Cybercrime Crackdown and Security Challenges

Europol dismantles the Manson cybercrime market. Operation Destabilise stops two major Russian-speaking money laundering networks. New details emerge on China’s attacks on U.S. telecoms. Black Lotus Labs uncovers a covert campaign by the Russian-based threat actor “Secret Blizzard”. Cisco issues patches for a high impact bootloader vulnerability. Trend Micro researchers uncovered Earth Minotaur targeting Tibetan and Uyghur communities. Payroll Pirates target HR payroll systems to redirect employee funds .Pegasus spyware may be more prevalent than previously believed. Our guest today is Jon France, CISO at ISC2, with insights from the ISC2 2024 Workforce Study. How businesses can lose customers one tip at a time. 

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CyberWire Guest

Our guest today is Jon France, CISO at ISC2, sharing the ISC2 2024 Workforce Study. You can read the press release about the report here and dig into the details of the report itself here. 

Selected Reading

50 Servers Linked to Cybercrime Marketplace and Phishing Sites Seized by Law Enforcement (SecurityWeek)

UK’s NCA Disrupts Multibillion-Dollar Russian Money Launderers (Infosecurity Magazine)

The White House reveals at least 8 U.S. telecom firms impacted by China’s Salt Typhoon cyberattack (Fast Company)

Senators implore Department of Defense to expand the use of Matrix (Element)

Snowblind: The Invisible Hand of Secret Blizzard (Lumen)

Frequent freeloader part I: Secret Blizzard compromising Storm-0156 infrastructure for espionage (Microsoft Security)

Russian Hackers Exploit Rival Attackers’ Infrastructure for Espionage (Infosecurity Magazine)

Bootloader Vulnerability Impacts Over 100 Cisco Switches (SecurityWeek)

MOONSHINE Exploit Kit and DarkNimbus Backdoor Enabling Earth Minotaur’s Multi-Platform Attacks (Trend Micro)

Hunting Payroll Pirates: Silent Push Tracks HR Redirect Phishing Scam (Silent Push)

iVerify Mobile Threat Investigation Uncovers New Pegasus Samples (iVerify)

How a Russian man’s harrowing tale shows the physical dangers of spyware (CyberScoop)

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