#104 - Intel Chat: Pikabot, OpenAI boots APTs, GRU Military Unit 26165 & the Akira ransomware group

In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.ZScaler ThreatLabz are reporting on some recent campaigns, which started in February 2024, where they observed Pikabot reemerging with significant changes in its code base and structure.OpenAi is claiming that they have terminated accounts associated with state-affiliated threat actors.A January 2024 court-authorized operation has neutralized a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers that were used to commit crimes by the GRU Military Unit 26165.SecurityWeek is reporting on the fine folks at CISA who are urging the patching of a Cisco ASA flaw that is being used in ransomware.A document naming APT groups and operations can be found here.