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This month’s member spotlight is Jeffrey (Jeff) Davidhizar, security analyst at Crutchfield Corporation. We asked Jeff to tell us more about how he transitioned from teaching math to middle and high school students to his career in cybersecurity. Can you introduce yourself? Tell us a little bit about your background and what you do at…

On March 20, 2023, Metabase Q security researchers reported the technical details of more than 20 different campaigns targeting organizations in Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Portugal with the Mispandu bank trojan. According to the report, the campaigns attempt to “steal credentials from users when accessing online banking, schools, government services, social media, gaming, ecommerce, public…

On March 16, 2023, SentinelLabs researchers reported the technical details of a cyberespionage campaign against government and telecommunications companies in multiple enterprises which they attribute to the Winter Vivern threat group. Context SentinelLabs researchers assess that current Winter Vivern activities align closely with Belarussian and Russian government interests. The SentinelLabs report is based on recent…

Digital transformation efforts continue to accelerate and are pivotal for industries to sustain business and ensure growth. The major challenge is securing applications against malicious bots. Marshalling the resources to achieve this requires explaining the quantitative and qualitative impacts bots have on your business in terms your board and C-Suite will understand. As a business…

Context During the second half of 2022, multiple RH-ISAC member analysts reported observing increases in fraud and phishing activity targeting popular social media figures and user-generated content (UGC) creators (i.e. “influencers”) leveraging member brand names as part of the scams. The fraud activity spikes observed in the past few months have been both prolific and…