Defensive Security Podcast - Malware, Hacking, Cyber Security & Infosec

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/judge-rules-insurer-must-pay-for-ransomware-damage-a-13673 https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/new-york-state-wants-to-ban-government-agencies-from-paying-ransomware-demands/ https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/nist-drafts-guidelines-for-coping-ransomware-a-13679 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/dozens-of-companies-have-data-dumped-online-by-ransomware-ring-seeking-leverage/ https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/doppelpaymer-ransomware-threatens-to-dump-victims-data-a-13683

https://www.securityweek.com/attacker-installs-backdoor-blocks-others-exploiting-citrix-adc-vulnerability https://www.securityweek.com/court-approves-equifax-data-breach-settlement https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/equifax-breach-settlement-could/ https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ico-issues-fine-against-national-retailer-security-failings

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/firm-being-blackmailed-by-hackers-for-6m-obtains-irish-court-injunction-1.4128069 https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/travelex-hack-cyber-attack-ransomware-sodinokibi-travel-money-uk-firm-data-breach-explained-1358454 https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/96046/hacking/microsoft-rdp-brute-force-study.html https://www.zdnet.com/article/company-shuts-down-because-of-ransomware-leaves-300-without-jobs-just-before-holidays/

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/city-government-in-recovery-mode-after-cyberattack/289-514a376e-16de-4b43-9756-a30baefe4c28 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/hackers-paradise-louisianas-ransomware-disaster-far-from-over/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/3488816/how-a-nuclear-plant-got-hacked.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/allied-universal-breached-by-maze-ransomware-stolen-data-leaked/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/3454443/how-a-bank-got-hacked-a-study-in-how-not-to-secure-your-networks.html

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/breach-affecting-1-million-was-caught-only-after-hacker-maxed-out-targets-storage/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/3452747/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-owasp-api-security-top-10-list.html https://www.securityweek.com/pci-dss-compliance-between-audits-declining-verizon https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/11/study-ransomware-data-breaches-at-hospitals-tied-to-uptick-in-fatal-heart-attacks/

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/92484/data-breach/imperva-data-breach-2.html https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/the-count-of-managed-service-providers-getting-hit-with-ransomware-mounts/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/city-of-johannesburg-held-for-ransom-by-hacker-gang/

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3441220/marriott-data-breach-faq-how-did-it-happen-and-what-was-the-impact.html

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/08/what-we-can-learn-from-the-capital-one-hack/

Get well soon, Mr. Kalat!

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/20/steffan_needham_aws_rampage_prison_sentence_voova/ https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/study-shows-programmers-will-take-the-easy-way-out-and-not-implement-proper-password-security/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/03/50-shades-of-greyhat-a-study-in-how-not-to-handle-security-disclosures/ https://matrix.org/blog/2019/04/11/security-incident/index.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-wipe-us-servers-of-email-provider-vfemail/ https://www.securityweek.com/russian-state-sponsored-hackers-are-fastest-crowdstrike https://www.zdnet.com/article/icann-there-is-an-ongoing-and-significant-risk-to-dns-infrastructure/ https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/password-managers-no-more-secure-1/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-do-these-things-now-to-protect-your-network/

https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-using-rdp-are-increasingly-using-network-tunneling-bypass-protections https://www.zdnet.com/article/trojan-malware-is-back-and-its-the-biggest-hacking-threat-to-your-business/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/3336923/security/phishing-has-become-the-root-of-most-cyber-evil.html https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/ransomware-attack-via-msp-locks-customers-out-of-systems/d/d-id/1333825 https://www.dlapiper.com/~/media/files/insights/publications/2019/02/dla-piper-gdpr-data-breach-survey-february-2019.pdf

https://www.zdnet.com/article/popular-wordpress-plugin-hacked-by-angry-former-employee/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/notpetya-an-act-of-war-cyber-insurance-firm-taken-to-task-for-refusing-to-pay-out/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/employees-sacked-ceo-fined-in-singhealth-security-breach/ – https://www.zdnet.com/article/firms-fined-1m-for-singhealth-data-security-breach/ https://www.securityweek.com/new-variant-bec-seeks-divert-payroll-deposits https://www.zdnet.com/article/oklahoma-gov-data-leak-exposes-millions-of-department-files-fbi-investigations/

https://lifehacker.com/why-smart-people-make-stupid-mistakes-1831503216 https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tribune-publishing-malware-20181230-story,amp.html https://www.securityweek.com/was-north-korea-wrongly-accused-ransomware-attacks https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/staff-lapses-and-it-system-vulnerabilities-are-key-reasons-behind-singhealth-cyberattack https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/01/hhs-releases-voluntary-cybersecurity-practices-health-industry/153835/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-of-2-4-million-blur-password-manager-users-left-exposed-online/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/12/iranian-phishers-bypass-2fa-protections-offered-by-yahoo-mail-and-gmail/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacker-backdoors-widely-used-open-source-software-to-steal-bitcoin/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/11/marriott-data-on-500-million-guests-stolen-in-4-year-breach/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/12/what-the-marriott-breach-says-about-security/

