#263 - Intel Chat: BlackBasta, BlueNoroff, Operation ForumTroll & Aisuru
Update: 2025-11-03
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In this episode of The Cybersecurity Defenders Podcast, we discuss some intel being shared in the LimaCharlie community.
- The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) recently released a comprehensive 136-page report detailing the BlackBasta ransomware attack on Capita in March 2023.
- Kaspersky researchers have detailed two active campaigns from North Korean APT group BlueNoroff, which continue the group’s long-running SnatchCrypto operation targeting individuals in financial and tech sectors.
- The exploitation of the first Chrome zero-day of 2025 has been attributed to a state-sponsored threat actor involved in Operation ForumTroll, a cyber-espionage campaign targeting Russian entities across sectors like education, finance, media, and government.
- Netscout has identified a newly emerging Internet of Things (IoT) botnet, Aisuru, which has already launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks exceeding 20 Tbps, placing it among the most powerful botnets observed to date.
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