Cyber phases in two hybrid wars. A ransomware gang claims an attack against a major firm. Social engineering implicated in Shadow PC breach. Privateering, coin mining, and other worries.

Published: Oct. 16, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

Hacktivism and disinformation in the war between Hamas and Israel. LockBit claims an attack on CDW. Shadow PC's breach. Void Rabisu deploys a lightweight RomCom backdoor against the Brussels conference. Rick Howard describes Radical Asymmetric Distribution. Our guest is Jason Birmingham from Broadridge Financial Solutions with a look at asset management. And coin mining as a potential front for espionage or a staging area for sabotage.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/197\n\nSelected reading.\nHow hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict (POLITICO)\xa0\nIsrael-Gaza War Now Includes Accompanying Cyber Warfare (Channel Futures)\xa0\nHow Cyberattacks Could Affect the Israel-Hamas War (Bank Info Security)\xa0\nMedical aid for Palestinians website under cyber attack affecting relief efforts (mint)\xa0\nRumors of a \u2018Global Day of Jihad\u2019 Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation (WIRED)\xa0\nHamas in rare English \u2018press conference\u2019 as it tries to counter global condemnation (The Telegraph)\xa0\nIn Israel-Hamas conflict, social media become tools of propaganda and disinformation (DFRLab)\xa0\xa0\nA flood of misinformation is shaping how panicked citizens, global public view the war (Washington Post)\xa0\nHow Israel-Hamas War Misinformation Is Spreading Online (TIME)\nMisinformation Is Warfare (TIME)\xa0\nMeta responds to EU misinformation concerns regarding Israel-Hamas conflict (Engadget)\xa0\nBriefing: Meta Details Efforts to Remove War-Related Disinformation (The Information)\nCloud gaming firm Shadow says hackers stole customers' personal data (TechCrunch)\xa0\nPC streaming service Shadow discloses security breach (The Verge)\xa0\nShadow silent on data breach as hacked data appears genuine (TechCrunch)\xa0\n530K people's info stolen from cloud PC gaming's Shadow (Register)\xa0\nCDW investigating ransomware gang claims of data theft (Record)\xa0\nLockbit ransomware gang demanded an 80 million ransom to CDW (Security Affairs)\xa0\nVoid Rabisu Targets Female Political Leaders with New Slimmed-Down ROMCOM Variant (Trend Micro)\nWomen Political Leaders Summit targeted in RomCom malware phishing (BleepingComputer)\xa0\nAcross U.S., Chinese Bitcoin Mines Draw National Security Scrutiny (New York Times)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices