Volt Typhoon goes undetected by living off the land. New gang, old ransomware. KillNet says no to slacker hackers.

Published: May 25, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

b"China's Volt Typhoon snoops into US infrastructure, with special attention paid to Guam. Iranian cybercriminals are seen conducting ops against Israeli targets. A new ransomware gang uses recycled ransomware. A persistent Brazilian campaign targets Portuguese financial institutions. A new botnet targets the gaming industry. Phishing attempts impersonate OpenAI. Pro-Russian geolocation graffiti. Andrea Little Limbago from Interos addresses the policy implications of\\xa0ChatGPT. Our guest is Jon Check from Raytheon Intelligence & Space, on cybersecurity and workforce strategy for the space community. And KillNet says no to slacker hackers.\\n\\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/101\\n\\nSelected reading.\\nPeople's Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living off the Land to Evade Detection (Joint Advisory)\\nVolt Typhoon targets US critical infrastructure with living-off-the-land techniques (Microsoft)\\nChinese hackers spying on US critical infrastructure, Western intelligence says (Reuters)\\nAgrius Deploys Moneybird in Targeted Attacks Against Israeli Organizations (Check Point)\\nIran-linked hackers Agrius deploying new ransomware against Israeli orgs (The Record)\\nIranian Hackers Set Sights On Israeli Shipping & Logistics Firms (Information Security Buzz)\\nFata Morgana: Watering hole attack on shipping and logistics websites (ClearSky Security)\\nIran suspect in cyberattack targeting Israeli shipping, financial firms (Al-Monitor)\\nBuhti: New Ransomware Operation Relies on Repurposed Payloads (Symantec)\\nOperation Magalenha | Long-Running Campaign Pursues Portuguese Credentials and PII (SentinelOne)\\nThe Dark Frost Enigma: An Unexpectedly Prevalent Botnet Author Profile (Akamai)\\nFresh Phish: ChatGPT Impersonation Fuels a Clever Phishing Scam (INKY)"