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It seems like we read about new breaches every day. What’s changing? How is exposure and the adoption of digital technology changing the breach landscape? We have a special two-part series where Rick Holland, VP Intelligence and CISO at Digital Shadows, interviews Bob Anderson, CEO at Cyber Defense Labs (https://cyberdefenselabs.com/) and James Chappell, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Digital Shadows. In Part 1, the team looks at:- How the breach landscape has evolved- The role of the dark web in a data breach- Are we seeing more breaches or are they getting reported more?- And other war stories from the folks in the room In Part 2, the team will give guidance and suggestions for enterprises trying to deal with the threat landscape. Stay tuned! ***About Bob Anderson:Anderson is a former national security executive, serving 20+ years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). During this time, Anderson served in several senior level positions, ultimately rising to become executive assistant director of the FBI's Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch where he oversaw all FBI criminal and cyber investigations worldwide, international operations, critical incident response, and victim assistance. Anderson has directed strategic initiatives and operations for high-profile international investigations in partnership with several Fortune 50 companies, along with U.S. Departments of Defense, Justice, Energy, and Treasury, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and other federal agencies.Having been directly involved in investigating and prosecuting some of the most famous spies in U.S. history as part of his law enforcement career, Anderson is an expert in cybercrimes, counterintelligence, economic espionage, theft of proprietary information and trade secrets, critical incident management, and has been retained as an expert witness in several ongoing litigations.

Move out of the way, Harrison! We have a brand new host this week: Viktoria Austin, Strategy and Research Analyst, and Photon Research Team member. Viktoria is joined this week by Rose Bernard and Xueyin Peh in the London office. In a malspam campaign, “Sodinokibi” targeted users in Germany using a spoofed Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) email domain and a data breach-themed lure, while in other countries ransomware attacks have been conducted against local government networks and a utility provider.Capital One reported a data breach after an individual accessed an Amazon Web Services (AWS) server used by the organization, cyber espionage operations associated with China-linked “Winnti Group” reportedly targeted chemical and manufacturing organizations in Germany, and a campaign by Chinese state-affiliated threat actor “TA428” dubbed Operation LagTime IT has targeted government entities in East Asia since early 2019.All this and more fun in this week’s ShadowTalk. *Apologies for some audio issues this week - we are working on a fix! The content is still just as great, though :)Read this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summaryHeading to Black Hat or DEF CON? Stop by our booth #1014 or catch our party Wednesday night. RSVP at https://info.digitalshadows.com/BlackHat-SecurityLeadersParty2019.html?SourceCode=shadowtalk

Thinking about deploying 2FA? In this special interview, our Head of Cyber Security & IT, Craig Ellis, and our Head of Security Engineering, Dr. Richard Gold, chat with Harrison around how they implemented 2FA internally. The guys discuss proper ways to go about implementing 2FA, some of the issues with implementing 2FA, what happens when things break, and other advice they wish they were given before implementing 2FA. Then Rich and Harrison deep dive into our latest paper, Two-Factor in Review, a technical assessment of the most popular mitigation for account takeover attacks. Check out the full report below to read for yourself. Blog on 2FA: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/the-account-takeover-kill-chain-a-five-step-analysis/Report on Account Takeover: https://resources.digitalshadows.com/whitepapers-and-reports/two-factor-in-review

Christian (@Chrencken14) and Travis (@puppyozone) sit down with Harrison (@pseudohvr) to discuss even more BlueKeep updates since last week, as a technical presentation gets uploaded to Github, inching us closer to a full-blown public PoC. the breach and subsequent release of documents from a contractor working with Russia’s FSB intelligence services, and research from the Digital Shadows team about a new marketplace we’ve had our eye on for a few months called Enigma. **Housekeeping note** We’re trying out a new format for the show, and we are keen to get some feedback from you listeners. Tweet @pseudohvr for comments or email [email protected]**Party alert** If you’re heading to Black Hat or Def Con - listen up. We have a party happening Wednesday night of Black Hat at Mandalay Bay you won’t want to miss. It’s right in the middle of the hotel, at Eyecandy Sound Lounge on August 7th, from 7-10pm. Make sure to get on the list before so you avoid the lines: https://info.digitalshadows.com/BlackHat-SecurityLeadersParty2019.html?SourceCode=podcast https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/07/explainer-for-exploiting-wormable-bluekeep-flaw-posted-on-github/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4500705/customer-guidance-for-cve-2019-0708 https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-company-selling-weaponized-bluekeep-exploit/https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-breach-fsb-contractor-expose-tor-deanonymization-project/https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/a-growing-enigma-new-avc-on-the-block/

Director of Threat Intelligence at McDonald’s, Brian Hillegas, speaks with Harrison (@pseudohvr) and CISO Rick Holland (@rickhholland) about where to align your security priorities, the importance of operating cross-functionally in your organization, what the biggest threats are in the cyber landscape at the moment, and what they’re looking forward to at Black Hat and DEF CON this year. The team will be at both events in Vegas this year! Check out what we have planned and RSVP for our party Wednesday night here: https://info.digitalshadows.com/BlackHat2019-Hub.html

Harrison (@pseudohvr), Alex, and Travis (@puppyozone) talk about the recent FaceApp shenanigans and why they’re actually not that shocking as some reports indicate. Researchers indicate that thousands of systems are still vulnerable to the BlueKeep RDP vulnerability. With a public proof of concept yet to be released, could this be the reason why? Finally, Harrison loves some cryptocurrency news, so the guys chat about Facebook’s cryptocurrency head speaking to US lawmakers about Libra and having a not-so-great time.Cyberwire article with Alex:https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/cw-podcasts-daily-2019-07-17.html Download this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summary/weekly-intelligence-summary-11-jul-18-jul-2019FaceApp: https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/17/faceapp-responds-to-privacy-concerns/ **Housekeeping note** We’re trying out a new format for the show, and we are keen to get some feedback from you listeners. Tweet @pseudohvr for comments or email [email protected]**Party alert** If you’re heading to Black Hat or Def Con - listen up. We have a party happening Wednesday night of Black Hat at Mandalay Bay you won’t want to miss. It’s right in the middle of the hotel, at Eyecandy Sound Lounge on August 7th, from 7-10pm. Make sure to get on the list before so you avoid the lines: https://info.digitalshadows.com/BlackHat-SecurityLeadersParty2019.html?SourceCode=podcast

Harrison interviews Deputy CISO at Accenture, Jason Lewkowicz, and CISO at Digital Shadows, Rick Holland. The group discusses the importance of working functionally as a security team, cyber response plans, and how to keep your security playbooks up to date. Jason also discusses how his team uses Digital Shadows SearchLight™ within their day to day processes. Heading to Black Hat and/or DefCon? Meet the ShadowTalk team at our party Wednesday night at Eyecandy Sound Lounge. Details and guest list here: https://info.digitalshadows.com/BlackHat-SecurityLeadersParty2019.html?SourceCode=shadowtalk

Kacey (@sudosu_kacey) and Alex join Harrison (@pseudohvr) to walk through this week’s threat intelligence stories. Alex walks us through the highlight story this week: TA505 uses new tools, old tactics in global attacks. Kacey then digs into the zero-day vulnerability identified in Zoom’s macOS software. We also discuss new Magecart activity, the Sodinokibi ransomware, and what our ShadowTalk-ers would name their own ransomware. Get the full intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summary/weekly-intelligence-summary-04-jul-11-jul-2019

Harrison (@pseudohvr) is joined by Digital Shadows co-founder and Data Privacy Officer, James Chappell (@jimmychappell), as well as CISO Rick Holland (@rickhholland), to discuss the news this week around Marriott’s GDPR fines. The team talks through initial thoughts and observations, what it means for global privacy and regulation, and what we can expect moving forward.  And if you have examples of best practices around breach notification, hit up our Photon Research team on twitter (@photon_research). Look out for a blog post in the coming weeks around this.

This week Alex and Phil join Harrison to discuss Operation Soft Cell, a campaign that has been actively compromising telecommunications organizations since early 2017. Other highlights from the week include focus on a new cyber espionage campaign, known as Operation BouncingGolf, targeting Middle Eastern individuals’ mobile devices; the Russia-associated threat group “Turla”, which has demonstrated new tools and capabilities in three campaigns; and media allegations that the United States Cyber Command has targeted Iranian espionage groups. The team ends the week with a discussion around some new research Alex put out around Libra cryptocurrency impersonations. Check out Alex’s blog at https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/facebooks-libra-cryptocurrency-cybercriminals-tipping-the-scales-in-their-favor/Full intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summary/weekly-intelligence-summary-20-jun-27-jun-2019.Heads-up, we’ll be off for the 4th of July next week, but check out our intelligence summary report at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/weekly-intelligence-summary.