Digital Shadows

Rick Holland, CISO at Digital Shadows, discusses the latest 2018 Forrester New Wave for Digital Risk Protection. He discusses how security leaders must avoid blind spots with a more complete risk picture.

In today’s ShadowTalk, we take on the Robert Mueller indictment against 12 Russian individuals for alleged US election interference. However, rather than dwell on issues of attribution and geopolitics, we focus on the detailed tactics, techniques and procedures laid out in the indictment. Katie Nickels, a member of the MITRE team, joins Rafael Amado and Richard Gold us to discuss the ATT&CK™ framework in greater detail, as well as the key lessons that organizations can takeaway. For Digital Shadows’ analysis of the indictment, visit https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/mitre-attck-and-the-mueller-gru-indictment-lessons-for-organizations/

In this week's ShadowTalk, Digital Shadows’ Russian-speaking security specialist discovered files and source code allegedly related to the Carbanak organized criminal group. The Carbanak malware is a backdoor used by the Anunak (Carbanak) Group to infiltrate financial institutions and steal funds. Richard Gold and Simon Hall join Rafael Amado to discuss the implications for financial services from these revelations. We ask whether this leak represents a threat to organizations, and how businesses can best defend themselves from the techniques used by sophisticated financial criminal groups such as Carbanak. For more analysis from the Security Engineering Team, visit https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/alleged-carbanak-files-and-source-code-leaked-digital-shadows-initial-findings/

The Payment Card Industry recently passed a deadline requiring that all e-commerce sites and merchants cease supporting TLS 1.0. With this and older protocols such as SSL vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, the fear is that attackers can intercept and tamper with data being sent across these channels. However, SSL interception is also performed by organizations for reasons that include blocking malware or improving data leakage prevention. Richard Gold and Simon Hall join Rafael Amado to discuss how SSL interception works, the different reasons for deploying it, the risks and privacy ramifications of interception, and the overall trade-offs for organizations looking to implement these methods.

Following news that a database containing 340 million records has been publicly exposed to the internet, Richard Gold and Simon Hall join Michael Marriott to discuss how (and why) you can reduce your attack surface. For more information on some of the tips provided in this pursuit, visit https://github.com/securitywithoutborders/hardentools.

Libby Fiumara is joined by Rose Bernard and Sophie Burke to discuss the launch of Digital Shadows’ Women’s Network, challenges facing women in security, and how companies can foster diversity in the workplace.

Simon Hall and Rich Gold join Michael Marriott to discuss the merits and perils of attribution, including the number of characteristics and variables required for a strong attribution, instances where attribution has succeeded, and whether organizations should care.

Simon Hall and Richard Gold join Rafael Amado to discuss misconceptions around vulnerabilities and exploits, other techniques for gaining code execution, and how organizations can prioritize the patching of vulnerabilities.

In this edition of Shadow Talk, Richard Gold joins us to discuss the issue of security debt, a term used to refer to the accumulation of security risks over time, such as missed patches, misapplied configurations, mismanaged user accounts. Richard looks into how many of the attacks we see on a regular basis are actually a result of security risks that build up over time, and how security debt is a ticking time bomb for most organizations. In Part II, Harrison Van Riper covers the recent website defacement attack and data breach incident targeting the event ticketing company, Ticketfly. Security debt resources:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/286667/FAQ2_-_Managing_Information_Risk_at_OFFICIAL_v2_-_March_2014.pdf

Rafael Amado and Michael Marriott discuss how the criminal underground has evolved since the demise of AlphaBay and Hansa. No single marketplace has managed to fill the AlphaBay-shaped gap left behind, at least among the English-speaking community. Existing sites such as Dream and Trade Route have failed to consolidate this empty space, hampered by a combination of poor communication by administrators and suspicion that these sites could be police honeypots like Hansa had been. Grab a copy of our report to read more: https://info.digitalshadows.com/SeizeandDesistReport-Podcast.html

In today’s edition of Shadow talk, Dr Richard Gold joins us to discuss the return of the L0pht hackers. In 1998 the L0pht members delivered a cybersecurity hearing to the United States Senate, warning that any one person in their group could take down the Internet within 30 minutes. 20 years on, we look back on what has and hasn’t changed in the world of information security. In Part II, the team covers recent reporting on the use of military-style tactics such as war gaming and intelligence fusion centres in the financial services industry. We ask whether such tactics are effective, and whether smaller organizations can also employ the techniques being used by some of the world’s largest enterprises.

In this week’s Shadow Talk, the pod unpacks the reporting on VPN Filter, a malware affecting half a million network devices. Reports have suggested that the malware is being prepped to perform imminent large scale disruptive attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure. We also cover new research on the TRITON malware targeting industrial control and SCADA systems, as well as new techniques for the Roaming Mantis malware family. Finally, we bring you updates on vulnerabilities related to VBScript and the Spectre/Meltdown attacks.

In this week’s episode of Shadow Talk, Digital Shadows’ Head of Security Engineering, Dr Richard Gold, joins the pod to explain the EFAIL vulnerability affecting Open PGP and S-MIME, as well as other flaws identified in encrypted messaging platforms. Dr Gold also outlines the the factors you should be considering to prioritize your patching. In part two, we look at the $15 million theft in Mexico and outline the risks facing interbank payment systems.

In this week’s episode Shadow Talk we look at the Winnti Umbrella group, asking what this means for organizations. We discuss vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (CVE-2018-8174) and basestriker. And, finally, we outline the fall out surrounding the Olympus dark web marketplace.

In this week’s episode Shadow Talk, it’s a vulnerability extravaganza. We cover malicious use of legitimate software, as APT28 attributed to hijacking LoJack and Blackrouter delivered via AnyDesk software. Vulnerabilities found (and exploited) in GPON home routers, and Loki Bot exploits two remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office (CVE-2017-8570 and CVE-2018-0802).

In this week’s episode of Shadow Talk, we cover the targeting of healthcare organizations by Orangeworm, BGP hijacking, vulnerabilities in MikroTik routers, DDoS market shutdowns, and the profitability of cryptocurrency mining.

In this week’s episode of Shadow Talk, we cover Russia’s attempts to ban the social messaging app, and also read between the lines of the joint US and UK advisory on network infrastructure compromises by Kremlin-backed actors. We also outline new ransomware payloads incorporated into the Magnitude exploit kit and we bring you the latest news on vulnerabilities in the Drupal Platform and Cisco’s Webex software.

This week’s Shadow Talk discusses a Cisco Smart Install Client flaw exploited in disruption attack, an information leak vulnerability discovered in Microsoft Outlook, details on OpIcarus and OpIsrael, Verizon DBIR, and why you still should be excited about the RSA Conference.

Rafael Amado and Michael Marriott join this week’s Shadow Talk, taking a deep dive into our recent report “Too Much Information”. The research discovered over 1.5 billion files from a host of services, including Amazon S3 buckets, rsync, SMB, FTP, NAS drives, and misconfigured websites. To learn more, download the full report at https://info.digitalshadows.com/FileSharingDataExposureResearch-Podcast.html.

This week’s Shadow Talk discusses what the re-emergence of WannaCry, exposure of Aggregate IQ data, exposure of 1.5 billion files through misconfigured services, as well as lessons learned from the Panera breach, an emerging new criminal market, and much more.