Whoa, what a week! We’re seeing a lot of the organizations I have the privilege to talk to battling a confluence of ransomware events. All the while, the battle between law enforcement and those threat actors is playing out in the open. If you prefer your news to be steadily bad, there are stories for you there as well. So let’s get right into the top news, where threat actors are taking patients hostage.
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Good evening, folks! Sorry for the delay in getting back to normal cadence. The last couple of weeks have been a blur. Cisco Live EMEA was busy yet rewarding, but I managed to get sick on the way back. Perhaps most importantly, it was a rough week for some colleagues I deeply respect. If you need help I can offer, please let me know folks! For now, let’s round up some threat and vuln updates with supply chains, VPN devices, and AI taking center stage.
Continue readingHey folks! This may be the last one of these for a couple of weeks, because I am headed to Amsterdam for Cisco Live Europe! I am excited to be talking about MITRE ATT&CK and helping facilitate a Threat Picture discussion with my good friend King Mark. We’ve got a lot of nation stake hackers causing a ruckus, so let’s go ahead and get into the threat update and look in on some news!
Continue readingGood morning folks! I had a great time leading a Threat Hunting Workshop at my alma mater, RIT, and meeting some awesome customers, but in my travels I gathered some updates on the threat & vuln side of things that we all should be aware of. And before we get started, I meant to spell “Weak” that way – so let’s get started!:
Continue readingGood morning folks! I had a great time in Boston this week hanging out with a cool partner, but in my travels I gathered some updates on the threat side of things that we all should be aware of:
Score one for the good guys!
Cisco Talos and Avast teamed up with Dutch authorities to take down the Babuk Torilla ransomware strain’s key folks, and they have also worked together to provide a decryptor for potential victims.
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