Tom

Tom

@tom.wicked.design

CEO & founder of wicked.design ✌️, lecturer at Swiss 🇨🇭 & Ukraine 🇺🇦 universities. Cyber guy turned social scientist & system theorist 📚 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) - vegan, cuz friends not food 🌱

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#php2shell, es sind doch die langweiligen Basics. In diesem Fall: ein Softwareinventar. Wo finde ich schnell & einfach erste Infos zu installierter Software. Ich weiss, in Zeiten von "AI-Hype-Super-Agent-SOCs" uncool, aber es hilft halt.

Ein zentrales Modul unserer @wicked.design CDI Plattform ist das IT-Hygiene Modul mit Softwareinventar. Unsere Kunden:innen nutzen dies sonst primär im Alltagsbetrieb. Aber in Fällen wie jetzt wird es auch für die Sicherheit essentiell.

🔸Identifikation: Wo finden wir PHP? 🔸Triage: Wie kritisch ist der Server, wo steht er, ist er öffentlich erreichbar, etc. 🔸Reaktion: Offline nehmen, Patches planen und durchführen, wieder online nehmen. 🔸Lessons Learned: Was lief gut? Was hätte man besser machen können?

Der Notepad++-Updater konnte umgeleitet werden und lud #Malware. Aus dem Grund kombinieren wir #Cybersecurity mit #IT-Betrieb und #Audit & #Compliance. Unsere Plattform erlaubt es tausende von Softwarepaketen einfach zu durchsuchen. Deswegen ist die Plattform auch offen für unsere Kunden:innen

Mit @wicked.design möchte ich nicht nur mehr Sicherheit schaffen, sondern auch den Alltag in #KMU vereinfachen. Der IT-Betrieb hat mittlerweile dutzende von Tools, die Compliance Anforderungen steigen, deswegen haben wir unsere Cyber Defence & IT Operations (CDI) Plattform gebaut.

Und im Gegensatz zu klassischen #MSSP managed security service providern ist sie keine Blackbox. Bei uns bekommt ihr Zugang zu euren Daten und könnt mit ihnen Arbeiten und für euren Alltag nutzen.

#Scattered #LAPSUS$ #Hunters #SLH website shinyhunte[.]rs disapeared and is displaying a personal warning message. #ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters #Cybercrime

#Cyber ist so lange ein IT Thema bis im Betrieb nichts mehr geht. IMHO einer der wichtigsten Punkte im neuen Bericht des @ncsc.gov.uk - und etwas was in den meisten Organisationen noch immer nicht angekommen ist. #Cybersecurity ist #Business!

Deswegen bin ich auch sehr skeptisch ob der Selbsteinschätzung der Firmen im Wirtschaftsschutz 2025 Bericht der @bitkom.org. Gerade im Mittelstand, aber auch in grossen Orgs, sehen wir noch immer einen IT Fokus. Kaum jemand verfügt über die CISO Rolle, und wenn dann meist wieder nur in der IT.

#StreetParade, #MobileDeviceManagement und #Risiken - warum ein #MDM alleine nicht reicht 📲 >800k Leute feierten an der weltgrössten Techno Parade in Züri. Darunter auch einige Diebe mit Fokus Mobiltelefone. Den Geräten wurde direkt die SIM-Karte entfernt und sie in Alufolie gewickelt.

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Somit besteht auch keine oder kaum mehr die Möglichkeit für ein MDM den angedachten remote wipe durchzuführen. Genau deswegen lohnt es ernsthaftes #Risikomanagement.

Was wollen wir schützen? Was haben wir für, regulatorische, Anforderungen? Wogegen wollen wir es schützen (was kann tatsächlich passiern)? Und vor allem, was machen wir wenn es passiert? Deswegen liefern wir nicht nur Excel Listen, sondern diskutieren mit unseren Kundinnen & Kunden!💪

#StreetParade, #MobileDeviceManagement und #Risiken - warum ein #MDM alleine nicht reicht 📲 >800k Leute feierten an der weltgrössten Techno Parade in Züri. Darunter auch einige Diebe mit Fokus Mobiltelefone. Den Geräten wurde direkt die SIM-Karte entfernt und sie in Alufolie gewickelt.

