CyberWire Daily

2656 Episodes

1. Groove Gang making a name for themselves. [Research Saturday]

   Published: 10/16/2021
2. CISA and its partners warn of threats to water and wastewater treatment facilities. The curious case of Missouri teachers’ Social Security Numbers.

   Published: 10/15/2021
3. Notes from the underground: data breach extortion and a criminal market shuts down. International cooperation against ransomware. Cyber risk and higher education.

   Published: 10/14/2021
4. Cyber Espionage, again. Patched SolarWinds yet? Patch Tuesday. The international conference on ransomware has begun. Booter customers get a warning. A disgruntled insider alters aircraft records.

   Published: 10/13/2021
5. Espionage by password spraying, and espionage via peanut butter sandwich. Ransomware and DDoS warnings. Two journalists get the Nobel Peace Prize

   Published: 10/12/2021
6. Extra: Let's talk about Facebook's research. [Caveat]

   Published: 10/11/2021
7. Brandon Karpf: A sailor of the 21st century. [Transitioning service member] [Career Notes]

   Published: 10/10/2021
8. Taking a closer look at UNC1151. [Research Saturday]

   Published: 10/9/2021
9. Fancy Bear’s snuffling at Gmail credentials. FIN12’s threat to healthcare, and BlackMatter’s threat to agriculture. REvil tries to reestablish itself in the underworld. Twitch update. Sachkov is charg

   Published: 10/8/2021
10. Espionage, mostly cyber but also physical. DDoS in the Philippines. TSA regulations for rail and airline cybersecurity are coming. US DoJ promises civil action for cyber failures. Twitch update. And

    Published: 10/7/2021
11. Twitch is breached. MalKamak: a newly described Iranian threat actor. Chinese cyberespionage against India. SafeMoon phishbait. The ransomware threat. What counts as compromise.

    Published: 10/6/2021
12. Facebook’s back up, and the outage was due to an error, not an attack. A look at AvosLocker and Atom Silo ransomware. The case of the Kyiv ransomware gangsters. Thoughts on the Pandora Papers.

    Published: 10/5/2021
13. Privacy and the Pandora Papers. Flubot’s scare tactics. Exploiting an account recovery system. Conti warns victims not to talk to the press. An international meeting on cybercrime? A ransomware bust.

    Published: 10/4/2021
14. Cloud configuration security: Breaking the endless cycle. [CyberWire-X]

    Published: 10/3/2021
15. Pattie Dillon: Take the leap. [Anti-fraud] [Career Notes]

    Published: 10/3/2021
16. IoT security and the need for randomness. [Research Saturday]

    Published: 10/2/2021
17. Phishing for those who fear Pegasus. ChamelGang APT active against multiple countries. Problems with a ransomware decryptor. Controversial proofs-of-concept. And a death blamed on ransomware.

    Published: 10/1/2021
18. GriftHorse’s premium service scams. Facebook open sources a static analysis tool. Update on the Group-IB affair. What the Familiar Four are up to. Counting ransomware strains.

    Published: 9/30/2021
19. DDoS is on an upward trend, and it’s being used for extortion. A payroll provider recovers from an unspecified cyberattack. Russia charges Group-IB CEO with treason. NSA, CISA, advise on using VPNs.

    Published: 9/29/2021
20. Homecomings, happy and not so happy. A backdoor for espionage, a Trojan for cybercrime. DDoS techniques, those iPhone zero-days, and indictments. And one guilty plea.

    Published: 9/28/2021