An update on the Uber breach. Emotet and other malware delivery systems. Belarusian Cyber Partisans work against the regime in Minsk. And risky piracy sites.

An update on the Uber breach. Emotet and other malware delivery systems. Belarusian Cyber Partisans work against the regime in Minsk. Grayson Milbourne of OpenText Security Solutions on the arms race for vulnerabilities. Rick Howard continues his exploration of cyber risk. And risky piracy sites–that’s on the Internet, kids, not the high seas.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:

https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/180

Selected reading.

Developments in the case of the Uber breach. (CyberWire)

Preliminary lessons from the Uber breach. (CyberWire)

Uber says “no evidence” user accounts were compromised in hack (The Verge)

Uber Claims No Sensitive Data Exposed in Latest Breach… But There's More to This (The Hacker News)

Uber apparently hacked by teen, employees thought it was a joke (The Verge)

Uber hacker claims to have full control of company's cloud-based servers (9to5Mac)

The Uber Hack’s Devastation Is Just Starting to Reveal Itself (WIRED) 

Uber was breached to its core, purportedly by an 18-year-old. Here’s what’s known (Ars Technica)

Uber hacked by teen who annoyed employee into logging them in - report (Jerusalem Post)

18-year-old allegedly hacks Uber and sends employees messages on Slack (Interesting Engineering)

Uber Investigating Massive Security Breach by Alleged Teen Hacker (Gizmodo)

Uber cyber attack: protecting against social engineering (Information Age)

Threat actor breaches many of Uber’s critical systems (Cybersecurity Dive)

Uber hacker claims to have full control of company's cloud-based servers (9to5Mac)

Uber confirms hack in the the latest access and identity nightmare for corporate America (SC Media)

Uber hacked, attacker tears through the company's systems (Help Net Security)

Uber confirms it is investigating cybersecurity incident (The Record by Recorded Future)

UBER HAS BEEN HACKED, boasts hacker – how to stop it happening to you (Naked Security)

Emotet and other malware delivery systems. (CyberWire)

Emotet botnet now pushes Quantum and BlackCat ransomware (BleepingComputer)

AdvIntel's State of Emotet aka "SpmTools" Displays Over Million Compromised Machines Through 2022 (AdvIntel)

August’s Top Malware: Emotet Knocked off Top Spot by FormBook while GuLoader and Joker Disrupt the Index (Check Point Software)

How Belarusian hacktivists are using digital tools to fight back (The Record by Recorded Future)

Malvertising on piracy sites. (CyberWire)

Unholy Triangle (Digital Citizens' Alliance)

Piracy Advertising Researchers Fall Victim to Ransomware Attacks (TorrentFreak)

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