DDoS trends. Asia sees a Lancefly infestation. Lessons from cyber actuaries. Infostealers in the C2C market. False flags.

DDoS "carpet bombing." Lancefly infests Asian targets. Cyber insurance trends. Infostealers in the C2C market. A Russian espionage service is masquerading as a criminal gang. KillNet’s running a psyop radio station of questionable quality. Joe Carrigan describes baiting fraudsters with fake crypto. Our guest is Gemma Moore of Cyberis talking about how red teaming can upskill detection and response teams. And geopolitical DDoS.

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

https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/94

Selected reading.

2023 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report (Corero)

Lancefly: Group Uses Custom Backdoor to Target Orgs in Government, Aviation, Other Sectors (Symantec)

2023 Cyber Claims Report (Coalition)

The Growing Threat from Infostealers (Secureworks)

Cybercriminals who targeted Ukraine are actually Russian government hackers, researchers say (TechCrunch)

DDoS Attacks Targeting NATO Members Increasing (Netscout)

Following the long-running Russian aggression against Ukraine. (The CyberWire)

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