Fancy Bear phishes in think tanks. Lazarus Group takes a swipe at Russian organizations. New decryptor for GandCrab. Citizen Lab and Novalpina discuss NSO Group. Ryuk’s lousy help desk.
In today’s podcast, we hear that Microsoft has disclosed a Fancy Bear sighting, snuffling around Atlanticist think tanks in Europe. Ukraine says, in effect, see, we told you so. Speaking of bears, it seems that North Korea’s Hidden Cobra may be striking at the biggest bear of them all, going after Russian targets. There’s new decryptor available for GandCrab ransomware. Citizen Lab and NSO Group’s new partial owner exchange notes. A look at a ransomware help desk. Mike Benjamin from CenturyLink with an update on the Necurs botnet. Guest is Tommy McDowell from the R-CISC (the retail ISAC) on the importance of sharing threat data.