Malware Insights and Data Breach Accountability

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.

• Silent Push's recent analysis reveals new tactics by the FIN7 cybercriminal group, which is leveraging AI-based “DeepNude Generators” as part of a phishing campaign to spread malware.
• Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice, has taken steps to dismantle cyber operations by Star Blizzard, a Russian state-affiliated actor also known as COLDRIVER.
• Aqua Security's detailed research on perfctl describes it as a highly stealthy malware that targets Linux servers using a range of sophisticated methods.
• Comcast recently disclosed that over 237,000 customers had their personal data compromised due to a ransomware attack targeting a former debt collection agency, Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS).
• TrustedSec's research on EKUwu sheds light on a significant Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) vulnerability that allows attackers to misuse version 1 certificate templates.

Stats on business outcomes after breaches referenced by Matt.