Each week I publish interesting articles and ways to improve your understanding of cybersecurity.
Projects
- Linux Foundation – Introduction to Kubernetes (LF158) – In Progress
- TryHackMe – Splunk: Setting up a SOC Lab
- SANS Holiday Hack Challenge 2024: Snow-maggedon
Videos
Articles
- Mexico’s President Says Government Is Investigating Reported Ransomware Hack of Legal Affairs Office – Mexico’s president says the government is investigating a reported ransomware hack of the country’s legal affairs office.
- Macy’s Discovers Employee Hid Millions in Delivery Expenses – The department store chain said it had found the erroneous accounting entries while preparing its results for the third quarter.
- The Future of Online Privacy Hinges on Thousands of New Jersey Cops – Removing your phone number and address from the internet can be exceedingly difficult. A multibillion-dollar lawsuit led by an unlikely privacy crusader could soon catalyze change for everyone.
- China has utterly pwned ‘thousands and thousands’ of devices at US telcos – Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his ‘hair is on fire’ as execs front the White House
- Salt Typhoon hackers backdoor telcos with new GhostSpider malware – The Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Salt Typhoon has been observed utilizing a new “GhostSpider” backdoor in attacks against telecommunication service providers.
- Starbucks, Grocery Stores Hit by Blue Yonder Ransomware Attack – Supply chain management software provider Blue Yonder has been targeted in a ransomware attack that caused significant disruptions for some customers.
- Russia arrests one of its own – a cybercrime suspect on FBI’s most wanted list – The latest in an unusual change of fortune for group once protected by the Kremlin
- Two UK Hospitals Hit by Cyberattacks, One Postponed Procedures – Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Wirral University Teaching Hospital have fallen victim to cyberattacks, including one involving ransomware.
- Interpol: Operation HAECHI-V led to more than 5,500 suspects arrested – International law enforcement operation Operation HAECHI-V led to more than 5,500 suspects arrested and seized over $400 million.
- Notorious ransomware programmer Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev arrested in Russia – Russian authorities arrested ransomware affiliate Mikhail Matveev, aka Wazawaka, for developing malware and ties to hacking groups.
- U.S. Citizen Sentenced for Spying on Behalf of China’s Intelligence Agency – A 59-year-old U.S. citizen who immigrated from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to act as a spy for the country and sharing sensitive information about his employer with China’s principal civilian intelligence agency.
- Police bust pirate streaming service making €250 million per month – An international law enforcement operation has dismantled a pirate streaming service that served over 22 million users worldwide and made €250 million ($263M) per month.
Podcasts
SEI Podcasts: The Importance of Diversity in Cybersecurity: Carol Ware
CISO Tradecraft #208 Insider Threat (with Shawanee Delaney)