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/11/internet-con-men-ripped-off-pathe-nl-for-e19m-in-sophisticated-fraud/ https://lifehacker.com/how-password-constraints-give-you-a-false-sense-of-secu-1830564360 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3319704/data-protection/the-end-of-security-as-we-know-it.html https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/breach-settlement-has-unusual-penalty-a-11669 https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bje8na/massive-data-leaks-keep-happening-because-big-companies-can-afford-to-lose-your-data https://www.zdnet.com/article/city-of-valdez-alaska-admits-to-paying-off-ransomware-infection/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-how-artificial-intelligence-will-become-weaponized-in-future-cyberattacks/ https://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/12434583/everyone-needs-to-take-responsibility-for-cybersecurity-in-the-workplace https://www.zdnet.com/article/adobe-coldfusion-servers-under-attack-from-apt-group/ https://www.securityweek.com/troubled-waters-how-new-wave-cyber-attacks-targeting-maritime-trade https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/77676/malware/industrial-facilities-malware.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/equifax-engineer-who-designed-breach-portal-gets-8-months-of-house-arrest-for-insider-trading/ https://www.csoonline.com/article/3314557/security/ransomware-attack-hits-north-carolina-water-utility-following-hurricane.html https://www.securityweek.com/insurer-anthem-will-pay-record-16m-massive-data-breach https://blog.sucuri.net/2018/10/malicious-redirects-from-newsharecounts-com-tweet-counter.html https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2018/09/26/sec-hits-voya-financial-advisors-with-1m-fine-over/ https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/debunking-cybersecurity-thought-humans-are-weakest-link

Note: this episode is being re-released to fix a problem with the mp3 download. https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/bec-as-a-service-offers-hacked-business-accounts-for-as-little-as-150/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ic3-issues-alert-regarding-remote-desktop-protocol-rdp-attacks/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/10/supply-chain-security-is-the-whole-enchilada-but-whos-willing-to-pay-for-it/  

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pa8emg/russian-indicted-jp-morgan-chase-hack https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-government-releases-post-mortem-report-on-equifax-hack/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/phishing-alert-north-korean-hacking-attacks-shows-your-email-is-still-the-weakest-link/ https://www.verizon.com/about/news/lifting-lid-cybercrime

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-destructive-ransomware-has-made-crooks-6m-by-encrypting-data-and-backups/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/reddit-announces-security-breach-after-hackers-bypassed-staffs-2fa/ https://www.databreachtoday.com/art-steal-fin7s-highly-effective-phishing-a-11286 https://www.wired.com/story/notpetya-cyberattack-ukraine-russia-code-crashed-the-world/

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/personal-info-of-15m-singhealth-patients-including-pm-lee-stolen-in-singapores-most https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/labcorp-still-recovering-from-ransomware-attack-a-11235 https://www.securityweek.com/cyber-axis-evil-rewriting-cyber-kill-chain https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/prolific-hacking-group-steals-almost-1-million-from-russian-bank/#p3 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/us-charges-12-russian-intelligence-officers-for-hacking-dnc-running-dcleaks/

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3285982/data-protection/4-reasons-why-cisos-must-think-like-developers-to-build-cybersecurity-platforms.html https://www.csoonline.com/article/3287655/phishing/stop-training-your-employees-to-fall-for-phishing-attacks.html https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/cryptojacking-displaces-ransomware-as-top-malware-threat-a-11165 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Infrastructure/Incident_Reports/2018-06-28_Github

https://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/security-projects-cisos-should-consider-gartner.html https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/legal/data-breach-defendant-must-hand-computer-forensics-reports-court-1004133756 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/26/digitally_signed_malware/ https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/californias-new-privacy-law-its-almost-gdpr-in-us-a-11149 https://blog.erratasec.com/2018/06/lessons-from-npetya-one-year-later.html

https://www.wired.com/story/exactis-database-leak-340-million-records/ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/06/19/opm-breach-fraud/ https://www.tenable.com/blog/should-you-still-prioritize-exploit-kit-vulnerabilities  

