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What the cybercriminals are up to: improving their tools and carrying out the same old dreary social engineering. Budworm APT sightings. And the state of Russia’s hybrid war.

What the cybercriminals are up to: improving their tools and carrying out the same old dreary social engineering. Budworm APT sightings. And the state…

FromCyberWire Daily


What the cybercriminals are up to: improving their tools and carrying out the same old dreary social engineering. Budworm APT sightings. And the state…

FromCyberWire Daily

ratings:
Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Oct 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Emotet ups its game. COVID-19 small business grants as phishbait. Google Translate is spoofed for credential harvesting. Research on the Budworm espionage group. Kevin Magee from Microsoft shares why cybersecurity professionals should join company boards. Our guest is Chris Niggel from Okta with a look at identity shortfalls. And Internet outages during missile strikes, and the prospects of Russia’s hybrid war.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:
https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/197

Selected reading.
Emotote’s evolution. (ESET)
Fresh Phish: Small Business COVID-19 Grants Designed for Disaster (INKY)
Spoofing Google Translate to Steal Credentials (Avanan) 
Budworm: Espionage Group Returns to Targeting U.S. Organizations (Symantec Blog) 
Internet outages hit Ukraine following Russian missile strikes (Bitdefender)
Starlink helped restore energy, communications infrastructure in parts of Ukraine - official (Reuters)
Ukraine’s Vice PM Thanks Starlink for Help to Restore Connections After Missile Attack from Russia (Tech Times)
We must tackle Europe’s winter cyber threats head-on (POLITICO)
The conflict in Ukraine makes us rethink cyberwar (The Japan Times)
Released:
Oct 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode