May 16, 2023

Risky Business #706 -- Why BlackBerry thinks Cuba ransomware is a Russian front

1 hour 3 minutes

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

Wazawaka charged, sanctioned

PlugwalkJoe extradited, pleads guilty

BlackBerry thinks Cuba ransomware is a front for Russian intelligence

Anonymous Sudan pops up in Israel

Microsoft’s Outlook patch fail

Much, much more

This week’s show is brought to you by Bloodhound Enterprise. Andy Robbins is this week’s sponsor guest. He talks about how graph theory could help us to uncover more lolbins.

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

Show notes

Alleged Babuk ransomware gang leader ‘Wazawaka’ indicted, sanctioned by US

Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka?’ – Krebs on Security

British man involved in Twitter hack extradited to US, pleads guilty to numerous cybercrimes

Cybercriminals who targeted Ukraine are actually Russian government hackers, researchers say | TechCrunch

Slapdash attempt to hack rocket sirens may be cause for serious alarm about Iran | The Times of Israel

Twitter’s Encrypted DMs Are Deeply Inferior to Signal and WhatsApp | WIRED

Twitter under fire for restricting content before Turkish presidential election - CBS News

Three opposition media outlets hit by cyber attack

Patrick Gray on Twitter: "https://t.co/n5b7wPjI6Y https://t.co/UmDbHbhEcS" / Twitter

(1) Patrick Gray on Twitter: "Switched to a domain validated username at the other place. Very easy. https://t.co/U46zABPnJl" / Twitter

Emerging ransomware group quickly hits 4 critical infrastructure providers | Cybersecurity Dive

A ransomware source code leak spawned at least 10 ‘Babuk’ imitators, researchers say

Philadelphia Inquirer unable to go to print due to ‘cyber incident’

Hackers attempt to extort Dragos and its executives in suspected ransomware attempt | CyberScoop

Dallas says it 'will likely take weeks to get back to full functionality' after ransomware attack

Swiss tech giant ABB confirms ‘IT security incident’

CISA: Bl00dy Ransomware Gang using printer vulnerability to attack schools

Capita says responding to ransomware attack will cost up to £20 million

National Gallery of Canada recovering from ransomware incident

Yum Brands faces class action suits from employees after ransomware attack | Cybersecurity Dive

Knocking down Hive: How the FBI ran its own ransomware decryption operation

Leak of MSI UEFI signing keys stokes fears of “doomsday” supply chain attack | Ars Technica

FBI nukes Russian Snake data theft malware with self-destruct command

The FBI’s New Malware Eradication Service Is on Thin Legal Ice

Cisco warns of new ‘Greatness’ phishing-as-a-service tool seen in the wild

VMware’s ‘target-rich environment’ is growing more volatile, CrowdStrike warns | Cybersecurity Dive

UK's National Crime Agency wins major legal challenge over Encrochat hack

Inside the Italian Mafia’s Encrypted Phone of Choice

Microsoft releases fix for patched Outlook issue exploited by Russian hackers

Scammer Made Thousands Selling 'Leaked' Frank Ocean Tracks That Were Fake, AI-Generated

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