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3276584/ransomware/what-does-a-ransomware-attack-cost-beware-the-hidden-expenses.html https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/mental-health-provider-pays-ransom-to-recover-data-a-11040 https://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/data-security/did-we-see-our-first-data-breach-of-the-gdpr-era.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/wannacry-ransomware-crisis-one-year-on-are-we-ready-for-the-next-global-cyber-attack/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/enterprise-vulnerability-management-as-effective-as-random-chance/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/enterprise-codebases-plagued-by-open-source-vulnerabilities/ https://www.databreachtoday.com/nuance-communications-breach-affected-45000-patients-a-11002

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3262168/ransomware/customers-describe-the-impact-of-the-allscripts-ransomware-attack.html https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/atlanta-city-splurges-27m/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/04/insecure-rsa-conference-app-leaked-attendee-data/ https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-unnerving-supply-chain-attack-that-corrupted-ccleaner/

https://www.verizonenterprise.com/verizon-insights-lab/dbir/

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/nj-ag-smacks-practice-hefty-fine-for-vendor-breach-a-10774 https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/panera-bread-data-leak-persisted-for-eight-months-a-10760 http://www.eweek.com/security/best-buy-delta-sears-hit-by-third-party-chat-widget-breach http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-hack-folo-20180328-story.html

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3265024/privacy/are-you-letting-gdpr-s-privacy-rules-trump-security.html http://www.zdnet.com/article/doj-indicts-iranian-hackers-for-stealing-data-from-144-us-universities/ https://www.databreachtoday.com/report-guccifer-20-unmasked-at-last-a-10737 https://www.databreachtoday.com/expedias-orbitz-suspects-880000-payment-cards-stolen-a-10729 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3266364/security/samsam-group-deletes-atlantas-contact-portal-after-the-address-goes-public.html https://www.securityweek.com/top-vulnerabilities-exploited-cybercriminals

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/mar/14/equifax-insider-trading-data-breach-jun-ying-charged https://gizmodo.com/us-power-company-fined-2-7-million-over-security-flaws-1823745994 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3262551/data-protection/are-your-employees-unwittingly-invalidating-your-cyber-liability-insurance.html https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3258817/data-breach/sec-guidance-on-it-security-would-you-report-security-risks-before-a-breach.html http://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-are-selling-legitimate-code-signing-certificates-to-evade-malware-detection/ http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/39380423/equifax-expects-net-200-million-in-breach-related-costs-in-2018/ http://www.eweek.com/security/crowdstrike-reveals-time-to-breakout-as-key-cyber-security-metric https://www.securityweek.com/sophisticated-cyberspies-target-middle-east-africa-routers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/destructive-malware-wreaks-havoc-at-pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics/ https://www.cyberscoop.com/atos-olympics-hack-olympic-destroyer-malware-peyongchang/ https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/attribution-games-dont-rush-to-blame-p-2594 http://www.zdnet.com/article/meltdown-spectre-flaws-weve-found-new-attack-variants-say-researchers/ https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/02/iub/releases/13-paper-suggests-agency-to-prevent-cyberattacks.html

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3247653/data-protection/5-mistakes-ive-made-and-how-to-avoid-them.html https://www.csoonline.com/article/3244650/disaster-recovery/why-we-continue-to-fail-lessons-learned-from-the-atlanta-airport-fiasco.html https://www.wired.com/story/meltdown-and-spectre-patches-take-toll/

https://www.upguard.com/breaches/cloud-leak-alteryx?ilink=1 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/12/4-years-after-target-the-little-guy-is-the-target/

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3239645/data-protection/3-common-cybersecurity-maturity-failings.html https://www.troyhunt.com/the-trouble-with-politicians-sharing-passwords/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/12/phishers-are-upping-their-game-so-should-you/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-cyber-payment-exclusive/exclusive-uber-paid-20-year-old-florida-man-to-keep-data-breach-secret-sources-idUSKBN1E101C

http://www.zdnet.com/article/national-credit-federation-leaked-us-citizen-data-through-unsecured-aws-bucket/ http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/21/uber-concealed-attack-that-exposed-data-of-57-million/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/09/chipzilla_come_closer_closer_listen_dump_ime/ https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/mayer-strengthened-defense-couldnt-stop-massive-breaches-a-10442 http://www.securityweek.com/phishing-poses-biggest-threat-users-google

