We have recently published several in-depth news articles on threat intelligence and the 2022 RSA conference. Below is the news recap, but before we begin, there is one piece of news that you might be interested in.
1. [News] South Korea’s Spy Agency Speaks Out Against Former Director’s Claim of Keeping Public Figures’ Information
South Korea’s intelligence agency released a written statement last Saturday in response to the former director’s interview with a local radio program. In the statement, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) strongly condemned the former director’s remarks. “All agents are confined to secrecy under the law,” said the NIS. The intelligence agency also requested the former chief to refrain from mentioning the agency in public appearance. Two days before the statement, the former chief of the NIS, Park Ji-Won, admitted in front of a national audience that there are internal documents related to the personal information of public figures within the intelligence agency. According to the interview, the agency has kept personal information files dating back to the 1960’s.
2. [Intelligence] Raccoon Stealer Is Back on Track
The operator of Raccoon Stealer, who was out of action since the Russia-Ukraine War began, has recently been confirmed to have returned with an upgraded V2 version. The current V2 version is disguised as a cracked software installation file that was often used in the past V1 distribution. Link to the article
3. [Intelligence] Reblackhat Forum Operator Running Scam Campaign Using RaidForums as Bait
A user impersonating the operator of RaidForums, which was shut down in February of this year, has recently appeared with a scam campaign. Link to the article
4. [RSAC 2022] Why the Truth Matters
“The veracity of information is the absolute imperative in cybersecurity.” The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RSA said at the world’s largest cybersecurity conference, RSAC, on June 6. During the event, which was held in San Francisco from June 6 to 9, Rohit Ghai dedicated nearly one third of his twenty-four minute opening keynote to talk about the importance of accurate information. Link to the article
5. [RSAC 2022] Reframing Security as Innovation
“Imagine that someone was to break into your house and stay for nine months. It is unthinkable in the real world, but in cyber this is the problem that we are up against,” said Tom Gillis during the opening keynotes at the RSA conference Monday. Link to the article
6. [RSAC 2022] BEC Is the Next Ransomware: Ransomware Attackers Will Turn Their Eyes to BEC
While business email compromise (BEC) attacks are relatively less well known than ransomware attacks, they will soon dominate the threat landscape, an expert of threat intelligence (TI) said Monday. Link to the article
