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This week’s host Kacey is joined by Charles and Alec to bring you the latest in threat intelligence. In this episode they cover: - Visa issues a warning about new credit card skimmer “Baka”- Epic Manchego - Atypical malicious document delivery- What is Smaug and how does it operate?- Emotet - are there new developments and why did France send an advisory?Get this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-11-september-2020 ***Resources from this week’s podcast***Baka: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/visa-warns-of-new-baka-credit-card-javascript-skimmer/Epic Manchego: https://blog.nviso.eu/2020/09/01/epic-manchego-atypical-maldoc-delivery-brings-flurry-of-infostealers/Smaug: https://labs.sentinelone.com/multi-platform-smaug-raas-aims-to-see-off-competitors/France warns of Emotet: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/france-warns-of-emotet-attacking-companies-administration/ Similar Advisories from Japan & NZ: https://www.zdnet.com/article/france-japan-new-zealand-warn-of-sudden-spike-in-emotet-attacks/Cyber Espionage Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/cyber-espionage-how-to-not-get-spooked-by-nation-state-actors/Not Another Ransomware Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/not-another-ransomware-blog-initial-access-brokers-and-their-role/
Adam, Kim, Demelza and Stefano discuss the latest threat intel updates. On this episode, they cover:- New Zealand Stock Exchange DDoS attacks: Services affected & extent of impact- Tesla employee thwarts cyberattack: Developments & internal threats- Pioneer Kitten observed monetizing cyber activity- Information about Slack vulnerability:- Tor projects launch membership program: why & what does this mean?Get this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-04-september-2020***Resources from this week’s podcast***DDos Extortion: https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/08/27/ddos-extortion-campaign-targets-financial-firms-retailers/Russian National Arrest: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1308766/downloadPioneer Kitten: https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/who-is-pioneer-kitten/Remote Code Execution: https://hackerone.com/reports/783877 The Tor Project: https://blog.torproject.org/tor-project-membership-programSunCrypt: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/suncrypt-ransomware-sheds-light-on-the-maze-ransomware-cartel/ Dread Take on Spammers: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/dread-takes-on-the-spammers-who-will-come-out-on-top/
ShadowTalk hosts Kacey, Alec, Charles, and Rick bring you the latest in threat intel. In this week’s episode they cover:- The Department of the Treasury, FBI, and the US Cyber Command issue an alert about North Korea's BeagleBoyz - what do we know and what does it mean?- DarkSide operation discovered attacking companies with ransom demands up to $2 Million- Charles discusses DeathStalker kill chain and their targets- Alec talks spy stories and potential internal threats to companiesGet this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-28-august-2020 ***Resources from this week’s podcast***BeagleBoyz: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-239aDarkSide: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/darkside-new-targeted-ransomware-demands-million-dollar-ransoms/DeathStalker: https://securelist.com/deathstalker-mercenary-triumvirate/98177/Spy Story: https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-arrested-for-trying-to-recruit-an-insider-and-hack-a-nevada-company/ Cybercriminal Forum Rankings Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/alexa-who-is-the-number-one-cybercrminal-forum-to-rule-them-all/Empire Exit Scam Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/cybercriminal-underground-rocked-by-empires-apparent-exit-scam/
ShadowTalk hosts Alex and Digital Shadows CISO, Rick, talk to special guest David about his beginnings in the cybersecurity space, the Pyramid of Pain, and threat hunting.Pyramid of Pain: https://detect-respond.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-pyramid-of-pain.htmlDavid’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidJBiancoDavid’s Sans Profile: https://www.sans.org/profiles/david-bianco/
ShadowTalk hosts Viktoria, Adam, Dylan, and Stefano bring you the latest in threat intel. In this week’s episode they cover:- The ever-popular Emotet - does this dangerous malware have a vaccine? Adam and the team discuss how researchers found a cure.- What is the Drovorub malware and what is it trying to achieve?- Takeaways from the U.S. Army’s report on North Korean tactics - what do we know about North Korea’s cyber activity and Bureau 121?Get this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-21-august-2020***Resources from this week’s podcast***Emotet: https://www.binarydefense.com/emocrash-exploiting-a-vulnerability-in-emotet-malware-for-defense/Drovorub: https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/nsa-and-fbi-expose-russian-previously-undisclosed-malware-drovorub-in-cybersecurity-advisoryBureau 121: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7038686-US-Army-report-on-North-Korean-military.htmlOptiv CTIE Report: https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/optivctiereport2020
