Malibot info stealer is no coin miner. "Hermit" spyware. Fabricated evidence in Indian computers. FBI takes down botnet. Assange extradition update. Putting the Service into service learning.

Published: June 17, 2022, 8:25 p.m.

b'Malibot is an info stealer masquerading as a coin miner. "Hermit" spyware is being used by nation-state security services. Fabricated evidence is planted in Indian computers. The US takes down a criminal botnet. The British Home Secretary signs the Assange extradition order. We wind up our series of RSA Conference interviews with David London from the Chertoff group and Hugh Njemanze from Anomali. And putting the Service into service learning.\\n\\nFor links to all of today\'s stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/117\\n\\nSelected reading.\\n\'MaliBot\' Android Malware Steals Financial, Personal Information (SecurityWeek)\\nF5 Labs Investigates MaliBot (F5 Labs)\\nSophisticated Android Spyware \'Hermit\' Used by Governments (SecurityWeek)\\nLookout Uncovers Android Spyware Deployed in Kazakhstan (Lookout)\\nPolice Linked to Hacking Campaign to Frame Indian Activists (Wired)\\nU.S., partners dismantle Russian hacking \'botnet,\' Justice Dept says (Reuters)\\nRussian Botnet Disrupted in International Cyber Operation (US Attorney\'s Office, Southern District of California)\\nJulian Assange: Priti Patel signs US extradition order (The Telegraph)\\nAIVD disrupts activities of Russian intelligence officer targeting the International Criminal Court (AIVD)\\nAlleged Russian spy studied at Johns Hopkins, won ICC internship (Washington Post)'