Bite Sized Cyber Crime

CISA has developed many interesting and powerful tools over the year for cybersecurity, but recently they made one of malware analysis and automation open source and available for the public to use. Thorium. Let's talk about what this tool can do.

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An Arizona woman was arrested for running a North Korean IT worker laptop farm out of her home, and this gave us a little look into the strange world of how these threat actors are able to infiltrate US organizations.

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FIDO is the passwordless authentication set of protocols of the future, however that doesn't mean it's perfect and as cyber defenders attack, so do attackers. This novel exploit isn't a flaw within FIDO exploit but does threaten improperly implemented versions of it.

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With cars becoming just another type of computer, and having rather complicated implementations, vulnerabilities in one system are major. A recent series of vulnerabilities discovered in OpenSynergy's BlueSDK could prove dangerous.

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Ransomware negotiators may be called in to save some financial burden on organizations suffering from one of the worst cyberattacks they can. However, they seem like the natural people for ransomware groups to corrupt, and allegedly one such group did corrupt one such person.

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Printers are the bane of many's existence, but they may have just gotten worse for security professionals. Rapid7 discovered 8 new vulnerabilities mostly impacting Brother branded printers, one of which cannot be patched by the vendor and leaks the admin password of the device.

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News has hit the mainstream media that all your passwords have been leaked yet again, in a massive password leak including Google, Meta, and Apple. But how much of that sensationalized story is true?

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And it could happen to you too. On this week's episode of Bite Size Cyber Crime I detail an actual scam I fell for and emphasize that anyone can be a victim of a scam anywhere on the internet.

Malware is everywhere, even inside of other malware. One tool advertising itself as an advanced remote access trojan ended up being much more, a backdoor infecting novice hackers. This was not just a one off, however, and lead to the discovery of a massive backdoored malware campaign infecting other hackers and gaming cheaters.

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Using an MSP can be handy for getting your IT set up or managing technical support without hiring a lot of full time staff, but there are risks that can come with outsourcing your IT to a third party. One MSP was compromised, leading to many customers having ransomware headaches.

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Piracy and accidentally getting malware go hand in hand for many, and though the days of Limewire viruses on your Linkin Park albums are mostly over, modern problems require modern solutions so attackers have moved to modern platforms to spread malware to those not interested in paying for software.

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Coinbase is one of the largest crypto exchanges, but when corrupt employees are compromised into handing over data to scammers, a series of social engineering attacks took place. The scammers demanded a ransom, but Coinbase fired back.

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Pearson is an education giant, providing learning tools and standardized assessments across many fields, schools, and organizations. Recently they were breached by what was likely a series of relatively minor mistakes.

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This is one of the craziest stories I've ever covered in my 3 years of this podcast, and hearing both sides somehow makes the situation even less clear. Cybersecurity firm CEO Jeff Bowie accessed hospital computers and wrote malicious scripts on them intended to steal data. But why?

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NFC has allowed for payments to be easier than ever, but it was only a matter of time before this method was exploited by threat actors. A bold, new real time malware that leverages NFC has been making rounds.

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The CVE program is essential for tracking vulnerabilities all across the technology industry, but what happens when funding is cut? Let's talk about what's been going on with the CVE program.

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You're always told to never plug in a random flash drive because it may have malware on it, but is that really a thing? The answer is yes, and it can potentially compromise a military mission.

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Tax season is a stressful time for many in the US, and this creates the perfect opportunity for a number of scams against virtually anyone living in the US. Be aware of fake documents, fake filing services, and unusual emails.

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A hacker claimed to have stolen 6 million lines of data from Oracle, which Oracle swiftly denied. However when security firms received data samples and showed them to customers, the data was confirmed to be real.

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