The CyberWire Daily Podcast 10.5.22
Ep 1677 | 10.5.22

Sniffing at the DIB. Sideloading cryptojacking campaign. Nord Stream and threats to critical infrastructure. US Cyber Command describes hunting forward in Ukraine. Fraud meets romance.

Show Notes

Data’s stolen from a US "Defense Industrial Base organization." Major sideloading cryptojacking campaign is in progress. Nord Stream and threats to critical infrastructure. US Cyber Command describes "hunt forward" missions in Ukraine. Andrew Hammond from SpyCast speaks with hacker Eric Escobar about the overlap of traditional intelligence and cybersecurity. Our guest is AJ Nash from ZeroFox with an update on the current threat landscape. Fraud meets romance.

Selected reading.

Impacket and Exfiltration Tool Used to Steal Sensitive Information from Defense Industrial Base Organization (CISA)

CISA: Multiple government hacking groups had ‘long-term’ access to defense company (The Record by Recorded Future)

US Govt: Hackers stole data from US defense org using new malware (BleepingComputer) 

Side-Loading OneDrive for profit – Cryptojacking campaign detected in the wild (Bitdefender Labs)

Drone-loaded seabed ship is latest weapon in Royal Navy's arsenal to counter Russian threat (The Telegraph)

Opinion Undersea pipeline sabotage demands the West prepare for more attacks (Washington Post)

Ukraine Hasn’t Won the Cyber War Against Russia Yet (World Politics Review) 

USCYBERCOM Executive Director David Frederick Outlines Cyber Threats & Highlights Importance of Industry Partnerships (GovCon Wire) 

Romance scammer and BEC fraudster sent to prison for 25 years (Naked Security)