Epistemic closure in a hybrid war. Wiper used against VIasat modems. US Treasury sanctions more Russian actors. Remediating Spring4shell. Notes from law enforcement. And were not joking.

Published: April 1, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Attempting to evolve rules of cyber conduct during a hot hybrid war. Waiting for major Russian cyber operations. Viasat terminals were hit by wiper malware. Patches and detection scripts for Spring4shell. Warning of ransomware threat to local governments. Emergency data requests under Senatorial scrutiny. NSA employee charged with mishandling classified material. Andrea Little Limbago from Interos on Bots, Warriors and Trolls. Rick Howard speaks with Maretta Morovitz on cyber deception. And no April Foolin\u2019 here\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/63\n\nSelected reading.\nRussia\u2019s War Lacks a Battlefield Commander, U.S. Officials Say (New York Times)\xa0\nPutin may be self-isolating from his military advisers, says White House (The Telegraph)\xa0\nConfronting Russian Cyber Censorship (Wilson Center)\xa0\nZelensky Fires Two Generals (Wall Street Journal)\xa0\nFrench intelligence chief Vidaud fired over Russian war failings (BBC News)\xa0\nCyber War Talks Heat Up at UN With Russia at Table (Bloomberg.com)\nForeign Ministry statement on continued cyberattack by the \u201ccollective West\u201d (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)\xa0\nNew Protestware Found Lurking in Highly Popular NPM Package (Checkmarx.com)\nRussia targeting Ukraine, countries opposing war in cyberspace (Jerusalem Post)\nConti Leaks: Examining the Panama Papers of Ransomware (Trellix)\xa0\nBritish intelligence agencies: Moscow continuously attacks Ukraine in cyberspace (The Times Hub)\nAcidRain | A Modem Wiper Rains Down on Europe (SentinelOne)\nSentinelOne finds ties between Viasat hack and Russian actor (SC Magazine)\nExtraHop CEO: Expect a Russian cyber response to sanctions (Register)\nTreasury sanctions Russian research center blamed for Trisis malware (CyberScoop)\xa0\nTreasury Targets Sanctions Evasion Networks and Russian Technology Companies Enabling Putin\u2019s War (U.S. Department of the Treasury)\nEvgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh \u2013 Rewards For JusticeArtboard 4Artboard 4 (Rewards for Justice)\xa0\nSpring confirms \u2018Spring4Shell\u2019 zero-day, releases patched update (The Record by Recorded Future)\xa0\nSpring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965): Are you vulnerable to this Zero Day? (Cyber Security Works)\xa0\nRansomware Attacks Straining Local US Governments and Public Services (IC3)\xa0\nSenate\u2019s Wyden Probes Use of Forged Legal Requests by Hackers (Bloomberg)\xa0\nNSA Employee Charged with Mishandling Classified Material (Military.com)\nNational Security Agency Employee Indicted for Willful Transmission and Retention of National Defense Information (US Department of Justice)\xa0\nNational Security Agency Employee Facing Federal Indictment for Willful Transmission and Retention of National Defense Information (US Department of Justice)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices