#186 - Intel Chat: Amit Yoran, USDoD, BeyondTrust & LDAPNightmare
Update: 2025-01-08
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In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some cutting-edge intel coming out of LimaCharlie's community Slack channel.
- We pause to honor the life and legacy of Amit Yoran, a visionary leader in the world of cybersecurity who passed away on January 4, 2025, after battling cancer.
- In April 2024, a threat actor known as "USDoD" advertised a massive database for sale on BreachForums, claiming it contained 2.9 billion records encompassing personal information of individuals from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
- In December 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department disclosed a significant cybersecurity breach attributed to Chinese state-sponsored hackers.
- SafeBreach Labs has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for CVE-2024-49113, dubbed "LDAPNightmare." This vulnerability affects Windows Servers using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and enables attackers to crash unpatched systems.
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