Name: Threat Talk Thursday E04: Cuba Ransomware and Flax Typhoon Investigations
Start: 2023-09-28T16:00:00Z
End: 2023-09-28T16:00:41.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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A global leader in Supply Chain Detection and Response,  SecurityScorecard empowers swift management and mitigation of critical third-party risks.

Our mission is to make the world a safer place by transforming the way organizations understand, mitigate, and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees, and vendors. Here, you'll find content filled with experts chatting through the evolving cybersecurity threat landscape, how to monitor (and remediate) your cybersecurity posture (and that of your vendors), potential regulation around cyber risk mitigation, and more!

You can monitor your organization's risk with a free account here: https://securityscorecard.com/free-account-trial/

The risk landscape is changing faster than ever. Cyber incidents now spark operational shutdowns, vendor instability exposes sensitive data, and regional disruptions cascade into financial and reputational loss. Risks that once seemed separate now move together and demand an integrated response.

Join Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard, and Jenna Wells, CEO of Supply Wisdom, for a thought-provoking discussion on how leading organizations are redefining readiness in a world of converging threats.

Discover how continuous, multi-domain intelligence helps teams anticipate disruption, act faster, and build confidence across the enterprise.

Learn how to move beyond cyber awareness toward continuous readiness, where real-time insights drive decisive action, regulatory assurance, and resilience that lasts.

Key Discussion Themes: 
• Why readiness today demands a unified view across cyber, financial, operational, and compliance domains
• How connected intelligence empowers security and risk teams to prioritize what matters most
• How collaboration between Supply Wisdom and SecurityScorecard helps enterprises operationalize continuous monitoring and rapid response

Redefining Readiness in an Era of Converging Risk: Why managing cyber risk means managing every kind of risk

La ciberseguridad es hoy un pilar estratégico para proteger a las organizaciones y garantizar continuidad del negocio. En este webinar en vivo, exploraremos cómo planificar la estrategia de ciberseguridad para 2026, utilizando SecurityScorecard como aliado clave en la medición, gestión y reducción de riesgos.

Planificando La estrategia de Ciberseguridad 2026, usando SecurityScorecard

Over half (52.6%) of Indian vendors experienced a third-party breach in the last year,  a signal that India’s globally embedded vendor ecosystem is both a powerhouse and a prime target.

From IT services to pharmaceuticals, attackers are exploiting trust relationships to move laterally across organizations. 
Learn how smarter oversight and continuous monitoring can help secure one of the world’s most critical supplier landscapes.

Our experts, Vikram Bhatti and Adam Denyer-Hampton will discuss: 

• What makes Indian vendors both high-value and high-risk?
• Why vendor scores in India are so polarized — and what that means for you
• Navigating the paradox of secure-yet-breached IT providers
• Red flags to watch when onboarding pharma, auto, and semiconductor suppliers
• Real-time risk monitoring and how to uncover hidden fourth-party exposures
• Practical advice for building resilience across India-dependent supply chains

A Security Assessment of Key Indian Suppliers: Third-Party Cyber Risks to Global Supply Chains

Is your supply chain a cyber risk blind spot? Vulnerabilities within your vendor ecosystem can severely impact your organization's security and bottom line. If you're grappling with limited visibility, complex supplier networks, and the constant threat of third-party breaches, this webinar is for you.

Join us to discover how a managed Supply Chain Detection and Response (SCDR) service, like SecurityScorecard MAX, transforms your approach to vendor risk. We'll explore:

- How to move from merely identifying risks to actively remediating them and building a stronger defense.
- How proactive, expert-led vendor engagement and continuous monitoring directly translate into significant cost savings and operational efficiencies.
- The differences between traditional third-party risk management and managed supply chain detection and response,
- Best practices and success stories from your peers who have adopted this new approach.

Fortifying Your Supply Chain: The ROI of Managed Supply Chain Detection and Response

The STRIKE Threat Intelligence team at SecurityScorecard has just unveiled a new research report on a sweeping espionage operation weaponizing home routers into a global spying operation.

The report on Operation WrtHug underscores a critical shift in global espionage: State-backed actors are systematically co-opting consumer devices like your home router to build pervasive spy networks.

