Fortunes of commerce in Silicon Valley; fortunes of war on the banks of the Dnipro.

Published: Nov. 20, 2023, 9 p.m.

b"Leadership turmoil at OpenAI. Citrix Bleed vulnerability implicated in ransomware attacks. QakBot seems to have a successor. The FSB deploys LitterDrifter in cyberespionage against Ukraine. Russian security firm says China and North Korea are the source of most cyberattacks against Russia. Privateers and auxiliaries engage targets of opportunity. Ann Johnson from Afternoon Cyber Tea talks about leading edge cyber innovation with Nadav Zafrir. And alleged war crimes may include cyber operations conducted in support of other, conventional, kinetic war crimes.\\n\\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/221\\n\\nSelected reading.\\nOpenAI announces leadership transition (OpenAI)\\nA statement from Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella (The Official Microsoft Blog)\\nA timeline of Sam Altman\\u2019s ouster from OpenAI and Microsoft appointment (Reuters)\\xa0\\nSam Altman leaves OpenAI: Everything you need to know (Computing)\\nOpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns (Wall Street Journal)\\nSam Altman to Join Microsoft Following OpenAI Ouster (Wall Street Journal)\\nDozens of Staffers Quit OpenAI After Sutskever Says Altman Won\\u2019t Return (The Information)\\nAI to accelerate your security defenses (IBM)\\nOpenAI\\u2019s Board Set Back the Promise of Artificial Intelligence (The Information)\\nA New AI Lexicon: Existential Risk (AI Now)\\nHackers Are Exploiting a Flaw in Citrix Software Despite Fix (Bloomberg)\\nMedusa ransomware gang claims Toyota Financial Services hack (Security Affairs)\\xa0\\nCitrixBleed Vulnerability Exploitation Suspected in Toyota Ransomware Attack (SecurityWeek)\\xa0\\nYamaha and WellLife Network confirm cyber incidents after ransomware gang claims attacks (Record)\\nAre DarkGate and PikaBot the New QakBot? (Cofense)\\nDecrypting Danger: Check Point Research deep-dive into cyber espionage tactics by Russian-origin attackers targeting Ukrainian entities (Check Point Blog)\\nMalware Spotlight - Into the Trash: Analyzing LitterDrifter (Check Point Research)\\xa0\\nRussian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine (Security Affairs)\\xa0\\nRussian Cyber Espionage Group Deploys LitterDrifter USB Worm in Targeted Attacks (The Hacker News)\\xa0\\nRemarks by Assistant Secretary Graham Steele at the Federal Insurance Office and NYU Stern Volatility and Risk Institute Conference on Catastrophic Cyber Risk and a Potential Federal Insurance Response (U.S. Department of the Treasury)\\xa0\\nRussian analysts point finger at China, North Korea over cyber activity (Record)\\xa0\\nHow Pro-Ukrainian Hackers Have Undermined Russia's War Every Step Of The Way (WorldCrunch)\\nUkraine says it has evidence of 109,000 Russian war crimes (POLITICO)"