CyberWire Daily - Operation Magnus strikes back.

Oct 28 2024 28 mins 318

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Operation Magnus disrupts notorious infostealers. Pennsylvania officials debunk election disinformation attributed to Russia. TeamTNT targets Docker daemons. Delta sues CrowdStrike. NVIDIA released a critical GPU Display Driver update. Fog and Akira ransomware exploit SonicWall VPNs. A researcher demonstrates Downgrade attacks against Windows systems. Qilin ransomware grows more evasive and disruptive. Pwn2Own Ireland awards over $1 million for more than 70 zero-day vulnerabilities. Our guest is Grant Geyer, Chief Strategy Officer at Claroty, talking about safeguarding our nation's critical food infrastructure. At long last, it’s legal to fix your McFlurry.

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CyberWire Guest

Our guest is Grant Geyer, Chief Strategy Officer at Claroty, talking about safeguarding our nation's critical food infrastructure. The FBI recently held an Agriculture Threats Symposium in Nebraska, spotlighting growing concerns over the security of the nation's critical food infrastructure amid rising threats. As cyberattacks and bioterrorism increasingly target agriculture, the event highlighted urgent calls for stronger safety measures to protect the food supply chain.

Selected Reading

Operation Magnus Disrupted Redline and Meta Infostealer Malware (Cyber Security News)

Pennsylvania officials rebut false voter fraud claims from home and abroad (CyberScoop)

TeamTNT Exploits 16 Million IPs in Malware Attack on Docker Clusters (Hackread)

Delta sues CrowdStrike for $500 million in damages caused by massive airline cancelations (The Independent)

NVIDIA GPU Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers To Execute Remote Code on Windows & Linux (Cyber Security News)

Fog ransomware targets SonicWall VPNs to breach corporate networks (Bleeping Computer)

New Windows Driver Signature bypass allows kernel rootkit installs (Bleeping Computer)

Updated Qilin Ransomware Escalates Encryption and Evasion (BankInfo Security)

Researchers Discover Over 70 Zero-Day Bugs at Pwn2Own Ireland (Infosecurity Magazine)

It Is Now Legal to Hack McFlurry Machines (and Medical Devices) to Fix Them (404 Media)

DisMis: Explore our 3-part series on election propaganda. (N2K)

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