Artificial intelligence behaving badly? Or just tastelessly? Third-party risks. Signs that the advantage may be tilting toward the defender.

Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 9:15 p.m.

Social engineering with generative AI.\xa0Mylobot and BHProxies. PureCrypter is deployed against government organizations and staged through Discord. Dish Network reports disruption. Third-party app and software as a service risk. Further assessments of the cyber phase of Russia's war so far, with warnings to stay alert. Are tough times coming in gangland? Comments on NIST's revisions to its Cybersecurity Framework are due this Friday. AJ Nash from ZeroFox on Mis/Dis/and Malinformation. Rick Howard digs into Zero Trust. And get this\u2014AI is writing science fiction!\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/38\n\nSelected reading.\nSocial engineering with generative AI. (CyberWire)\nWho\u2019s Behind the Botnet-Based Service BHProxies? (KrebsOnSecurity)\nMylobot: Investigating a proxy botnet (Bitsight)\nPureCrypter targets government entities through Discord (Menlo Security)\nPureCrypter malware hits govt orgs with ransomware, info-stealers (BleepingComputer)\nUncovering the Risks & Realities of Third-Party Connected Apps: \u200d2023 SaaS-to-SaaS Access Report (Adaptive Shield)\nUkraine war anniversary likely to bring \u2018disruptive\u2019 cyberattacks on West, agencies warn (Global News)\nHow the Ukraine War Has Changed Russia\u2019s Cyberstrategy \xa0(Foreign Policy)\xa0\nA year of wiper attacks in Ukraine (WeLiveSecurity)\nRussia's yearlong cyber focus on Ukraine (Axios)\nA year after Russia's invasion, cyberdefenses have improved around the world (Washington Post)\nOne year on, how is the war playing out in cyberspace? (WeLiveSecurity)\xa0\nThe Russia-Ukraine cyber war: one year later (IT World Canada)\xa0\nRussia launched large-scale operations in cyberspace alongside war (euronews)\nWSJ News Exclusive | Hackers Extort Less Money, Are Laid Off as New Tactics Thwart More Ransomware Attacks (Wall Street Journal)\nAI-generated fiction is flooding literary magazines \u2014 but not fooling anyone (The Verge)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices