Silicon Valley Bank as phishbait. An attack superhighway. Unauthorized software in the workplace. YoroTrooper, a new cyberespionage threat actor. Hacktivists game, too. How crime pays.

Published: March 14, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

Expect phishing, BEC scams, and other social engineering to use Silicon Valley Bank lures. An "attack superhighway." Unauthorized software in the workplace. A new cyberespionage group emerges. Squad up (but not IRL). Ben Yelin unpacks the FBI director\u2019s recent admission of purchasing location data. Ann Johnson from Afternoon Cyber Tea speaks with Jason Barnett from HCA Healthcare about cyber resilience. And, not that you\u2019d consider a life of crime, but what are the gangs paying cyber criminals, nowadays?\n\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/49\n\nSelected reading.\nSVB's collapse and the potential for fraud. (CyberWire)\nState-of-the-Internet: malicious DNS traffic. (CyberWire)\nUnauthorized software in the workplace. (CyberWire)\nTalos uncovers espionage campaigns targeting CIS countries, including embassies and EU health care agency (Cisco Talos Blog)\nSTALKER 2 game developer hacked by Russian hacktivists, data stolen (BleepingComputer)\nGSC Game World suffers Stalker 2 leak after latest cyber attack (GamesIndustry.biz)\nThreat Groups Offer $240k Salary to Tech Jobseekers (Security Intelligence)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices