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Cyberespionage campaign hits Colombia. New malware found in the SolarWinds incident. Mimecast certificates compromised. Ubiquiti tells users to reset passwords. Two wins for the good guys.
Season 5 · Episode 1247

Cyberespionage campaign hits Colombia. New malware found in the SolarWinds incident. Mimecast certificates compromised. Ubiquiti tells users to reset passwords. Two wins for the good guys.

CyberWire Daily · N2K Networks

January 12, 202124m 26s

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Show Notes

A cyberespionage campaign, so far not attributed to any threat actor, continues to prospect government and industry targets in Colombia. A new bit of malware is found in the SolarWinds backdoor compromise. Mimecast certificates are compromised in another apparent software supply chain incident. Ubiquiti tells users to reset their passwords. A brief Capitol Hill riot update. Bidefender releases a free DarkSide ransomware decryptor. Ben Yelin revisits racial bias in facial recognition software. Our guest is Jessi Marcoff from Privitar on trend toward Chief People Officers. And Europol announces the takedown of the DarkMarket.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief:

https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/10/7

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