Something new, in ransomware. Notes on cyberespionage by the Lazarus Group and Charming Kitten. Security CI/CD operations. FINRA says hold the emojis. Dispatches from the hybrid war’s cyber front.

Something new, in ransomware. Notes on cyberespionage by the Lazarus Group and Charming Kitten. Security CI/CD operations. FINRA says hold the emojis. Dispatches from the hybrid war’s cyber front.

8base ransomware is overlooked and spiking. GuLoader targets law firms. Akira ransomware for Linux systems targets VMs. Kaspersky tracks the Lazarus group: typos and mistakes indicating an active human operator. Charming Kitten goes spearphishing. Securing continuous integration/continuous delivery operations. No emojis for the SEC, please.Unconfirmed reports say the Wagner Group hacked a Russian satellite communications provider. Our guest is Hanan Hibshi from Carnegie Mellon’s picoCTF team. Chris Novak from Verizon discusses their 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). And Anonymous Sudan wants you to know that they’re not just a bunch of deniable Russian crooks–where’s the love, man?   Read More 

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