Ransomware groups continue to shift identities and targets. Assessments of the cyber phases of a hybrid war. Is wartime tough for criminals? Anonymous counts coup...against Moscows taxis.

Published: Sept. 2, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

b"REvil (or an impostor, or successor) may be back. A Paris-area medical center continues to work to recover from cyber extortion. An assessment of Russian failure (or disinclination) to mount effective cyber campaigns. Cyber criminals find wartime to be a tough time. Josh Ray from Accenture looks at cyber threats to the rail industry. Our guest is Dan Murphy of Invicti making the case that not all vulnerabilities are created equal. And Yandex Taxi\\u2019s app was hacked in a nuisance attack.\\n\\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/170\\n\\nSelected reading.\\nREvil says they breached electronics giant Midea Group (Cybernews)\\nParalysed French hospital fights cyber attack as hackers lower ransom demand (RFI)\\nFrench hospital hit by $10M ransomware attack, sends patients elsewhere (BleepingComputer)\\nHacks tied to Russia and Ukraine war have had minor impact, researchers say (The Record by Recorded Future)\\xa0\\nGetting Bored of Cyberwar: Exploring the Role of the Cybercrime Underground in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict (arXiv:2208.10629v2)\\xa0\\nWhy Russia's cyber war in Ukraine hasn't played out as predicted (New Atlas)\\nCyber key in Ukraine war, says spy chief (The Canberra Times)\\xa0\\nMontenegro Sent Back to Analog by Unprecedented Cyber Attacks (Balkan Insight)\\nMontenegro blames criminal gang for cyber attacks on government (EU Reporter)\\nRansomware Attack Sends Montenegro Reaching Out to NATO Partners (Bloomberg)\\xa0\\n\\u201cI\\u2019m tired of living in poverty\\u201d \\u2013 Russian-Speaking Cyber Criminals Feeling the Economic Pinch (Digital Shadows)\\nYandex Taxi hack creates huge traffic jam in Moscow (Cybernews)\\nAnonymous hacked Russia's largest taxi firm and caused a massive traffic jam (Daily Star)"