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This week on Technado, Daniel and Sophie kick off Rapid Fire with some highlights from Pwn2Own Vancouver. Then, we jump into a novel cred-harvesting phishing campaign, CozyBear's latest attack on German politicos, and a special Pork Chop Sandwiches segment: millions of hotel door locks are impacted by a 36-year-old flaw. We wrap up the Rapid Fire with the Nemesis Market takedown, yet another update on CISA's Ivanti troubles, and the "unpatchable" exploit affecting Apple M-series chips.

In another Python-focused Deep Dive, Daniel takes us through a supply chain cyberattack that's impacting thousands of GitHub users and developers. To close the segment, we take a quick look at a new Loop DoS attack that targets app-layer protocols.

Want to keep reading? Check out the articles the Technado crew covered this week!

Rapid Fire:

Pwn2Own https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2024/3/21/pwn2own-vancouver-2024-day-two-results
Conversation Overflow Attack https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/conversation-overflow-cyberattacks-bypass-ai-security
CozyBear Phishing for Dinner https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/23/russia_cozy_bear_german_politicians_phishing/
Unsaflok Flaw https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/unsaflok-flaw-can-let-hackers-unlock-millions-of-hotel-doors/
Nemesis Takedown https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/german-authorities-take-down-darknet-marketplace-nemesis-market/
CISA Ivanti Notice https://www.crn.com/news/security/2024/cisa-urges-patching-for-critical-ivanti-vulnerability?itc=refresh
Apple M-Series Vulnerability https://www.itpro.com/security/a-vulnerability-in-apple-m-series-chips-could-expose-encryption-keys-and-harm-performance-and-the-flaw-is-unpatchable

Deep Dive:

GitHub Python Supply Chain Attack https://checkmarx.com/blog/over-170k-users-affected-by-attack-using-fake-python-infrastructure/
Loop DoS Summary https://cispa.de/en/loop-dos
Loop DoS Advisory https://cispa.saarland/group/rossow/Loop-DoS

It's all about RCE this week on Technado! First up, in our Rapid Fire segment, the new "GhostRace" attack can bypass security checks to access sensitive info. In the ongoing WordPress saga, some miniOrange plugins have a critical flaw - including its malware scanner. Over 130k Fortinent boxes are still susceptible to a month old (already patched!) flaw, and AT&T suffered a breach exposing 70 million customers' data - or did they?

For fans of Esports and Apex Legends, an RCE flaw forced ALGS finals to shut down - but no one seems to know whose fault it really is. And in our Behind Bars segment, a Moldovan national will serve 42 months in a US prison for selling 350k+ stolen creds.

After a quick break to discuss Robocop (Sophie's latest movie assignment), it's time for a Deep Dive! Daniel takes us through a breakdown of an attack campaign designed to use Captchas, HTML, and other legitimate services to steal information. Finally, Fortra FileCatalyst has a flaw in its file uploading feature. Patch now!

Want to read further? Check out the articles Soph and Dan covered today:

https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ghostrace-speculative-execution-attack-cpu-os-vendors
https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/wordpress-admins-urged-to-remove.html
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/18/more_than_133000_fortinet_appliances/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/att-says-leaked-data-of-70-million-people-is-not-from-its-systems/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apex-legends-players-worried-about-rce-flaw-after-algs-hacks/
https://thehackernews.com/2024/03/e-root-marketplace-admin-sentenced-to.html
https://www.netskope.com/blog/from-delivery-to-execution-an-evasive-azorult-campaign-smuggled-through-google-sites
https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/cve-2024-25153-remote-code-execution-in-fortra-filecatalyst/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/

Daniel and Sophie jump right into this week's episode with the return of favorite segments like D'oh, Behind Bars, and Who Got Pwned. They cover a VMWare patch so urgent, it's even being issued to EOL software. Roku had some trouble this week with angry customers and breached accounts (which, by the way, are barely worth 50 cents). We saw some sour news from the US government this week: CISA fell victim to a breach, and the FBI announced record losses to cybercrime in 2023. The Technado team covers all this and more in this week's Rapid Fire segment.

In today's Deep Dive, Daniel gives us a detailed look at MagnetGoblin (the threat behind Ivanti, Magento, and more hacks). We take a look at some of the threat group's favorite tools and tactics, as well as the 1-day vulnerabilities they've been exploiting recently. In a bonus Deep Dive, there's a Python Infostealer lurking in messaging services - and thanks to the researchers at Cybereason, we have the latest on each variant and how this attack works.

This week on Technado, Daniel and Sophie welcome special guest Mike Saunders of Red Siege!

In our new Rapid Fire segment, the team covers the top security news of the week with fast-paced commentary and hot takes. Kali Linux has a new release, NSO Group and Meta are still locked in a lawsuit, CISA’s issuing a new warning re: ransomware, and thousands of ChatGPT creds are up for sale on the black market. And as always, there are plenty of vulnerabilities to be found: the team talks a zero-day exploited by Lazarus, three severe vulnerabilities in a Zeek plugin, and the recent AMEX 3rd-party breach.

After a short break, it’s another new segment: Deep Dive! With Mike’s help, Dan and Soph get into the details of a new Linux variant of BIFROSE remote access trojan, featuring some visuals and demos courtesy of Daniel. Finally, the trio covers the nitty-gritty of TA577’s novel attack chain involving phishing to steal NTLM authentication hashes.

Happy Leap Day from the Technado team! This week, we have some big feature updates in the Windows world - some exciting, some annoying - as well as a new autofill feature coming soon to Bitwarden. In security news, Don and Dan break down the latest installment in the LockBit saga. Then, the crew covers last week's major AT&T cellular outage (with some personal commentary from Sophie). Finally, Ubiquiti got pwned by a Russian military hacking group - also known as APT28 or "Fancy Bear."

On this week's Technado, Wi-fi QR codes are coming to Windows 11, and older Windows 10 PCs might have to migrate to ChromeOS. In other news, Linux is now a CVE numbering authority, joining ranks with the likes of Curl and Python. In the world of cybersecurity, it's all flaws, all the time: there's a new critical Microsoft Outlook RCE bug that's "trivial" to exploit. ConnectWise ScreenConnect also fell victim to some critical flaws. And finally, WordPress got pwned - a critical flaw impacted over 25k sites using the "Bricks" theme.

This week on Technado, the team is feeling the love: Happy Valentine's Day! In Linux news, Ubuntu Core Desktop's debut has been pushed back indefinitely. Then, Broadcom is ending support for their free ESXi Vmware Hypervisor effective immediately, and old systems won't be able to update to newer versions of Windows due to an arcane CPU instruction (don't worry, it's not what it sounds like).

After a quick break and a moment of silence for our fallen bird friend, Authy is shutting down its desktop app, forcing movement to the mobile version or a different provider altogether. In the return of the Pork Chop Sandwiches segment, BitLocker's encryption was broken in 43 seconds...with a device that took MUCH longer to create. And finally, Fortinet got PWNED yet again - this time, with a flaw in SSL VPN that's likely already being exploited.

This week on Technado, Microsoft confirms the impending arrival of Windows Server 2025 (and the inevitable death of WordPad). In other "way of the dodo" news, Apple declared the last MacBook Pro with an optical drive (read: CD player) obsolete. And in Linux news, GRUB2 has some things in the works, including TPM2 automatic disk unlock.

In the world of cybersecurity, the FBI issued some covert commands to remove Chinese malware from routers - but is this anything more than a Band-Aid solution? Then, AnyDesk fell victim to a breach - but exactly how bad the breach was (or when it happened) no one seems to know for sure. Finally, the return of the TinFoil Hat segment: hackers can still spy on you even if you tape over your webcam - or don't have a webcam at all.

This week, ICANN is preparing to introduce a new TLD: .INTERNAL. Overseas, a German railway is still running on Windows 3.11 - an operating system that's older than Sophie. And in hardware news, we break down the pros and cons of Framework's Laptop 16 (and whether it's any good for gaming).

In security news, look out for a dangerous bug in a popular file transfer software. Then, HPE falls victim to a Midnight Blizzard attack. And finally, we revisit a recent story about an overprivileged MS test account: new developments are unfolding.

Today on Technado, Don, Dan and Sophie are joined by a lizard (yes, really) to bring you the latest in tech news. Google is cracking down on 2FA requirements - even revoking support for certain third-party apps. In Microsoft news, the company is setting a 16-gig default for RAM for so-called "AI PCs." Finally, for fans of Linux, Ubuntu is working on installer support for NVMe-over-TCP.

After a quick break (and a hunt for a lizard), the team jumps into this week's security news: first up, a German court convicted a "hacker" for...warning the public about a security vulnerability. Then, Microsoft's network got pwned through a password-spraying attack. And to wrap up the show, the Technado crew breaks down "the mother of all breaches": is it as scary as it sounds?