Join SecurityScorecard's STRIKE Team—Gilad F. Maizles (Security Researcher), Marty Kareem (Signals Collection Engineer), and Ryan Sherstobitoff (Field Chief Threat Intelligence Officer)—alongside Shannon Vavra, award-winning journalist and Senior Content Writer at SecurityScorecard, for a discussion of the findings and implications of this global espionage campaign:

• The Unique Digital Fingerprint: How STRIKE unearthed thousands of compromised ASUS routers worldwide.

• The Geopolitical Web at Play: Why the operation heavily focused on Taiwan and how the attack's methods align with previously observed China-affiliated campaigns.

• The End-of-Life Threat: Key mitigation steps against attacks that exploit End-of-Life (EoL) devices.

Reserve a seat today!

Read the report and visit the blog on the research: https://securityscorecard.com/blog/operation-wrthug-the-global-espionage-campaign-hiding-in-your-home-router

The Silent Spies Hiding in Thousands of Devices: Operation WrtHug

Are you stuck in a reactive cycle of third-party risk management? Today's threat landscape demands organizations move beyond limited visibility of their supply chain ecosystem and basic due diligence. 

Join us for this session as we demystify the supply chain cybersecurity maturity curve and outline the concrete steps required to turn fragmented defense into a coordinated, long-term capability to identify, prioritize, and take action on cyber risks. We will break down the entire journey from basic due diligence to the most mature stage: supply chain incident response.

In this webinar, you will learn how to:

- Benchmark Your Maturity: Understand the four stages of supply chain cybersecurity maturity and pinpoint the constraints that are holding your program back.
- Implement the SCDR Framework: Discover the approach of Supply Chain Detection and Response (SCDR) and how it shifts your focus from passive measurement to active, coordinated action.
- Leverage Key Accelerators: Learn how you can overcome roadblocks and dramatically accelerate your progress up the curve.
- Achieve Quantifiable Results: Discover how to transform your TPRM team into supply chain incident responders.

From Checkbox Compliance to Active Defense: Mastering the Supply Chain Cybersecurity Maturity Curve

What if you could harness the power of AI to transform your third-party risk management program?

In today's complex supply chain risk environment, managing cyber risk is no longer just about receiving a single security rating and traditional vendor assessments. Manual processes leave security teams spending countless hours gathering data and chasing down responses. This time-consuming, reactive approach leaves you vulnerable and unable to focus on the most critical threats. You need a smarter, more efficient way that provides deeper, proactive insights, such as industry benchmarking for vendors and automating workflows to prioritize the highest-risk issues.

Join us to learn how SecurityScorecard is leveraging AI to help you:

-- Automate Your Workflows: Automatically trigger questionnaires and streamline the entire assessment process.
-- Leverage Intelligent Automation: Analyze vendor documents and auto-fill questionnaire responses, saving you time and ensuring accuracy.
-- Prioritize with Precision: Analyze your portfolio to identify the most critical risks and prioritize your remediation efforts.
-- Operationalize with Ease: Discover how to integrate AI-driven insights into your existing systems for a truly seamless and efficient program.
-- Turn Data into Action: Get a clear, quantifiable view of your risk posture, enabling you to make smarter, data-driven decisions.

Luke, Anne, and Kelsey will discuss our AI vision, how we use AI responsibly and securely, our current AI offerings, and the future of AI at SecurityScorecard. 

Please come with questions! We want to make this webinar interactive and relevant to you.

AI-Powered Third-Party Risk Management: Go Beyond the Score

Únete a nuestro webinar en vivo y descubre cómo automatizar la gestión de riesgos de terceros para fortalecer la postura de ciberseguridad de tu cadena de suministro.
Mostraremos cómo las organizaciones pueden anticiparse a las amenazas con un enfoque más eficiente, continuo y proactivo.

Automatizando la gestión de Riesgos de Terceros

We've entered a new era of cyber risk, where attackers have shifted from targeting organizations directly to exploiting the weakest links in their supply chains. This is a critical concern for CISOs, as a single breach can have catastrophic global consequences.

As regulatory bodies intensify their focus on supply chain cybersecurity, many organizations find themselves unprepared to effectively manage their supply chain risk programs. Enter Supply Chain Detection and Response (SCDR). Join us to discover how you can enhance your organization’s security posture and protect against sophisticated threats

Becoming Supply Chain Resilient: Lessons from Recent Cyber Outages
--> Supply chain disruptions can be catastrophic, highlighting the need to know your supply chain (KYSC) for cyber resilience. Security teams must map dependencies, identify critical vendors, and gain visibility into their extended ecosystem. 