Häufig höre ich bei Kunden:innen: "Wir haben ein MDM, damit wir Geräte remote löschen können!" Die Idee ist gut, und häufig auch durch Compliance gefordert. Bis der Ernstfall eintritt. SIM-Karte weg, Netzverbindung getrennt 📵 Durch die Alufolie blockiert man WiFi 🛜, GPS🛰️

#Aeroflot airline got hacked by two pro-ukranian groups, #SilentCrow and #Cyberpartisans. 🛫🚫 🚩 7`000 servers — physical & virtual — destroyed. 🚩 Compromise of 122 hypervisors, 43 installations of ZVIRT virtualization, ~100 iLO interfaces, & 4 Proxmox clusters. #Ukraine 🇺🇦

Seems like quite some internal systems were infected by InfoStealers. Quite the irony given the fact that #infostealer like #Lumma, #RedLine, #Raccoon, #Vidar are russion developed and operated #CybercrimeAsaService platforms.

#LockBit #ransomware got breached and leaked tonight. A hacker called "kho-kho" (allegedly from Prague 🇨🇿) breached their panel & leaked a 30MB SQL dump containing: 💶 ~ 60K BTC addresses 💬 Negotiation chats with their victims 🛠️ Build info (dating back to Dec 2024) 📈 Client lists, etc.

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Lockbit confirmed: "On 7 May, someone hacked the light panel with auto registration for all comers, stole the database, but not a single decryptor and not a single company's stolen data were compromised. I'm investigating how they managed to hack it and rebuilding it now. 1/2

Full panel and blog are still functioning. The hacker supposedly goes by "kho-kho" from Prague. Let me know who he is—I'll pay real money if the information is genuine." 2/2

#LockBit #ransomware got breached and leaked tonight. A hacker called "kho-kho" (allegedly from Prague 🇨🇿) breached their panel & leaked a 30MB SQL dump containing: 💶 ~ 60K BTC addresses 💬 Negotiation chats with their victims 🛠️ Build info (dating back to Dec 2024) 📈 Client lists, etc.

It reveals the brutal reality of ransomware attacks. They are even attacking #schools: "Dude, we’re #non-profit, educating children,". Another victim begs: "Dear, $40k is my 6-year salary... Don't spoil my life." Just remember when #ALPHV / #BlackCat ransomed a breast cancer clinc.

After some analysis the campaign appears to use Tycoon2FA Phishing Kit. The website is loading O365 assets from oktacdn[.]com This domain has been attributed to Tycoon before. Any.Run: any.run/cybersecurit... Others like JoeSandbox or Hybrid Analysis currently label it as clean

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We currently see an uprising in Adobe QR code based phishing for MS O365 creds 🎣 Recipiens are named, TA apparently did some intel: ▶️ Company name ▶️ Employee names (First and Last) #Phishing #Adobe #O365 #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Awareness

We currently see an uprising in Adobe QR code based phishing for MS O365 creds 🎣 Recipiens are named, TA apparently did some intel: ▶️ Company name ▶️ Employee names (First and Last) #Phishing #Adobe #O365 #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Awareness

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Be cautious: As the QR code is ment to be scanned via smartphone, DNS and firewall blocking might have a limited effect! IOCs: ▶️ [01] no-reply@nepalpottery[.]com ▶️ [02] https://864b5744a8e3e6f83afff7bd2c6.altedsx[.]com/ ▶️ [03] https://w5vv.mdernstyle[.]ru/

We currently see an uprising in Adobe QR code based phishing for MS O365 creds 🎣 Recipiens are named, TA apparently did some intel: ▶️ Company name ▶️ Employee names (First and Last) #Phishing #Adobe #O365 #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Awareness

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It contains a lure about an updated company handbook and a QR code. The QR code leads to Cloudflare protected website [02]. It then forwards to a Microsoft Microsoft 365 themed phishing website [03].

Defender apparently picks up on it while other mail filters currently let it pass. Recommended actions: ▶️ Implement a block filter for the nepalpottery ▶️ Implementation of DNS filtering should be implemented. ▶️ Inform your organisation about the current situation.

