Risky Business #582 -- Germans indict APT28 operator

PLUS: Groundhog day for Toll Group...
06 May 2020 » Risky Business

On this week’s show Patrick and Adam discuss the week’s security news, including:

  • Salt framework 1Day wreaks havoc
  • Toll Group hit with ransomware attack. Again.
  • Germans indict APT28 operator
  • Ransomware a key word in SEC filings
  • Much, much more!

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Show notes

Salt DevOps framework shaken by data center server security flaws | The Daily Swig
CT2 Log Compromised via Salt Vulnerability - Google Groups
Ghost blogging platform servers hacked and infected with crypto-miner | ZDNet
Hackers seize on software flaw to breach two victims, despite patch availability
Hackers breach LineageOS servers via unpatched vulnerability | ZDNet
German authorities charge Russian hacker for 2015 Bundestag hack | ZDNet
bellingcat - Who Is Dmitry Badin, The GRU Hacker Indicted By Germany Over The Bundestag Hacks? - bellingcat
Toll Group suffers second ransomware attack this year - Security - iTnews
Taiwan’s state-owned energy company suffers ransomware attack
Ransomware mentioned in 1,000+ SEC filings over the past year | ZDNet
Indonesian e-commerce giant probes reported breach of 91 million credentials
Estonia: Foreign hackers breached local email provider for targeted attacks | ZDNet
Google and Apple Reveal How Covid-19 Alert Apps Might Look | WIRED
Australia’s COVID-19 app is buggy, not yet operational - Risky Business
(13) Senator Murray Watt on Twitter: "Here are just a few of the issues with the Govt’s #COVIDSafe app that we’ll explore at today’s #COVID-19 Senate hearing. If it’s central to our recovery, we need to know it works. ⁦@riskybusiness⁩ https://t.co/ATtL6UExqs" / Twitter
Coronavirus Australia: COVIDSafe app privacy law to seek jail time for offenders
The United Nations Coronavirus App Doesn’t Work - VICE
Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps - Reuters
Hacker Bribed 'Roblox' Insider to Access User Data - VICE
CursedChrome turns your browser into a hacker's proxy | ZDNet
Google announces Chrome Web Store crackdown for August 2020 | ZDNet
First seen in the wild - Malware uses Corporate MDM as attack vector - Check Point Research
Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System | The White House
DHS CISA to provide DoH and DoT servers for government use | ZDNet
UK NCSC to stop using 'whitelist' and 'blacklist' due to racial stereotyping | ZDNet
SAP notifying 9% of customers about mysterious cloud products security holes | ZDNet
Adult Cam Site CAM4 Exposed 10.88 Billion Records Online | WIRED
How Cybercriminals are Weathering COVID-19 — Krebs on Security
NSO Group partly disputes claim about use of U.S.-based servers in WhatsApp spy campaign
LabCorp investors file lawsuit, alleging 'persistent' failure to secure data
Exclusive: Warning Over Chinese Mobile Giant Xiaomi Recording Millions Of People’s ‘Private’ Web And Phone Use
Apple will make it easier to unlock your iPhone while wearing a face mask | TechCrunch
Magento security: Adobe patches six critical flaws in e-commerce platform | The Daily Swig
Oracle warns of attacks against recently patched WebLogic security bug | ZDNet
Putting Identity at the Center of Security - Identity Defined Security Alliance
Remediant: Privileged Access Management | SecureONE
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