Gootloader's Return and New Tactics

Cisco patches critical vulnerabilities in its Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software. CISA lays off 54 employees despite a federal court order halting workforce reductions. Gootloader malware returns. A South Korean telecom is accused of concealing a major malware breach. Russia’s Sandworm launches multiple wiper attacks against Ukraine. China hands out death sentences to scam compound kingpins. My guest is Dr. Sasha O'Connell, Senior Director for Cybersecurity Programs at Aspen Digital. Meta’s moral compass points to profit.

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Dr. Sasha O'Connell, Senior Director for Cybersecurity Programs at Aspen Digital, joins us to preview her Caveat podcast interview about "10 Years of Cybersecurity Progress & What Comes Next." Listen to Sasha and Dave’s full conversation on this week’s Caveat episode. 

Selected Reading

Critical Cisco UCCX flaw lets attackers run commands as root (Bleeping Computer)

CISA plans to fire 54 employees despite court injunction (Metacurity)

CISA reports active exploitation of critical vulnerability in CentOS Web Panel (Beyond Machines)

Gootloader malware is back with new tricks after 7-month break (Bleeping Computer)

KT accused of concealing major malware infection, faces probe over customer data breach (The Korea Times)

Sandworm hackers use data wipers to disrupt Ukraine's grain sector (Bleeping Computer)

⁠China sentences 5 Myanmar scam kingpins to death ⁠(The Record)

⁠“Hackers” rig elections to IAN executive committee⁠ (Mumbai News)

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show (Reuters)

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