International Law Enforcement Seizes Domains of Russian Crypto Laundering Networks. The real-world risk of a recently revealed Linux vulnerability appears low. Criminal Charges Loom in the Iranian Hack of the Trump Campaign. Meta is fined over a hundred million dollars for storing users’ passwords in plaintext. Delaware’s public libraries grapple with the aftermath of a ransomware attack. Tor merges with Tails. Progress Software urges customers to patch multiple vulnerabilities. A critical vulnerability in VLC media player has been discovered. Our guests are Mark Lance, Vice President of DFIR and Threat Intelligence at GuidePoint Security, and Andrew Nelson, Principal Security Consultant at GuidePoint Security discussing their work on "Hazard Ransomware – A Successful Broken Encryptor Story." Having the wisdom to admit you just don’t know. 

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Our guest is Mark Lance, Vice President DFIR and Threat Intelligence at GuidePoint Security, discussing their work on "Hazard Ransomware – A Successful Broken Encryptor Story." 

Selected Reading

US-led operation disrupts crypto exchanges linked to Russian cybercrime (The Record)

Highly Anticipated Linux Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution, but Less Serious Than Expected (SecurityWeek)

Criminal charges coming in alleged Iranian hack of Trump campaign emails: Sources (ABC News)

Meta fined $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext (The Record)

Hackers attack Delaware libraries, seek ransom. Here's what we know (Delaware Online)

Tor Merges With Security-Focused OS Tails (SecurityWeek)

Progress urges admins to patch critical WhatsUp Gold bugs ASAP (Bleeping Computer)

VLC Player Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code, Update Now (Cyber Security News)

Bigger AI chatbots more inclined to spew nonsense — and people don't always realize (Nature)

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