Russian cyberespionage and influence op disrupted. RedAlpha versus Chinese minorities and (of course) Taiwan. Evil PLC proof-of-concept. Cl0p takes a poke at a water utility.

Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

b'Microsoft identifies and disrupts Russian cyberespionage activity. An update on RedAlpha. An evil PLC proof-of-concept shows how programmable logic controllers could be "weaponized." Ben Yelin has an update on right to repair. Our guest is Arthur Lozinski of Oomnitza with a look at attack surface management maturity.\\xa0And the Cl0p gang hits an English water utility (but tries to extort the wrong one\\u2013stuff happens, y\\u2019know?).\\n\\nFor links to all of today\'s stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/157\\n\\nSelected reading.\\nDisrupting SEABORGIUM\\u2019s ongoing phishing operations (Microsoft Security\\nMicrosoft disrupts Russian-linked hackers targeting NATO countries (Breaking Defense)\\xa0\\nMicrosoft Announces Disruption of Russian Espionage APT (SecurityWeek)\\xa0\\nMicrosoft disrupts Russia-linked hacking group targeting defense and intelligence orgs (The Record by Recorded Future)\\xa0\\nMicrosoft shuts down accounts linked to Russian spies (Register)\\nRedAlpha Conducts Multi-Year Credential Theft Campaign Targeting Global Humanitarian, Think Tank, and Government Organizations (Recorded Future)\\nHackers linked to China have been targeting human rights groups for years (MIT Technology Review)\\xa0\\nEvil PLC Attack: Using a Controller as Predator Rather than Prey (Claroty)\\nHackers attack UK water supplier but extort wrong victim (BleepingComputer)\\nSouth Staffordshire Water victim of cyber attack, customers not at risk (Computing)\\xa0\\nSouth Staffordshire Water says it was target of cyber attack as criminals bungle extortion attempt (Sky News)'