Government security advisories, and the difficulty of recovering from ransomware attacks. Authority for offensive cyber under deliberation. Google wins Glupteba suit.

Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 9:30 p.m.

CISA and its partners issue a Joint Advisory on the Hive ransomware-as-a-service operation. Ransomware continues to trouble governments, internationally and at all levels. The US Defense Department may see enhanced authority to conduct offensive cyber operations. Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure remain kinetic, as missiles show up, but cyberattacks don\u2019t. Kevin Magee from Microsoft about leveraging cybersecurity apprentices. Our guest is Paul Giorgi from XM Cyber describing creative attack path in enterprise networks.And, hey, glupost\u2019 [GLUE-post]\u2013don\u2019t mess with Google\u2019s lawyers.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/222\n\nSelected reading.\nCISA Alert AA22-321A \u2013 #StopRansomware: Hive Ransomware. (CyberWire)\n#StopRansomware: Hive Ransomware (CISA)\nVanuatu: Hackers strand Pacific island government for over a week (BBC News)\nRansom attack cripples Vanuatu government systems, forces staff to use pen and paper (The Sydney Morning Herald)\nRansomware incidents now make up majority of British government\u2019s crisis management COBRA meetings (The Record by Recorded Future)\nSuffolk County, N.Y., Hack Shows Ransomware Threat to Municipalities (Wall Street Journal)\xa0\nBiden set to approve expansive authorities for Pentagon to carry out cyber operations (CyberScoop)\nRed Lion Crimson (CISA)\nCradlepoint IBR600 (CISA)\nA ruling in our legal case against the Glupteba botnet (Google)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices