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This week the London team looks at the following stories:- BlueKeep Exploit Could Rapidly Spread- Megacortex Ransomware Changes Windows Passwords- Japanese Media Company Nikkei - $29 million lost to BEC scam- Web.com Breach- 21 million employee accounts for Fortune 500 companies offered on the dark web Get the full intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summary***Resources from this week***https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-megacortex-ransomware-changes-windows-passwords-threatens-to-publish-data/https://www.cyberscoop.com/nikkei-email-scam-bec-29-million/https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/10/breaches-at-networksolutions-register-com-and-web-com/
Adam Cook, Philip Doherty, and Viktoria Austin host this week’s ShadowTalk update around an unsecured Elasticsearch database exposing account information of about 7.5 million Adobe Creative Cloud users. The team then looks at the news story around the City of Johannesburg experiencing a ransomware attack as well as APT28 (aka Fancy Bear) targeting anti-doping authorities and sporting organizations. ***Resources from this week’s episode***- BriansClub Blog from Viktoria: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/cybercriminal-credit-card-stores-is-brian-out-of-the-club/ - Understanding Different Cybercriminal Platforms: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/understanding-the-different-cybercriminal-platforms-avcs-marketplaces-and-forums/- Too Much Information - The Sequel: https://resources.digitalshadows.com/whitepapers-and-reports/too-much-information-the-sequel- Adam’s World Cup Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/threats-to-the-2018-football-world-cup/ News Stories:https://www.zdnet.com/article/adobe-left-7-5-million-creative-cloud-user-records-exposed-online/https://www.ccn.com/johannesburg-shuts-down-bitcoin-ransomware-attack/
We’ve got all 3 ShadowTalk hosts in Dallas this week: Harrison Van Riper, Viktoria Austin, and Alex Guirakhoo. The team first looks at Avast, which encountered a cyber espionage attempt. Then NordVPN announced that a hacker had breached servers used by NordVPN. And finally Dr. Richard Gold put out a new blog this week on dispelling the myths around using public wifi, so the team helps summarize some of the key points. Check out the full blog at https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/wifi-security-dispelling-myths-of-using-public-networks/To check out our weekly intelligence summary, visit https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summary/weekly-intelligence-summary-17-oct-24-oct-2019More Resources from this week’s episode:- Avast breach attempt: https://blog.avast.com/ccleaner-fights-off-cyberespionage-attempt-abiss- NordVPN breach & PR nightmare: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/10/23/hacker-breached-servers-used-by-nordvpn/- Krebs: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/10/avast-nordvpn-breaches-tied-to-phantom-user-accounts/
Adam Cook, Philip Doherty, and Xueyin Peh join Viktoria Austin for a special ShadowTalk episode around the Singapore Cyber Threat Landscape. The team looks at the heightened threat level for Singapore, why it’s being targeted, and the types of organizations being impacted. Read the full analysis in our blog post here: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/singapore-cyber-threat-landscape-report-h1-2019/
Fall is upon us! Kacey, Charles, Harrison, and Alex kick off this week’s episode talking about our Fall Dallas team event (an amateur version of Chopped). We’re now all professional chefs. Then the team dives into this week’s hot topics:- Typosquatting and the 2020 Elections: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/typosquatting-and-the-2020-u-s-presidential-election/- Honeypots: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/honeypots-tracking-attacks-against-misconfigured-or-exposed-services/- The Sudo Vulnerability: https://threatpost.com/sudo-bug-root-access-linux/149169/- Security Bsides Workshop Talk: http://www.securitybsides.com/w/page/134870340/DFW_2019- Orca: https://github.com/digitalshadows/orcahttps://twitter.com/maxdose_/status/1184429401338982401?s=12 Finally with the Chopped event on our minds, we round off the episode with our favorite dishes we want to learn to cook. Thanks for listening and don’t forget to rate us on iTunes and let us know how we’re doing.
