The CyberWire Daily Podcast 4.4.22
Ep 1549 | 4.4.22

Doxing, trolling, and censorship in a hybrid war. Borat RAT. State’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. National Supply Chain Integrity Month. Wild youth. Hey spooks: brown bag it like the GRU.

Show Notes

Doxing, trolling, and censorship in a hybrid war. Western organizations remain on alert for a Russian cyber campaign. Known Russian threat actors continue operations against Ukraine proper. Borat RAT described. Welcome the US State Department’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. National Supply Chain Integrity Month. Your wild ways will break your mother’s heart. Rick Howard weighs in on Shields Up. Josh Ray from Accenture on ideological differences on underground forums. And fast food as an OPSEC issue (and an OSINT source).

Selected reading.

Ukraine intelligence leaks names of 620 alleged Russian FSB agents (Security Affairs) 

Anonymous leaked 15 GB of data allegedly stolen from the Russian Orthodox Church (Security Affairs) 

Listen Now: Deputy national security adviser talks about the risk of Russia waging cyberwar (NPR One) 

Inside Cyber Front Z, the ‘People’s Movement’ Spreading Russian Propaganda (Vice)

Ukraine Accuses Russia of Using WhatsApp Bot Farm to Ask Military to Surrender (Vice)

‘It’s like 1937’: Informants denounce anti-Ukraine war Russians (The Telegraph) 

Cyber Espionage Actor Deploying Malware Using Excel (Bank Info Security)

New Borat remote access malware is no laughing matter (BleepingComputer)

Deep Dive Analysis – Borat RAT (Cyble)

Establishment of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (United States Department of State) 

Supply Chain Integrity Month (CISA) April is National Supply Chain Integrity Month.

As Russia Plots Its Next Move, an AI Listens to the Chatter (Wired) 

Data leak from Russian delivery app shows dining habits of the secret police (The Verge)