NEW: Norwegian police implicate Fancy Bear in parliament hack, describe ‘brute forcing’ of email accounts cyberscoop.com/norwegian-poli…
Thanks to @martingund for the translation help. You should read his story on the Fancy Bear revelation here (in Norwegian): nrk.no/norge/storting…
Fancy Bear’s use of brute-forcing is the latest example of how so-called advanced persistent threat groups “don’t necessarily use advanced techniques,” said @likethecoins: cyberscoop.com/norwegian-poli…
Interesting comment from the Norwegian national police service spox when asked why the service doesn't have enough info to indict Fancy Bear: cyberscoop.com/norwegian-poli…
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ICYMI. Yesterday was a wild day of infosec news. Allow me to recap our coverage:
Dragos raised $110M from the investment arms of Koch Industries, Saudi Aramco and others. ICS security has hit the big stage: cyberscoop.com/dragos-raises-…
The Norwegians implicated Fancy Bear in the hack on Norwegian parliament. The intrusion techniques were none too fancy, though: cyberscoop.com/norwegian-poli…
FireEye says hackers stole its red-team tools, suggests state-sponsored group is to blame cyberscoop.com/fireeye-says-h…
“The FBI is investigating the incident and preliminary indications show an actor with a high level of sophistication consistent with a nation-state,” said Matt Gorham, assistant director of the FBI Cyber Division.
This is a rare case of the FBI commenting on an ongoing investigation...
Trump fires CISA chief Chris Krebs, who guarded the 2020 election from interference and domestic misinformation cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-kr…
Private-sector experts,& Democratic lawmakers "protested loudly that Krebs’ dismissal risked hurting national security @ a perilous moment for the country. But Republican lawmakers who have previously praised Krebs, a Trump appointee, were notably silent." cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-kr…
"He was a fixture at DEF Con and Black Hat, the Las Vegas security conferences, sporting brightly colored pants and adopting a self-deprecating style to connect with the crowd." (Also known as TLP Red Pants) cyberscoop.com/trump-chris-kr…