The CyberWire Daily Podcast 7.11.23
Ep 1860 | 7.11.23

Collective defense in cyberspace. Notes on gangs, privateers, and hacktivist auxiliaries. Amazon Prime Day is now a commercial holiday (like Black Friday): crooks have noticed–stay safe.

Show Notes

NATO considers Article 5 in cyberspace, while Cyberattacks conducted in the Russian interest target the NATO summit. Anonymous Sudan remains a nuisance-level irritant. Cl0p's surprising use of MOVEit exploits. Asylum Ambuscade is a case study in privateering. There are reports of a breach at Razer. An indictment in a cyber incident at a California water treatment facility. Genesis Market's fire sale. Carole Theriault on the data Amazon customers provide with some suggestions on curbing it. Our guest is Dmitry Bestuzhev, senior director in Cyber Threat Intelligence for Blackberry. And Amazon Prime Day is upon us–the crooks have noticed.

Selected reading.

A Cybersecurity Wish List Ahead of NATO Summit (SecurityWeek)

NATO’s Christian-Marc Lifländer on how the alliance can take a ‘proactive’ cyber stance (Record)

Ukraine has set the standard on software power (POLITICO)

RomCom Threat Actor Suspected of Targeting Ukraine's NATO Membership Talks at the NATO Summit (BlackBerry)

Threat group testing more sophisticated DDoS hacks, authorities warn (Cybersecurity Dive)

Move It on Over: Reflecting on the MOVEit Exploitation (Huntress)

Cl0p has yet to deploy ransomware while exploiting MOVEit zero-day (SC Media) 

Asylum Ambuscade: crimeware or cyberespionage? (WeLiveSecurity)

Crimeware Group Asylum Ambuscade Ventures Into Cyber-Espionage (Infosecurity Magazine)

Razer investigates data breach claims, resets user sessions (BleepingComputer) 

Razer Data Breach: Alleged Database and Backend Access Sold for $100k (HackRead)

Alleged Razer data breach: Hacker demands US$100K in crypto in exchange for stolen data (Vulcan Post)

Razer gets pwned as hackers steal source code (Cyber Security Connect) 

Razer Cyber Attack: Gaming Hardware Giant Faces Data Breach (The Cyber Express) 

Amazon Prime Day: Buyers Beware of Phishing Campaigns Targeting Online Shoppers (Veriti)

Tracy Resident Charged With Computer Attack On Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility (US Attorney for the Northern District of California)

Tracy man indicted for illegally accessing water treatment network (CBS News)

Technician Indicted for Hacking California Water Treatment Facility (HackRead)

Tracy Man Charged With Computer Attack On Discovery Bay Water Treatment Facility (Contra Costa News) 

Genesis Market gang tries to sell platform after FBI disruption (Record) 

Amazon Prime Day: Buyers Beware of Phishing Campaigns Targeting Online Shoppers (Veriti)