Alex, Kacey, and Charles host this week’s ShadowTalk, bringing you the latest in threat intelligence. In this episode they cover:- Defaced subreddits - which accounts were impacted and what was the cause?- An Intel Leak was exposed by a Twitter user - what was exposed and how did it happen?- Troy Hunt's announcement on open-sourcing HIBP - our take on how it will improve the community at largeGet this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-14-august-2020***Resources from this week’s podcast***Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/i5hhtf/ongoing_incident_with_compromised_mod_accounts/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/reddit-hit-by-coordinated-hack-promoting-trumps-reelection/Twitter Intel Leak: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/intel-investigates-20gb-internal/HIBP: https://www.troyhunt.com/im-open-sourcing-the-have-i-been-pwned-code-base/Escrow Systems On Cybercriminal Forums Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/escrow-systems-on-cybercriminal-forums/
In this week’s episode, Viktoria is joined by Kim, Dylan and Demelza to discuss:- Ransomware negotiations between CWT and cyberattackers- Impact and severity of passwords leaked for 900+ pulse secure enterprise servers to criminal forum- The Ghostwriter/disinformation campaign overview: series of disinformation campaigns, aligned to Russian security interests - activity and attribution- EU issues first sanctions against Russian and Chinese cyber actors: Impact, effectiveness and reasoning behind thisGet this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-07-august-2020***Resources from this week’s podcast***CWT: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-cyber-cwt-ransom/payment-sent-travel-giant-cwt-pays-4-5-million-ransom-to-cyber-criminals-idUKKCN24W26PPulse Secure VPN: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-leaks-passwords-for-900-enterprise-vpn-servers/#ftag=RSSbaffb68EU Sanctions: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-welcomes-first-eu-sanctions-against-malicious-cyber-actorshttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32020D1127&from=EN
On this ShadowTalk hosts Viktoria and James talk to special guest Geoff about his best selling book Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global and beyond that, themes within cybercrime, from the commodification of personal data to cybercrime tactics and tools. Find Geoff’s book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crime-Dot-Com-Viruses-Rigging/dp/1789142857Visit Geoff’s website: https://geoffwhite.tech/
This week it’s a full house with ShadowTalk hosts Alex, Kacey, Charles, Alec and Rick. During this episode they cover:- Garmin ransomware attacks - what happened?- Kacey talks QSnatch malware - history and new alerts- Stage 2 from ShinyHunters and the 50 high profile organizations that had information leakedGet this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-31-july-2020***Resources from this week’s podcast***Garmin ransomware: https://www.zdnet.com/article/garmins-outage-ransomware-attack-response-lacking-as-earnings-loom/ QSnatch malware: https://www.zdnet.com/article/cisa-says-62000-qnap-nas-devices-have-been-infected-with-the-qsnatch-malware/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 ShinyHunters: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-leaks-386-million-user-records-from-18-companies-for-free/
This week’s ShadowTalk hosts Adam, Demi, Stefano and Kim discuss the latest threat intelligence stories. In this episode they cover:-Trickbot trojan mishap causes wide-spread warnings, alerting users of threatening activity-Dangerous malware Emotet resurges and partners with Trickbot to infect a large number or users-Twitter takeover updates - what we know so far-NCSC advisory about APT29 targeting Covid-19 vaccine research -APT35 footage surfaces, exposing the group’s informationGet this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-24-july-2020***Resources from this week's podcast***NCSC: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/advisory-apt29-targets-covid-19-vaccine-development Twitter Updates: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinbase-blocked-twitter-hackers-from-stealing-an-extra-280k/ Emotet: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-trickbot-malware-duo-is-back-infecting-windows-machines/APT35: https://www.wired.com/story/iran-apt35-hacking-video/
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