Wednesday Jun 14, 2023

Coffee Talk with SURGe: 2022-JUNE-28 Iran Steel Industry, Killnet DDoS, LockBit 3.0, PowerShell

Grab a cup of coffee and join Ryan Kovar, Mick Baccio, and Audra Streetman for another episode of Coffee Talk with SURGe. You can watch the episode livestream here.

The team from Splunk discussed the latest security news, including:

Check Point Research's analysis of cyberattacks targeting Iran's steel industry

Killnet launches DDoS attacks against Lithuanian government websites in response to EU sanctions affecting Kaliningrad

LockBit announces a bug bounty program and the release of LockBit 3.0

Conti shuts down its Tor servers as affiliates infiltrate other ransomware operations

Secureworks finds China-linked APT groups are using ransomware as a decoy for espionage and stealing intellectual property

Cybersecurity agencies argue against disabling PowerShell