We’re back in London this week! Viktoria chats with Adam Cook, Philip Doherty, and Josh Poole on this week’s top stories:- APT35 Targets Email of US political figures & prominent Iranians - Skimming activity by Magecart 4 reveals potential link to Cobalt Group- Chinese threat group Rancour casts phishing line to South-East Asian government- Emotet Resurgence Resources From This Week: Account Takeover Kill Chain 5 Step Analysis: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/the-account-takeover-kill-chain-a-five-step-analysis/Weekly Intelligence Summary: https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summaryMake sure to subscribe to us wherever you listen to your podcasts for the latest episodes. Thanks for listening!- ShadowTalk team
Director of Security Engineering, Richard Gold, joins Viktoria Austin in this special episode of ShadowTalk to look at the attacker goals, their TTPs, and map this to the Mitre PRE-ATT&CK and ATT&CK framework.Some Background…Between 2012 to mid-2015, U.S. financial institutions, financial services corporations and financial news publishers fell victim to one of the largest computer hacking crimes. The hacking resulted in the theft of information belonging to 100 million customers of the victim companies (including the theft of personal data from 83 million customer accounts at JPMorgan Chase), and securities fraud, in the form of stock market manipulation. While the crimes committed date back to 2015, this week, one of the hackers involved, identified as Andrei Tyurin, pleaded guilty to the following charges: computer intrusion, wire fraud, bank fraud, and illegal online gambling offenses in connection with his involvement in a massive computer hacking campaign targeting U.S. financial institutions, brokerage firms, financial news publishers, and other American companies.Learn more in Richard Gold’s blog here: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/mapping-the-tyurin-indictment-to-the-mitre-attck-framework/
Coming to you from London this week, Jamie Collier, Philip Doherty, and Josh Poole join Viktoria Austin for our weekly threat intelligence updates. The team kicks off with a discussion around the top story of the week - Magecart Five Widens Attack Vectors.Recent Magecart Five activity has included loading malicious Javascript files onto commercial-grade Layer 7 routers, injecting malicious code into a free, open-source app module, distributing phishing emails via an unspecified spamming service containing the KPOT trojan, embedding compromised websites with redirect code that results in the download of the RIG or Fallout exploit toolkits onto a target machine, and creating a phishing website imitating “G-Cleaner”, a w Windows garbage cleanup tool. The team also discussed the other top stories of the week including:- Suspected Chinese Threat Actor Targets Airbus Suppliers- Tortoiseshell Lures American military-veteran job seekers- Zendesk discloses 2016 data breachCheck out the full threat intelligence summary report at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summary
Viktoria hosts this week’s episode in London with Phillip Doherty and Adam Cook. After a quick debate around the top trending sports at the moment, the team digs into the first story of the week: Tortoiseshell Group (a newly identified threat group) has reportedly conducted some supply chain attack campaigns against 11 IT providers in Saudi Arabia. Next they look at two new malware variants that have emerged, attributed to North Korean-associated Lazarus Group. Emotet botnet has been hot in the news lately, so the team also talks about its emergence. Finally the team rounds up the week with the Tyurin indictment, where Andrei Tyurin pleaded guilty to one of the largest computer hacking crimes involving US financial institutions, financial services, and news publishers. Our own Richard Gold published a blog mapping the indictment to the MITRE ATT&CK framework - definitely worth a read below. To learn more, check out our weekly intelligence summary report at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summary. Mapping the Tyurin Indictment to the Mitre ATT&CK™ framework: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/mapping-the-tyurin-indictment-to-the-mitre-attck-framework/
It’s Harrison and Alex this week for your threat intelligence updates. The guys first dig into the NCSC’s recent threat trends report, the first of these that the NCSC has put out. It’s UK-specific, so just like we’ve shared thoughts around the FBI IC3 annual report in the past, which is heavily geared toward the US, it’s good to look across the pond as well. The team digs into 3 main areas: - Office365- Ransomware trends including updates on Emotet, Ryuk, LockerGoga, Bitpaymer, Nemty, and GandCrab- Supply Chain AttacksThe team also digs into some recent research around B.Wanted. A few weeks ago, there was a story that Brian Krebs reported on: essentially a user on a dark web forum was offering to sell access to a federal contractor who managed 20+ different federal agencies. Specifically we were looking into the threat actor responsible for selling the access, who goes by the name B.Wanted. The guys dig into some different theories.Finally we round out the episode with some top shows on Netflix to add to your lists. Enjoy your weekends! Get the weekly intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summaryResources from this week:NCSC Cyber Threat Trends: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/ncsc-cyber-threat-trends-report-analysis-of-attacks-across-uk-industries/Nemty Ransomware: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/nemty-ransomware-slow-and-steady-wins-the-race/Purple Teaming podcast episode with Eliza May Austin: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purple-teaming-an-interview-with-eliza-may-austin/id1326304686?i=1000450023564
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