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Threat Intelligence Research Lead for NETSCOUT's ASERT Research Team

Joined April 2013
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One self-signed TLS cert with "kickass" in it unraveled 633 proxy servers. That's CanOworms, the proxy-for-rent network @security_score STRIKE exposed. Here's what it means for third-party risk teams 🧵
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That's why IP, geography and ASN reputation keep failing. One IP can host 10,000 domains, leased for as little as 3 hours. Blocklists go stale before they ship.
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The FBI says its jobs-site breach came from a platform managed by a third party, after a contractor missed a patch Oracle had already issued. Patch SLAs in vendor contracts mean nothing if nobody verifies them. #TPRM #ThreatIntel nextgov.com/cybersecurity/20…
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Poisoned litellm 1.107.0 sat on PyPI for ~2 hours on Oct 21, built from a lookalike repo and stealing credentials. If your AI stack auto-pulls unpinned packages, that's a fourth party you never assessed. Pin, verify, rotate. #SupplyChain #AI docs.litellm.ai/blog/securit…
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The retailer owns the food. A refrigeration contractor often installed the controller and holds the remote access. That's why the cold-chain attacks are a third-party inventory problem, not just a firewall finding. Our analysis w/ @ayampolskiy #TPRM securityscorecard.com/blog/h…
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French reports say supermarket defrost settings were pushed to 50°C, at ~700 stores per France's Finance Minister. We used Driftnet to map 5,282 exposed Danfoss StoreView interfaces on 4,642 IPs. Exposure isn't compromise, but it's homework. #OT securityscorecard.com/blog/h…
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7M+ DDoS attacks were launched in the last 6 months of '23—and a number of them are politically motivated. In this Global Data episode, three cybersecurity experts discuss concerns around the protection of voter data in the upcoming UK elections. spoti.fi/3LS6yhF
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Venezuela's elections sparked protests after the president declared victory and the opposition disputed. ASERT identified a 10x increase in DDoS attacks on July 29, showing how political unrest can extend into the digital realm. netscout.link/6004YEVJ2 @NETSCOUT
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After arresting 3 linked to NoName057(16), the group declared a "holy war" on Spain, rallying pro-Russian hackers. @NETSCOUT has seen a rise in attacks on Spanish websites, but daily DDoS attacks remain normal for Spanish network operators. netscout.link/6009cHbt1
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