Transforming Supply Chain Security into Proactive Detection and Incident Response
--> Explore the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures cybercriminals use to target supply chains and how a managed service can streamline security processes and reduce operational costs.

From Reactive to Resilient: A New Mindset for Supply Chain Cybersecurity

We've entered a new era of cyber risk, where attackers have shifted from targeting organizations directly to exploiting the weakest links in their supply chains. This is a critical concern for CISOs, as a single breach can have catastrophic global consequences.

As regulatory bodies intensify their focus on supply chain cybersecurity, many organizations find themselves unprepared to effectively manage their supply chain risk programs. Enter Supply Chain Detection and Response (SCDR). Join us to discover how you can enhance your organization’s security posture and protect against sophisticated threats.

--> Becoming Supply Chain Resilient: Lessons from Recent Cyber Outages
--> Supply chain disruptions can be catastrophic, highlighting the need to know your supply chain (KYSC) for cyber resilience. Security teams must map dependencies, identify critical vendors, and gain visibility into their extended ecosystem. 
--> Transforming Supply Chain Security into Proactive Detection and Incident Response
--> Explore the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures cybercriminals use to target supply chains and how a managed service can streamline security processes and reduce operational costs.

As boards face AI risk, digital transformation, and evolving regulation, technical expertise has become essential. But when it comes to board seats, CISOs or CTOs are often underrepresented.

Why Every CEO Needs a CISO or CIO on the Board and How to Get a Board Seat if You Are One

Adversarial AI is geometrically making cyber a symmetric threat, fundamentally altering the cybersecurity equation. However, there are leaders who have successfully navigated these emerging challenges and understand the implications. Join Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy (CEO & Co-Founder, SecurityScorecard) and Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala (CEO, Securin Inc.) as they dive into:

- Adversarial AI geometrically making cyber a symmetric threat - How AI is eliminating traditional defender advantages and creating equal-footing warfare
- AI in general, what it means for a new attack surface - The expansion beyond traditional vectors into AI-specific vulnerabilities and exploitation methods
- Are we prepared and ready for AI attacks - Current organizational readiness, gaps in defense capabilities, and what immediate action is required

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Adversarial AI: The New Symmetric Threat Landscape

China-linked threat actors, nation-state threats, and criminals are strategically targeting critical infrastructure and telecommunications in the United States. These operations have compromised presidential campaign communications and telecommunications firms.

Telecom infrastructure’s legacy technology, sprawling networks, and sensitive information make it a high-value, hard-to-defend target for resourced hackers. This webinar will convene SecurityScorecard experts to discuss geopolitical stakes, operational challenges, and defense strategies needed to counter these threats.

- Why telecom is a priority target for China-linked actors and what Salt Typhoon reveals about systemic vulnerabilities
- How public-private coordination can improve detection, response, and resilience across the telecom ecosystem
- Practical steps to strengthen visibility, harden defenses, and secure the telecom supply chain through continuous monitoring

Register today!

Defending Telecommunications and Critical Infrastructure Against China-Linked Threat Actors and Emerging Risks

Your business relies on a complex network of suppliers. This creates opportunities for attackers. New research shows that over 70% of organizations experienced a material third-party cyber incident in the past year. Your current risk management strategy may not be enough to protect you.

This webinar explores the critical findings from our 2025 Supply Chain Cybersecurity Trends report. We surveyed nearly 550 global security leaders to understand the gap between perceived security and actual resilience.

Join us to learn:

- Why visibility is a critical failure point. Fewer than half of organizations monitor the cybersecurity of even 50% of their nth-party supply chains. Most companies are blind to their most significant risks.
- How leaders assess the impact of an attack. Breaches create a chain reaction of consequences. These include financial recovery costs, production downtime, and service delivery disruption.
- Why confidence may be an illusion. 88% of executives express concern about supply chain risks. Fewer than half are "very confident" they could maintain operations after a critical vendor incident.
- How to move from passive monitoring to active response. Many security programs rely on vendor questionnaires and cyber insurance. See why leading teams are integrating rapid incident response to build true operational resilience.

Beyond Prevention: Why Your Supply Chain Requires Real-Time Incident Response

“The Israel-Iran conflict underscores a critical shift in modern warfare: Cyber-operations are no longer secondary but fundamental to geopolitical disputes.”

