State of Cybercrime

The Bybit crypto exchange was hacked for a record-breaking $1.5 billion theft of Ether cryptocurrency – perhaps the largest scale theft of all time. The FBI has linked the attack to TraderTraitor, a sub-cluster of the Lazarus Group, who leveraged a compromised machine of Safe{Wallet} to execute a supply chain attack on the Bybit platform. Matt and David review how this attack unfolded, and share updates on DeepSeek AI and Salt Typh...

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup dominating news feeds, has experienced exponential growth while wiping almost $1 trillion off the U.S. stock market. However, the model's rise has now been overshadowed by a surge of malicious attacks. 

On this special episode of State of Cybercrime, Matt and David explore the rise of this innovative AI tool, the subsequent attacks, and the potential vulnerabilities of the AI model. DeepSeek won’t be...

On this episode of State of Cybercrime, Matt and David cover the most recent Chinese state-sponsored APT attack by Silk Typhoon on the U.S. Treasury Department. They discuss how the attackers used a remote support tool to enable unauthorized access to Treasury workstations and unclassified documents. They also dive into some of the most pressing cybersecurity news and recent breaches you should know about.

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In this episode, Matt and David delve into the evolving story of Salt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored group, and their use of the innovative 'GhostSpider' backdoor to infiltrate telecommunication service providers. This sophisticated and far-reaching cyberattack, which is much larger than previously understood, has compromised sensitive cellular logs and data from government entities, telecom providers, and millions of Americans...

Russia's APT29, a.k.a "Midnight Blizzard," is arguably one of the world's most notorious threat actors. You might recall their involvement in the 2019 SolarWinds attack where they operated under the alias "Cozy Bear."

The group is back with more relentless attacks—breaching cloud credentials and targeting over 100 organizations worldwide.

In this episode of State of Cybercrime, Matt and David dive into some of the hottest cybersecuri...

Hosts Matt Radolec and David Gibson explain how cybercriminals are manipulating AI models like ChatGPT to plant false memories and steal data, along with other cybercrime-related stories like Salt Typhoon. 

Salt Typhoon is a Chinese hacking group that has reportedly breached multiple key U.S. broadband providers, raising significant concerns about the security of sensitive communications data. 

The hackers may have had access to thes...

The North Korean Lazarus group is running multiple high-risk campaigns: one exploiting Windows and another installing malware through fraudulent blockchain job offers. 

State of Cybercrime hosts Matt Radolec and David Gibson discuss the various APT groups, including a prolific ransomware-as-a-service operation and a Chinese cyber espionage gang known as Volt Typhoon, and other vulnerable vulnerabilities in this episode, including: 

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Matt Radolec and David Gibson discuss how an unknown attacker recently exploited a vulnerability in Proofpoint’s email routing system, allowing them to bypass security measures and send millions of spoofed emails on behalf of major companies. 

The co-hosts also cover: 

+ The North Korean threat actor hired using AI 

+ The biggest ransomware payment ever made 

+ How X is training its Grok AI LLM with your posts 

+ The EU’s groundbreaking...

In this episode of State of Cybercrime, co-hosts Matthew Radolec and David Gibson dive into the details around LockBit, and cover other news including: 

+ The MOVEit authentication bypass flaw 

+ Developments in the Polyfill supply chain attack affecting millions of websites 

+ Updates on the targeted campaign against Snowflake 

+A massive insider breach of a Pennsylvania healthcare system 

+ Two new attack methods threat actors are ado...

Snowflake, a cloud storage platform used by some of the largest companies in the world, is investigating a targeted attack on its users who lack multifactor authentication. 

Join Matt Radolec and David Gibson for an episode of State of Cybercrime in which we discuss the increased attacks on Snowflake customers and share our five-point checklist for ensuring your cloud databases are properly configured and monitored. 

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A new data leak of more than 500 documents published to GitHub reveals the big business behind China’s state-sponsored hacking groups — from top-secret surveillance tools to details of offensive cyber ops carried out on behalf of the Chinese government.  

Join Matt and David for a special State of Cybercrime, which dives into China's espionage campaigns and complex network of resources.  

We’ll also discuss:

- The massive cyberattack ...

CISA issued an emergency directive to mitigate Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure vulnerabilities after learning of malware targeting the software company, allowing unauthenticated threat actors to access Ivanti VPNs and steal sensitive data. 

CISA is requiring all federal agencies to disconnect from affected Ivanti products by EOD February 2, 2024. The directive also warned that attackers had bypassed workarounds for cu...

Enjoy our first State of Cybercrime episode of 2024 as Matt Radolec and David Gibson cover:

• Who is to blame for 23andMe’s big breach
• SEC’s X account getting hacked
• Threat actors swatting patients
• Varonis Threat Labs research on a new, widespread vulnerability: https://www.varonis.com/blog/outlook-vulnerability-new-ways-to-leak-ntlm-hashes

Mentioned in this episode:

• NTLM Blog Post: https://www.varonis.com/blog/investigate-ntl...

In this episode of 'State of Cybercrime', the hosts discuss various topics including an executive order on Artificial Intelligence(AI) by President Biden promoting a balance between AI safety, security, privacy and innovation, as well as implications for American leadership in AI. They covered the disruptive Mozi Botnet, SolarWinds CISO's challenged with fraud and difficulties experienced by IT administrators patching vulnerabiliti...

Few breaches have drawn as much social media fervor as the recent 23andMe incident, in which the genomics company was victim to a massive credential stuffing attack that leveraged leaked and reused passwords to target accounts without MFA.

What differentiates this attack from others is that 23andMe itself was not breached, but an entire wave of its users was targeted individually. There are claims that these profiles — including gen...