Malicious Chrome extensions. BEC in Kentucky. Dispatches from a hybrid war, including state-directed, partisan, and criminal action. ICS advisories. Cosplaying hardware.

Published: Aug. 31, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Chrome extensions steal browser data. A business email compromise attack is under investigation in Kentucky. Belarusian Cyber Partisans claim to have a complete Belarusian passport database. Organizing a cyber militia. CISA releases twelve ICS security advisories. Our guest is Asaf Kochan of Sentra on overemphasizing \u201cthe big one.\u201d Carole Theriault cautions against getting ahead of yourself in the cryptocurrency supply chain. Cosplaying" hardware. And Canada welcomes a new SIGINT boss.\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/168\n\nSelected reading.\nChrome extensions with 1.4 million installs steal browsing data (BleepingComputer)\xa0\nMalicious Cookie Stuffing Chrome Extensions with 1.4 Million Users (McAfee Blog)\xa0\nPolice investigate electronic theft of federal funds (City of Lexington)\xa0\nFBI, Secret Service join Kentucky investigation into $4 million cybercrime theft (The Record by Recorded Future)\nRussian hackers blamed for ongoing Montenegro cyberattack (Tech Monitor)\n\u201cFor the 1st time in human history a #hacktivist collective obtained passport info of the ALL country's citizens.\u201d (Cyber Partisans)\nInside the IT Army of Ukraine, \u2018A Hub for Digital Resistance\u2019 (The Record by Recorded Future)\xa0\nUkraine takes down cybercrime group hitting crypto fraud victims (BleepingComputer)\xa0\nHitachi Energy FACTS Control Platform (FCP) Product (CISA)\nHitachi Energy Gateway Station (GWS) Product (CISA)\nHitachi Energy MSM Product (CISA).\nHitachi Energy RTU500 series (CISA)\nFuji Electric D300win (CISA)\nHoneywell ControlEdge (CISA)\nHoneywell Experion LX (CISA)\nHoneywell Trend Controls Inter-Controller Protocol (CISA)\nOmron CX-Programmer (CISA)\nPTC Kepware KEPServerEX (CISA)\nSensormatic Electronics iSTAR (CISA)\nMitsubishi Electric GT SoftGOT2000 (CISA)\nWalmart Sells Fake 30TB Hard Drive That\u2019s Actually Two Small SD Cards in a Trench Coat (Vice)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices