Coping with Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. BatLoader's abuse of Google Search Ads. More on Emotets re-emergence. Medusa rising. NetWire collared. More-or-less quiet on the cyber front.

Published: March 13, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

Coping with Silicon Valley Bank's collapse. BatLoader's abusing Google Search Ads. More on Emotet\u2019s re-emergence. Reflections on Medusa rising. An international law enforcement action against NetWire. Rob Shapland from Falanx Cyber on ethical hacking and red teaming. Bryan Ware from LookingGlass looks at exploited vulnerabilities in the US financial sector. And in Ukraine, it\u2019s more-or-less quiet on the cyber front (but in Estonia and Georgia, not so much).\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/48\n\nSelected reading.\nOne of Silicon Valley's top banks fails; assets are seized (AP NEWS)\nUS, UK try to stem fallout from Silicon Valley Bank collapse (AP NEWS)\nIn abrupt reversal, regulators to cover Silicon Valley Bank, Signature uninsured deposits (American Banker)\nSilicon Valley Bank collapse will not trigger new financial crisis, insists Sunak (The Telegraph)\n\u2018Banking system is safe\u2019: Joe Biden reassures markets in address on Silicon Valley Bank collapse \u2013 live updates (the Guardian)\xa0\nBatLoader Continues to Abuse Google Search Ads to Deliver Vidar Stealer and Ursnif (eSentire)\xa0\nBATLOADER Malware Uses Google Ads to Deliver Vidar Stealer and Ursnif Payloads (The Hacker News)\xa0\nEmotet Again! The First Malspam Wave of 2023 (Deep Instinct)\xa0\nEmotet attempts to sell access after infiltrating high-value networks (SC Media)\xa0\nMedusa ransomware gang picks up steam as it targets companies worldwide (BleepingComputer)\nAlleged seller of NetWire RAT arrested in Croatia (Help Net Security)\nFBI and international cops catch a NetWire RAT (Register)\nHow the FBI proved a remote admin tool was actually malware (TechCrunch)\nEstonia\u2019s Election Was More Than Just a Win for Kallas (World Politics Review)\xa0\nEstonian official says parliamentary elections were targeted by cyberattacks (Record)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices