In today’s symposium, we talk about a new strand of Chae$ malware, some developments in social engineering, privateers in a hybrid war, cyber ops as combat support, and some default passwords.

A New variant of Chae$ malware is described. A “Smishing Triad” impersonates postal services. A MinIO storage exploit reported. Okta warns of attackers seeking senior admin privileges. LockBit compromises a UK security contractor. DDoS takes down a German financial regulator’s site. Infamous Chisel as GRU combat support. Joe Carrigan on Meta uncovering a Chinese influence effort. Our guest is Connie Stack, CEO of Next DLP, discussing data breach notification procedure. And please -PLEASE- remember to change your default passwords.   Read More 

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