Season 3 · Episode 104
#104 - Intel Chat: Pikabot, OpenAI boots APTs, GRU Military Unit 26165 & the Akira ransomware group
The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast · Christopher
February 23, 202438m 22s
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Show Notes
In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.
- ZScaler ThreatLabz are reporting on some recent campaigns, which started in February 2024, where they observed Pikabot reemerging with significant changes in its code base and structure.
- OpenAi is claiming that they have terminated accounts associated with state-affiliated threat actors.
- A January 2024 court-authorized operation has neutralized a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that were used to commit crimes by the GRU Military Unit 26165.
- SecurityWeek is reporting on the fine folks at CISA who are urging the patching of a Cisco ASA flaw that is being used in ransomware.
A document naming APT groups and operations can be found here.