More malware deployed in Eastern Europe. Cozy Bear is typosquatting. CuckooBees swarm around intellectual property. Tracking the DPRK’s hackers. Quiet persistence in corporate networks.

An upswing in malware deployed against targets in Eastern Europe. Cozy Bear is typosquatting. CuckooBees swarm around intellectual property. Tracking the DPRK’s hackers. Quiet persistence in corporate networks. CISA issues an ICS advisory. Caleb Barlow on backup communications for your business during this period of "shields up." Duncan Jones from Cambridge Quantum sits down with Dave to discuss the NIST algorithm finalist Rainbow vulnerability. And, hey, officer, honest, it was just a Squirtle….

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

https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/86

Selected reading.

Update on cyber activity in Eastern Europe (Google) 

Multiple government hacking groups stay busy targeting Ukraine and the region, Google researchers say (CyberScoop)

Google: Nation-state phishing campaigns expanding to target Eastern Europe orgs (The Record by Recorded Future)

SolarWinds hackers set up phony media outlets to trick targets (CyberScoop) 

SOLARDEFLECTION C2 Infrastructure Used by NOBELIUM in Company Brand Misuse (Recorded Future) 

Experts discover a Chinese-APT cyber espionage operation targeting US organizations (VentureBeat)

Operation CuckooBees: Cybereason Uncovers Massive Chinese Intellectual Property Theft Operation (Cybereason Nocturnus) 

Operation CuckooBees: Deep-Dive into Stealthy Winnti Techniques (Cybereason) 

Chinese hackers cast wide net for trade secrets in US, Europe and Asia, researchers say (CNN) 

Researchers tie ransomware families to North Korean cyber-army (The Record by Recorded Future)

The Hermit Kingdom’s Ransomware Play (Trellix)

New espionage group is targeting corporate M&A (TechCrunch) 

Cyberespionage Group Targeting M&A, Corporate Transactions Personnel (SecurityWeek) 

UNC3524: Eye Spy on Your Email (Mandiant) 

Yokogawa CENTUM and ProSafe-RS (CISA) 

Cops ignored call to nearby robbery, preferring to hunt Pokémon (Graham Cluley)

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