Risky Business #711 -- Albanian authorities raid MEK camp over Iran hacks

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They cover:

• Albanian authorities raid MEK over Iran hacks

• Microsoft admits “Anonymous Sudan” took down its services

• US Government puts $10m bounty on CL0P

• A deeper look at the Barracuda hack campaign

• Much, much more

This week’s show is brought to you by Material Security. We’ll be hearing from one of Material’s friends – Courtney Healey, senior manager of insider threat at Coinbase – in this week’s sponsor interview.

Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Mastodon if that’s your thing.

Show notes Police raid Iranian opposition camp in Albania, seize computers | AP News Risky Biz News: Microsoft embarrassingly admits it got DDoSed into the ground by Anonymous Sudan Anonymous Sudan and Killnet strike again, target EIB Pro-Russian hackers remain active amid Ukraine counteroffensive | CyberScoop Hackers infect Russian-speaking gamers with fake WannaCry ransomware US puts $10M bounty on Clop as federal agencies confirm data compromises | Cybersecurity Dive (1) Catherine Herridge on Twitter: "Tonight, sources tell @cbsnews senior government officials are racing to limit impact - of what one cyber expert calls - potentially the largest theft + extortion event in recent history. USG official says no evidence to date US MIL or INTEL compromised. https://t.co/R4f6naFqFx" / Twitter U.S. government says several agencies hacked as part of broader cyberattack Clop names a dozen MOVEit victims, but holds back details | Cybersecurity Dive Another MOVEit vulnerability found, as state and federal agencies reveal breaches | Cybersecurity Dive Barracuda ESG Zero-Day Vulnerability (CVE-2023-2868) Exploited Globally by Aggressive and Skilled Actor, Suspected Links to China | Mandiant New DOJ unit will focus on prosecuting nation-state cybercrime EU states told to restrict Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks ‘without delay’ The US Navy, NATO, and NASA Are Using a Shady Chinese Company’s Encryption Chips | WIRED Widow of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi files suit against Pegasus spyware maker Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue NSO Group over Pegasus spyware | Jamal Khashoggi | The Guardian Bipartisan bill would protect Americans’ data from export abroad District of Nebraska | Massachusetts Man Sentenced for Computer Intrusion | United States Department of Justice I Was Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Hacking Back - My Story | HackerNoon CID-FLYER-TEMPLATE New FCC privacy task force takes aim at data breaches, SIM-swaps | CyberScoop Bloodied Macbooks and Stacks of Cash: Inside the Increasingly Violent Discord Servers Where Kids Flaunt Their Crimes Russian National Arrested and Charged with Conspiring to Commit LockBit Ransomware Attacks Against U.S. and Foreign Businesses | OPA | Department of Justice BrianKrebs: "Haha love it when a data ranso…" - Infosec Exchange

Release date

Lydbog: 20. juni 2023