Adversary Universe Podcast

Apr 10 2025 49 ep. 34 mins 92
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Modern adversaries are relentless. Today’s threat actors target organizations around the world with sophisticated cyberattacks. Who are they? What are they after? And most importantly, how can you defend against them? Welcome to the Adversary Universe podcast, where CrowdStrike answers all of these questions — and more. Join our hosts, a pioneer in adversary intelligence and a specialist in cybersecurity technology, as they unmask the threat actors targeting your organization.

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OCULAR SPIDER and the Rise of Ransomware-as-a-Service

Apr 10 2025 29 mins  
Ransomware has become more difficult for organizations to defend against, but easier for adversaries to deploy. The rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) — a model in which ransomware operators write the malware and affiliates pay to launch it — has lowered the barrier to entry so threat actors of all skill levels can participate and profit. OCULAR SPIDER is one such operato

Meet LUNAR SPIDER: The Inner Workings of an eCrime Adversary

Mar 27 2025 23 mins  
To anticipate threat actors’ behavior, we must understand them. That’s why CrowdStrike closely tracks the evolution and activity of 257 named adversaries, including the eCrime actor LUNAR SPIDER.“They almost behave like a startup; they’re constantly testing and innovating and developing what they’re doing,” Adam says of the group. “It’s an interesting paradigm when

NSOCKS: Insights into a Million-Dollar Residential Proxy Service

Mar 13 2025 31 mins  
When an adversary wants to target an organization, they want to make it look like they’re coming from a regional or local internet service provider. This makes their activity seem more legitimate and buys time until they get caught. Proxies, which adversaries can use to conceal the origin of malicious traffic, are essential to this process. NSOCKS is a residential proxy provide

China’s Cyber Enterprise Grows: CrowdStrike 2025 Global Threat Report

Feb 27 2025 34 mins  
China’s cyber enterprise is rapidly growing: China-nexus activity was up 150% across industries in 2024, with a 200-300% surge in key sectors such as financial services, media, manufacturing, and industrials/engineering. CrowdStrike identified seven new China-nexus adversaries in 2024. “After decades investing in offensive cyber capabilities, China has achieved parity with some

A Deep Dive into DeepSeek and the Risks of Foreign LLMs

Feb 20 2025 27 mins  
DeepSeek took the internet by storm earlier this year, making headlines and sparking conversations about its development, use, and associated risks. Today, Adam and Cristian take a deep dive into the new AI model. At a time when new AI models are constantly emerging, the launch of DeepSeek has led to questions and concerns around AI model security, data security, and national secur

Putting a Spotlight on Energy Sector Threats with Corelight's Greg Bell

Feb 06 2025 34 mins  
Cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure have made more headlines in recent years, sparking concern about how these systems are protected. Adversaries are taking aim at older technologies that are both essential to everyday life and difficult to secure. Our guest for this episode is Greg Bell, chief strategy officer at Corelight. Before he co-founded the network security firm

See You I-Soon: A Peek at China’s Offensive Cyber Operations

Jan 16 2025 36 mins  
“It would not be an understatement to say that China is the number one national security concern that I think we have here in the West.” China’s offensive cyber activity has undergone a massive shift: What used to be simple smash-and-grab operations in the mid-2000s have evolved into sophisticated business models. We got a lens into this environment through a leak stemming fr

The Most Prolific Adversaries and Threats of 2024

Dec 19 2024 33 mins  
It has been another busy year for defenders and adversaries alike. As we wrap up 2024, Adam and Cristian reflect on the nation-state and eCrime threat activity that defined this year and what they expect as we head into 2025.Tune in to hear their observations on changing eCrime activity in Latin America, Chinese adversaries evolving their tactics and targeting telecommunications en

Cross-Domain Attacks: Know Them, Find Them, Stop Them

Dec 12 2024 40 mins  
Adversaries have realized their time-honored attack methods involving clunky malware and malicious attachments are no longer working, largely due to endpoint detection and response tools alerting security teams to their activity. To improve their success rate, many are turning to cross-domain attacks. Cross-domain attacks span multiple domains within an organization’s environment

LIMINAL PANDA and the Implications of Global Telco Targeting

Nov 27 2024 39 mins  
On Nov. 19, 2024, Adam testified in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on Chinese cyber threats to critical infrastructure. This was the first time he publicly spoke about LIMINAL PANDA, a China-nexus state-sponsored threat actor that has been targeting telecommunications organizations since at least 2020. LIMINAL PANDA is a newly na