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  • The Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN) connects cybersecurity experts from around the world to provide benefits and peer interactions in a siloed industry. Through CyAN, members gain access partner institutions, the expertise of their peers, and assistance with their projects. We have an abundance of stories to tell of members taking advantage of this trust network and connecting to create incredible opportunities through the complementarity of their profiles and experiences.
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  • Israeli Cyberwarfare History and Capabilities

    Israeli Cyberwarfare History and Capabilities
    May 28 2024
    State of (CyberWar) Episode 6.1 Join Hugo Tarrida and John Salomon for the latest part of our Middle East cyberwarfare mini-series. We decided to split a more in-depth discussion about the two most capable actors in the region, Israel and Iran, into two half-episodes. Join us as we look at the organizations that make up Israeli cyberwarfare and -defense capabilities, the history of Israeli state-sponsored and state-aligned cyber campaigns, We also take a brief tour of Israeli media and social media operations, including information, propaganda, disinformation, and manipulation. If you haven't watched it yet, please consider checking out our first overview of the overall Middle East situation: https://youtu.be/X3wkTszRlck Notes and links: Because of the highly emotionally and politically charged nature of current events, we can't tell how impartial many of the websites describing Israeli capabilities are or aren't. We will thus stick to Wikipedia unless there's either an original Israeli government webpage available, or a source we feel is somewhat authoritative, even if it's biased - in any case, do your own homework and draw your own conclusions, we're not here to push a narrative. We have our own views and opinions of current events. This discussion is not intended to endorse or condemn any particular viewpoint. Neither of us speaks even a bit of Hebrew. We are thus at the mercy of translation engines and webpages in languages we understand. Your mileage may vary. 02:03 CFR overview of cyberwarfare capabilities: https://www.cfr.org/cyber-operations/ 02:50 Unit 8200: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_8200 03:05 Military Intelligence Directorate, aka Aman: https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/directorates/military-intelligence-directorate/military-intelligence-directorate/ 03:57 Unit 81: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_81 05:01 Havatzalot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havatzalot_Program - Google's horrible translation of the Hebrew wikipedia page indicates it's some kind of lily. Flowers are nice. 05:16 Talpiot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpiot_program - the name's apparently some biblical reference from Song of Songs 4:4 according to their LinkedIn page, that we can't figure out 06:55 Technion / Israel Institute of technology: https://www.technion.ac.il/ 06:56 Hebrew University of Jerusalem: https://en.huji.ac.il/ 07:30 IDF Information Security Department: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Security_Department - it's unclear whether it's the same as these guys: https://www.mitgaisim.idf.il/%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D/cyber-protection-unit/ 07:40 Mamram: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamram - apparently an abbreviation of the Hebrew for "Center of Computing and Information Systems" 09:15 This may be the Israel Innovation Authority - https://innovationisrael.org.il/en/ - we're not 100% sure though 11:14 Stuxnet: https://www.wired.com/2014/11/countdown-to-zero-day-stuxnet/ 11:22 Specifically, Siemens PCS7, WinCC, and STEP7 control software, and various Siemens S7 programmable logic controllers (PLCs). 22:59 TAO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations 12:16 We're going to assume you're capable of looking up Snowden and his revelations on your own 12:30 Stuxnet 2.0: https://cyware.com/news/stuxnet-20-iran-hit-by-new-more-aggressive-variant-of-powerful-industrial-control-malware-9d9c9a73 15:37 Duqu: https://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/duqu-analysis 15:38 Flame: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18238326 15:39 Duqu 2.0: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/11/duqu-20-computer-virus-with-traces-of-israeli-code-was-used-to-hack-iran-talks - the Guardian is one of the outlets that linked Duqu 2.0 to Israel 16:21 Kaspersky's Equation Group overview: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2015_equation-group-the-crown-creator-of-cyber-espionage 17:13 Some info on those particular negotiations: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-iran-nuclear-deal 17:45 The NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/technology/kaspersky-lab-israel-russia-hacking.html 18:38 Correction: Iranian officials disconnected oil terminals themselves as a reactive measure. BBC reporting about initial attack - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17811565 - and followup: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18253331 19:44 Pegasus (NSO Group): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware) - interestingly, just after we finished this recording, there were reports of "fake" Pegasus variants for sale: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fake-pegasus-spyware-dark-web/ 20:16 Kaspersky on Flame: https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2012_kaspersky-lab-experts-provide-in-depth-analysis-of-flame-s-c-c-infrastructure 20:51 NSO Group: https://www.nsogroup.com/ 21:18 Chrysaor: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chrysaor-android-spyware-app-smartphone-cameras-hack-photos-pegasus-google-a7666306.html 21:34 https://www.calcalistech.com/...
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    40 mins
  • Linux Malware and Security, with Craig Rowland

    Linux Malware and Security, with Craig Rowland
    Apr 17 2024

    In today's conversation, Craig Rowland joins us to talk about the often overlooked significance of Linux as a key part of global communications and computing infrastructure, and discuss various types threats targeting Linux systems.

