    Published: 8/1/2021
19. China's influence grows through Digital Silk Road Initiative. [Research Saturday]

    Published: 7/31/2021
20. Multiple Cozy Bear sightings (at least the bear tracks). Spyware in a Chinese employee benefits app. Phishing campaigns. DoppelPaymer rebrands. And ignore that bot--it hasn’t been watching you surf.

    Published: 7/30/2021