Join Ryan Sherstobitoff (Field Chief Threat Intelligence Officer), Gilad Maizles (Security Researcher), and Shannon Vavra (Intelligence Content Strategist) for this webinar, where they’ll take a deeper dive into the:

-- 250K+ messages analyzed and the role of Telegram
-- Rise of hybrid threat actors and more complicated attribution
-- Future of cyber warfare in conjunction with kinetic conflict

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From the Depths of the Shadows: IRGC & Hacker Collectives of the 12-Day War

“It is also a common trap of giving inexperienced customers a false sense of security…” 
~Navigating Supply Chain Cyber Risk

TPRM processes today are filled with thousands of pages of questionnaires, assessments, and more, but does that status quo really help secure your vendor ecosystem?

Join Aleksandr Yampolskiy (CEO & Co-Founder, SecurityScorecard) and Alex Golbin (Co-Author, Navigating Supply Chain Cyber Risk) as they chat about:
-- The journey to becoming a TPRM expert and how the space has evolved 
-- Best practices for organizations to better manage their vendor ecosystem risk
-- How the AI agent economy is set to impact the future of TPRM

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The Author’s Take: The Past, Present, & Future of Third Party (Cyber) Risk Management

Following the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 2023, a wide variety of threat actors began claiming responsibility for cyberattacks against entities linked to both sides of the conflict.

Join SecurityScorecard’s Carrie Mulcahy, Rob Ames, and James Niven for this month’s episode of Threat Talk Thursday, where we’ll dive into:
- cyber dimensions of the war thus far,
- the kinds of groups who have gotten involved and their activity,
- SecurityScorecard’s unique findings about the activity, and 
- steps organizations can take to defend themselves.

Threat Talk Thursday E05: The Cyber Dimensions of the Israel-Hamas War

Virtualization has transformed how organizations operate, but it has also attracted the attention of threat actors seeking new avenues for attack. With defensive solutions like EDR and AV not existent for ESXi, it's time to equip your defenses with effective strategies.

Join us as we dive deep into threat hunting, detection, and mitigation strategies tailored specifically for ESXi servers. In this episode, you can expect to learn how to:
- stay ahead of the ransomware storm
- understand how to reinforce virtualization's power
- uncover how malicious tools targeting ESXi blend in well with regular system administrator actions
- unmask the toolbox of threat actors targeting ESXi
- discover the ingenuity of threat actors who leverage notes, passwords, and keylogging tactics

Be ready to conquer the ransomware battlefield with a treasure trove of insights that arm you with knowledge, strategies, and a fortified mindset. Register today!

E03: Uncover & Thwart Pre-Ransomware Threats Targeting ESXi Servers

Join SecurityScorecard’s James Niven, Senior Staff Threat Researcher, and Rob Ames, Staff Threat Researcher, for our second episode of Threat Talk Thursday: "Spiders, Kittens, & Bears, Oh My!" -- a deep dive into notorious threat actor groups (Threat Actors 101).

In this episode, we’ll dive into some of the threat actors behind zero-day and other vulnerability exploit campaigns. We'll discuss:
- threat actor groups
- zero-day discoveries/vulnerability exploit campaigns, and
- their involvement in high-profile attacks

Threat Talk Thursday E02: Spiders, Kittens, & Bears, Oh My!

Join SecurityScorecard’s Threat Intelligence team and fellow cybersecurity experts as we delve deep into the cutting-edge realm of zero-day vulnerabilities, where the foundations of our digital infrastructure are tested and challenged.

Each episode will shed light on:
 - some of the most recent zero-day discoveries,
 - their potential implications,
 - their exploitation techniques, and
 - the countermeasures being developed to defend against them.

Tune into our first episode to stay ahead of the curve and learn the latest on MOVEit, Fortinet Fortigate, and more!

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Join SecurityScorecard’s threat researchers Rob Ames and James Niven for an investigative journey in this episode of Threat Talk Thursday.

Rob and James will share the steps they took using the Attack Surface Intelligence engine to identify additional Cuba Ransomware and Flax Typhoon threat actor infrastructure that were not originally linked to recently reported malicious activity. Attack Surface Intelligence can help threat researchers better understand how threat actors are operating and to develop more effective mitigation strategies.

In this webinar, you will learn:
- What is Attack Surface Intelligence and how does it work?
- How can ASI be used to identify threat actor infrastructure?
- How can ASI be used to protect your organization from attack?

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