Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge: 03/30/22

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Going Through FBI's "Oversight of the FBI Cyber Division" Testimony

The FBI has recently released its "Oversight of the FBI Cyber Division" in the form of a testimony which offers quite an important peek inside the FBI's understanding of current and emerging cyber threats including an understanding of its situational awareness in the world of cybercrime and cyber related fraud and threats.

An excerpt:

"The most significant nation-state threats we face are those from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. For years, our adversaries and strategic competitors have engaged in cyber espionage to collect intelligence and intellectual property to advance their geopolitical and economic goals."

The report also discusses nation-state actors ransomware and various other type of cybercrime threats which also include money mule recruitment including general and in-depth tips on how to report various cybercrime incidents.

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The FCC Adds Kaspersky to Its List of National Security Threats

The FCC has recently added Kaspersky products to it's list of National Security Threats while the company publicly issued a statement claiming that the decision was made on political grounds. The company also cited yet another decision by the U.S DHS back in 2017 which basically forbids U.S based companies from doing business with the company.

In the past I've discussed how central antivirus software "phone-back" URL locations can be easily used by U.S and international Intelligence Agencies including rogue nation-state or targeted threat actors for the purpose of hijacking them and feeding back malicious content similar to the U.S Intelligence Community's Top Secret program called "CAMBERDADA" which aims to collect malicious software samples from antivirus vendors which also includes Kaspersky using SIGINT by basically intercepting traffic courtesy of antivirus vendors and basically collecting the malicious software samples for research purposes.

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