Weekly Security Sprint EP 6. DDoS, ransomware, targeted violence, and maybe some balloon talk.

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics:

Ransomware:

• Bleeping Computer: Massive ESXiArgs ransomware attack targets VMware ESXi servers worldwide, 3 Feb
• Risky Business News: Risky Biz News: Ransomware wave hits thousands of VMWare ESXi servers, 06 Feb
• CISA: VMware Releases Security Update for VMware vRealize Operations, 1 Feb
• Canadian Centre for Cyber Security: VMware security advisory (AV23-066), 3 Feb
• Valentine’s Day 2023, :sparkling_heart: and
• Ransomware! Webinar, REGISTER NOW! Ransomware: Planning and Protecting Your Organization, Recorded Future & Gate 15, 14 Feb

DDoS:

• Radware, Passion: A Russian Botnet, 31 Jan
• Bleeping Computer, New DDoS-as-a-Service platform used in recent attacks on hospitals, 01 Feb
• The Record: Customizable new DDoS service already appears to have fans among pro-Russia hacking groups, 03 Feb

Faith-Based Security:

• Fox 5, Las Vegas: Man threatened mass shooting at Las Vegas synagogue, police say, 31 Jan
• ABC 7 News: SFPD arrest man suspected of firing blank rounds inside synagogue, bringing gun into theater, 05 Feb
• Chinese Balloons: US DOD: Statement From Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, 04 Feb
• And see the Gate 15 SUN from Friday and Monday for numerous links.

Baking in Cybersecurity:

• Foreign Affairs: Stop Passing the Buck on Cybersecurity; Why Companies Must Build Safety Into Tech Products, 01 Feb
• Washington Post Cybersecurity 202: How CISA plans to get tech firms to bake security into their products, 06 Feb

Others:

• FBI: Elicitation Techniques, 31 Jan
• Voice of America, Russia Developing Weapons to Target Critical Subsea Cables, Pipelines, 02 Feb
• Reuters: Huge earthquake kills 2,600 in Turkey and Syria, bad weather worsens plight, 06 Feb