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Risky Business #643 -- Iranian fuel stations targeted, PNG ransomware a regional security risk
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including:
- Someone took down Iranian fuel stations
- Papua New Guinea ransomware attack is pretty grim stuff
- Russia’s SVR still going berserk in cloudtown
- China Telecom America gets the boot
- Much, much more
We’ll be hearing from Senetas CEO Andrew Wilson in this week’s sponsor interview. He’s joining us to talk about how the global semiconductor shortage is making him a very, very sad panda.
Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing.
Show notes- Iran says sweeping cyberattack took down gas stations across country
- Cyber group 'Adalat Ali' published documents related to the November 1998 protests - BBC News Farsi
- Papua New Guinea Hit by Ransomware Hackers With Millions in Aid Frozen - Bloomberg
- (1) Cloudpng on Twitter: "This is the setup for all agencies must be on-site at Vulupindi Haus, Finance dept POM to process claims for IFMS after the system was hacked in October 2021. It's pretty full so bookings must be made to secure a PC. #ifms #systems #png https://t.co/VCiUYE9hFL" / Twitter
- (1) Hon Sasindran Muthuvel MP on Twitter: "Statement on the financial system failure and the challenges it now creates for all provinces. This issue must be addressed holistically and the Finance Dept must work in conjunction with the provinces. Sasi https://t.co/OLMAHxgDel" / Twitter
- 'Destructive' cyberattack hits National Bank of Pakistan - The Record by Recorded Future
- Microsoft says Russia hacked at least 14 IT service providers this year - The Record by Recorded Future
- Industry group warns of coordinated DDoS extortion campaign against VoIP providers - The Record by Recorded Future
- Bandwidth.com expects to lose up to $12M following DDoS extortion attempt - The Record by Recorded Future
- DDoS attacks hit multiple email providers - The Record by Recorded Future
- FCC revokes license for China Telecom Americas amid national security concerns - The Record by Recorded Future
- LinkedIn to Shutter Service in China - The Record by Recorded Future
- A Roaming Threat to Telecommunications Companies | CrowdStrike
- NSA warns of threat actors compromising entire 5G networks via cloud systems - The Record by Recorded Future
- Commerce Department announces new rule aimed at stemming sale of hacking tools to Russia and China - The Washington Post
- Windows 10, iOS 15, Ubuntu, Chrome fall at China's Tianfu hacking contest - The Record by Recorded Future
- FBI Raids Chinese Point-of-Sale Giant PAX Technology – Krebs on Security
- Malware found in npm package with millions of weekly downloads - The Record by Recorded Future
- Polygon pays out record $2 million bug bounty reward for critical vulnerability | The Daily Swig
- Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's entire population - The Record by Recorded Future
- Fraudsters Cloned Company Director’s Voice In $35 Million Bank Heist, Police Find
- How Hackers Hijacked Thousands of High-Profile YouTube Accounts | WIRED
- Instagram Hacker Forces Victim to Make Hostage-Style Video
- Missouri governor calls for prosecution of journalist who flagged website flaw
- Israeli hospital cancels non-urgent procedures following ransomware attack | The Daily Swig
- Ransomware Has Disrupted Almost 1,000 Schools in the US This Year
- Ransomware attack disrupts Toronto's public transportation system - The Record by Recorded Future
- Workers sent home after ransomware attack on major automotive parts manufacturer - The Record by Recorded Future
- Largest candy corn maker in US gets hacked ahead of Halloween
- Sinclair Workers Say TV Channels Are in ‘Pandemonium’ After Ransomware Attack
- Cybercriminals claim to have hacked the NRA
- 'Cyber event' knocks dairy giant Schreiber Foods offline amid industry ransomware outbreak - CyberScoop
- Cyberattack hits Meliá, one of the largest hotel chains in the world - The Record by Recorded Future
- Olympus US hack tied to sanctioned Russian ransomware group | TechCrunch
- Europol detains suspects behind LockerGoga, MegaCortex, and Dharma ransomware attacks - The Record by Recorded Future
- Hitting the BlackMatter gang where it hurts: In the wallet - Emsisoft | Security Blog
- Ransomware hackers nervous, allege harassment from U.S.
- DarkSide ransomware gang moves some of its Bitcoin after REvil got hit by law enforcement - The Record by Recorded Future
- Hackers use SQL injection bug in BillQuick billing app to deploy ransomware - The Record by Recorded Future
- Ransomware gangs are abusing a zero-day in EntroLink VPN appliances - The Record by Recorded Future
- Conti Ransom Gang Starts Selling Access to Victims – Krebs on Security
- Cybercrime gang sets up fake company to hire security experts to aid in ransomware attacks - The Record by Recorded Future
- FBI PIN on ransomware crew targeting trend
- EXCLUSIVE Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline | Reuters
- REvil gang shuts down for the second time after its Tor servers were hacked - The Record by Recorded Future
- Countries agree to fight ransomware together after White House meetings - The Record by Recorded Future
- CISA, FBI, and NSA warn of BlackMatter attacks on agriculture and other critical infrastructure - The Record by Recorded Future
- International community joins forces as ransomware attacks create major disruptions | PBS NewsHour
- US Treasury said it tied $5.2 billion in BTC transactions to ransomware payments - The Record by Recorded Future
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