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Weekly: Photon Team Talks BeagleBoys, DarkSide, and DeathStalker, oh my!

August 28, 2020 Digital Shadows

ShadowTalk hosts Kacey, Alec, Charles, and Rick bring you the latest in threat intel. In this week’s episode they cover:  

  • The Department of the Treasury, FBI, and the US Cyber Command issue an alert about North Korea's BeagleBoyz - what do we know and what does it mean?
  • DarkSide operation discovered attacking companies with ransom demands up to $2 Million
  • Charles discusses DeathStalker kill chain and their targets
  • Alec talks spy stories and potential internal threats to companies

Get this week’s intelligence summary at https://resources.digitalshadows.com/digitalshadows/weekly-intelligence-summary-28-august-2020

***Resources from this week’s podcast***

BeagleBoyz: https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-239a

DarkSide: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/darkside-new-targeted-ransomware-demands-million-dollar-ransoms/

DeathStalker: https://securelist.com/deathstalker-mercenary-triumvirate/98177/

Spy Story: https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-arrested-for-trying-to-recruit-an-insider-and-hack-a-nevada-company/

Cybercriminal Forum Rankings Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/alexa-who-is-the-number-one-cybercrminal-forum-to-rule-them-all/

Empire Exit Scam Blog: https://www.digitalshadows.com/blog-and-research/cybercriminal-underground-rocked-by-empires-apparent-exit-scam/

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