The CyberWire Daily Podcast 8.24.22
Ep 1648 | 8.24.22

Ransomware attack hits a French hospital. Lessons for the fifth domain from six months of hybrid war. Deepfake scams have arrived. Threat actors prepare to exploit Hikvision camera vulnerability.

Show Notes

A medical center near Paris comes under ransomware attack, and refuses to pay up. Lessons for the fifth domain from six months of hybrid war. Deepfake scams appear to have arrived. Deepen Desai from Zscaler with introduction to our audience. Dave Bittner sits down with Gil Hoffer, CTO and Co-founder of Salto to discuss “Who Hacked Slack?.” And Threat actors prepare to exploit Hikvision camera vulnerability.

Selected reading.

Cyber attackers disrupt services at French hospital, demand $10 million ransom (France 24)

French hospital hit by $10M ransomware attack, sends patients elsewhere (BleepingComputer)

DECLENCHEMENT DU PLAN BLANC DIMANCHE 21 AOUT 2022 (CHSF - Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien)

Ukraine at D+181: Independence Day and six months of war. (CyberWire) 

Six months, twenty-three lessons: What the world has learned from Russia’s war in Ukraine (Atlantic Council) 

Hackers Used Deepfake of Binance CCO to Perform Exchange Listing Scams (Bitcoin News)

Hackers Use Deepfakes of Binance Exec to Scam Multiple Crypto Projects (Gizmodo) 

Binance's CEO said thousands of people are falsely claiming to be his employees on LinkedIn. Experts warn it's an example of the platform's growing problem with fake accounts. (Business Insider)

Twitter’s Ex-Security Head Files Whistleblower Complaint (Wall Street Journal)

Twitter is vulnerable to Russian and Chinese influence, whistleblower says (CNN)

Over 80,000 exploitable Hikvision cameras exposed online (BleepingComputer)

Experts warn of widespread exploitation involving Hikvision cameras (The Record by Recorded Future) 

Hikvision Surveillance Cameras Vulnerabilities (CYFIRMA)