We currently see an uprising in Adobe QR code based phishing for MS O365 creds 🎣 Recipiens are named, TA apparently did some intel: ▶️ Company name ▶️ Employee names (First and Last) #Phishing #Adobe #O365 #Microsoft #Cybersecurity #Awareness

The sender is the compromised mail account Nepal pottery [01]. The subject follows a certain pattern: <ORG-NAME>-2025 Q1 Staff Pay Adjustment Handbook-<NUMBER>

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US president pardons drug market founder and operator to “ honor of her [mother] and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly”. What a singal to law enforcement, law abiding citizens and everyone who works to make our society a safer and healthier place. #SilkRoad

Ich war in Bucha🇺🇦, habe mit den Menschen dort gesprochen, gesehen was die Russen verbrochen haben. Menschen haben mir von den Verbrechen erzählt. Und in der sicheren 🇨🇭sitzen Handlanger der Kriegsverbrecher wie Köppel. #SlavaUkraini #Ukraine

Anna Jikhareva@annajik.bsky.social

Die Maidan-Revolution nennt er einen „Staatsstreich“, die Massaker in Butscha mit hunderten ermordeten Zivilist:innen stellt er in Frage: Wie der SVP-Journalist Roger Köppel zum nützlichen Gehilfen des russischen Regimes wurde. Unsere grosse Recherche in der @woz.ch: www.woz.ch/2503/medien-...

Apparent threat actor: agricamex[.]com 🎣 We observed this domain cloning #MS #Azure #Entra ID websites of our clients. Domain fronted by #Cloudflare, registered by #GoDaddy. Cert transparency logs shows activiy since around 2025-01-12. Inc. #Okta, #ADFS, #SCP, #outlook and #O365

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We had to evacuate Los Angeles. Most people I know there have also had to leave. We are safe in San Diego and our apartment is unlikely to burn down. We are very lucky. But alongside the visceral horror of the wildfires there is also the mundanity of dystopia www.404media.co/were-fine-lo...

404media.co‘We’re Fine’: Lying to Ourselves About a Climate DisasterThe dystopia of Los Angeles' fires are horrifying, mundane, and everything in between.

#VW

Flüpke@fluepke.bsky.social

Liebe:r VW Mitarbeiter:in oder Zuliefer:in! Ich verstehe Deinen Frust! 💜 Deine (anonyme) Nummer gegen Kummer: E7A8EUDW (Threema ID) (Der Screenshot ist aus einer VW Firmware, please retweet!)

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I love that Apple is trying to do privacy-related services, but this just appeared at the bottom of my Settings screen over the holiday break when I wasn’t paying attention. It sends data about my private photos to Apple.

cat.exe stopped working. Resource exhaustion. Chilling after Christmas 🎄 🐈 #cat #catsofbsky #christmas #AdoptDontShop #AnimalRescue #tierschutz

Die elektronische Patientenakte - ein jahrelanges Trauerspiel. Wie so oft "Es kann nicht sein was nicht sein darf!" 🙊🙈🙉 Politische Entscheidungen & ihre Auswirkungen auf unser aller (Cyber)Sicherheit. What about 🇨🇭 Elektronisches Patientendossier (EPDG) 🤔 ogy.de/rpag #38C3 #CCC #Gematik #ePA

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It is this time of the year again - happy holidays 🎄, merry Christmas 🎅🏻 and a lovely festive season to all our friends, partners and clients! We don’t print physical cards or send out fancy gifts, we make a donation to an amazing organisation 👉🏻 www.limon-vergessene-seelen.de

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🔹In December I was able to onboard my first colleague, expanding our team to Spain 🇪🇸 What a wild ride. Never would I have thought we go international within the first year as a bootstrapped startup 🚀

It is this time of the year again - happy holidays 🎄, merry Christmas 🎅🏻 and a lovely festive season to all our friends, partners and clients! We don’t print physical cards or send out fancy gifts, we make a donation to an amazing organisation 👉🏻 www.limon-vergessene-seelen.de

2024 was a truly extraordinary year. 🔹In March, I founded wicked.design 🚀 - providing #cybersecurity services & consulting I wish I had when I was a #CISO. 🔹I was able to visit #Ukraine 🇺🇦, speaking at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv about the risks of cyber-security & gov databases.

🔹In summer, we organised the first remote lecture at #KNU, giving students from Ukraine and Poland an introduction to cyber-security, threat actors and current activities in the cyberspace. 🔹Together with #FHNW and #UZH, we did some amazing lectures on cyber-security and #OSINT.

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