    Malware, attackers, and techniques are often very distinct from those seen on Windows; Craig shares insights all of these from his extensive experience both writing and reverse-engineering Linux malware.

    Craig is CEO of Sandfly Security, a New Zealand-based provider of Linux threat behavior scanning tools. Full disclosure: John Salomon is a paid consultant to Sandfly Security.

    Notes from the video:

    03:48 I can't find a source for the 95% figure, but a 2023 ZDNet article says 90%, which seems to be the most common figure: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-has-over-3-of-the-desktop-market-its-more-complicated-than-that/
    03:55 Percentage of top million websites running Linux is another interesting statistic, which seems to be well above 90%. For example: https://gitnux.org/linux-statistics/
    04:08 https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/the-flying-penguin-linux-in-flight-entertainment-systems-65541.html etc. etc.
    05:54 France's Gendarmerie Nationale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu
    06:40 https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-not-windows-why-munich-is-shifting-back-from-microsoft-to-open-source-again/
    14:10 A propos, F5 has some interesting ways of using web shells as an attack vector: https://www.f5.com/labs/learning-center/web-shells-understanding-attackers-tools-and-techniques
    14:40 "attacks on kubernetes" is a fun web search string. Same for "attacks on S3 buckets". Enjoy.
    14:56 https://redis.io/solutions/messaging/
    15:42 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_Tuesday
    17:40 To be fair, Bob in Accounting is a pretty powerful entry point to the organization for various types of cyberattackers.
    19:35 Mirai botnet: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/mirai-botnet/
    19:37 NoaBot: https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/mirai-based-noabot-crypto-mining
    20:35 Chroot (change root directory): https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/chroot
    27:42 PuTTY: https://www.putty.org/
    29:45 There are several cryptojackers that try to neutralize competing malware, e.g. ChaosRAT https://www.trendmicro.com/en_th/research/22/l/linux-cryptomining-enhanced-via-chaos-rat-.html or Jenkins https://www.f5.com/labs/articles/threat-intelligence/new-jenkins-campaign-hides-malware--kills-competing-crypto-miner
    35:30 For example LockBit: https://www.akamai.com/blog/security/learning-from-the-lockbit-takedown
    35:37 My mistake - AvosLocker is also a Linux port of Windows malware: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/ransomware-spotlight/ransomware-spotlight-avoslocker - HiddenWasp may be a better example: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cyber-attacks/hiddenwasp-malware-targets-linux-systems-borrows-code-from-mirai-winnti
    35:42 Diamorphine LKM rootkit: https://github.com/m0nad/Diamorphine
    36:44 https://core.vmware.com/esxi - an example is ESXiArgs ransomware: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa23-039a
    38:42 Abuse.ch MalwareBazaar: https://bazaar.abuse.ch/
    38:49 Fraunhofer FKIE Malpedia: https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
    39:35 You could just run a Linux version of the virus aquarium: https://xkcd.com/350/
    39:52 A few examples of VM detection: https://www.cynet.com/attack-techniques-hands-on/malware-anti-vm-techniques/
    41:15 Joe Sandbox: https://www.joesandbox.com/
    42:10 No I won't, because I can't find it. Bit of Baader-Meinhof going on there...
    42:59 https://www.youtube.com/@SandflySecurity

    Craig on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craighrowland/
    Sandfly Security: https://sandflysecurity.com

    Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network

    Intro/outro music courtesy of Studio Kolomna via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/studiokolomna-2073170/

    Original video available at https://youtu.be/W-7edx7Le6Y?si=NOoOy1kF3KiVOPUe
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    45 mins
  • Cyber Conflict in the Middle East - Round One

    Cyber Conflict in the Middle East - Round One
    Apr 10 2024

    In today's episode of State of (Cyber)War, Hugo Tarrida and John Salomon talk about the background and current state of cyber conflict in the Middle East.

    We give an overview of some of the major state actors involved, and zero in on the structures, groups, and motivations of the two main regional adversaries - Iran and Israel.

    Notes and links:

    Due to the volume of supporting links and text, we've listed them on the CyAN blog, available here: https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/2024/04/10/state-of-cyberwar-episode-5-notes/

    Original video episode avaialable at https://youtu.be/X3wkTszRlck

    Hugo Tarrida on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-tarrida-32915a204/

    John Salomon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsalomon/

    Check out the rest of CyAN's media channels on https://cybersecurityadvisors.network/media - and visit us at https://cybersecurityadvisors.network

    Intro music courtesy of AlexiAction via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/alexiaction-26977400

    Outro music courtesy of Studio Kolomna via Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/studiokolomna-2073170
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    40 mins
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