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/59-percent-of-employees-hit-by-ransomware-at-work-paid-ransom-out-of-their-own-pockets/ https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ne3bv7/equifax-breach-social-security-numbers-researcher-warning https://www.csoonline.com/article/3234675/data-protection/6-reasons-why-awareness-programs-fail-even-when-following-best-practices.html https://cyberbalancesheet.com/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-29/the-equifax-hack-has-all-the-hallmarks-of-state-sponsored-pros https://www.databreachtoday.com/ex-ceo-blames-human-error-tech-failures-for-equifax-breach-a-10349 http://www.zdnet.com/article/wsj-kaspersky-software-likely-used-in-russian-backed-nsa-breach/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/israel-hacked-kaspersky-then-tipped-the-nsa-that-its-tools-had-been-breached/2017/10/10/d48ce774-aa95-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/it-admin-trashes-railroad-companys-network-before-he-leaves/

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/ccleaner-backdoor-infecting-millions-delivered-mystery-payload-to-40-pcs/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/26/equifax_ceo_resigns/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/source-deloitte-breach-affected-all-company-email-admin-accounts/comment-page-2/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/26/deloitte_leak_github_and_google/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/equifax-breach-response-turns-dumpster-fire/ https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/09/06/security-vulnerability-leaves-fortune-100-firms-vulnerable/ http://nypost.com/2017/09/08/equifax-blames-giant-breach-on-vendor-software-flaw/amp/ https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache-struts-statement-on-equifax https://qz.com/1073221/the-hackers-who-broke-into-equifax-exploited-a-nine-year-old-security-flaw/

http://www.securityweek.com/three-questions-every-ciso-should-be-able-answer https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/powerful-backdoor-found-in-software-used-by-100-banks-and-energy-cos/?amp=1 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/08/blowing-the-whistle-on-bad-attribution/ http://www.csoonline.com/article/3213030/security/when-it-comes-to-the-cloud-do-cisos-have-their-heads-in-the-sand.html http://www.zdnet.com/article/petya-ransomware-cyber-attack-costs-could-hit-300m-for-shipping-giant-maersk/ https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/08/24/crystal-finance-millennium-compromised/ https://www.lacyberlab.org/what-los-angeles-cyber-lab

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/salesforce_fires_its_senior_security_engineers_after_defcon_talk/?mt=1502653861726 PR fight ensues after claims of leaked Carbon Black data https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/carbon_black_denies_sec_sys_broken/ http://www.databreachtoday.com/ocr-tells-organizations-to-step-up-phishing-scam-awareness-a-10174 https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/anthem-medicare-patients-hit-breach/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/07/cba_blames_software_for_money_laundering_miss/

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities—threats/wannacry-inspires-worm-like-module-in-trickbot/d/d-id/1329491 http://www.securityweek.com/one-million-exposed-adware-hijacked-chrome-extension https://www.darkreading.com/risk/can-your-risk-assessment-stand-up-under-scrutiny/a/d-id/1329435

http://thehackernews.com/2017/07/adwind-rat-malware.html https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/swiss_domain_name_hijack/ http://www.databreachtoday.com/fedex-warns-notpetya-will-negatively-affect-profits-a-10118 http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/21/a-cyberattack-is-going-to-cause-this-tech-company-to-miss-earnings.html http://www.securityweek.com/alarming-percentage-employees-hide-security-incidents-report

http://www.databreachtoday.com/notpetya-patient-zero-ukrainian-accounting-software-vendor-a-10080 http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/07/the-medoc-connection.html?m=1 http://www.databreachtoday.com/police-seize-backdoored-firms-servers-to-stop-attacks-a-10083 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/m-e-doc-software-was-backdoored-3-times-servers-left-without-updates-since-2013/ https://www.wired.com/story/petya-plague-automatic-software-updates/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/28/petya_notpetya_ransomware/https://apnews.com/962db1cd370d4fdda6083d064b94dd1b https://infosec.engineering/notpetya-complex-attacks-and-the-fog-of-war/

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/60243/data-breach/dra-data-leak.html https://www.wired.com/story/crash-override-malware/ https://threatpost.com/fin10-extorting-canadian-mining-companies-casinos/126382/ http://variety.com/2017/digital/features/netflix-orange-is-the-new-black-leak-dark-overlord-larson-studios-1202471400/amp/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/32tb-of-windows-10-beta-builds-driver-source-code-leaked/ https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/5-weeks-after-wcry-outbreak-nsa-derived-worm-shuts-down-a-honda-factory/