Hacktivism and other cyberattacks continue against Russian targets, but some hacktivism may go too far. C2C market notes. Advice from CISA and NIST. Prank calls as statecraft.

Published: March 18, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

b"Hacktivism and other cyberattacks continue against Russian targets, but some hacktivism that affects software supply chains may go too far. An initial access broker in the criminal-to-criminal market. BlackMatter may be working with BlackCat. CISA offers a warning and advice to SATCOM operators. NIST offers some guidance on industrial control system security. Johannes Ullrich reminds us to patch our backup tools. Our guest is Armando Saey from MISI with insights on maritime port security. And Rear Admiral Mehoff, call your office.\\n\\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/53\\n\\nSelected reading.\\nPopular NPM Package Updated to Wipe Russia, Belarus Systems to Protest Ukraine Invasion (The Hacker News)\\xa0\\nSoftware Supply Chain Weakness: Snyk Warns of 'Deliberate Sabotage' of NPM Ecosystem (SecurityWeek)\\xa0\\nRussian government websites face \\u2018unprecedented\\u2019 wave of hacking attacks, ministry says (Washington Post)\\xa0\\nUkraine\\u2019s Digital Ministry Is a Formidable War Machine (Wired)\\nExposing initial access broker with ties to Conti (Google)\\xa0\\nExperts Find Some Affiliates of BlackMatter Now Spreading BlackCat Ransomware (The Hacker News)\\nStrengthening Cybersecurity of SATCOM Network Providers and Customers (CISA)\\xa0\\nNIST SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1800-10 Protecting Information and System Integrity in Industrial Control System Environments: Cybersecurity for the Manufacturing Sector (NIST)\\nHoax caller claiming to be Ukrainian PM got through to UK defence secretary (the Guardian)\\xa0\\nRussians target Priti Patel and Ben Wallace with fake video calls (The Telegraph)"