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🗓️ 26 July 2025
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0:00.0 | You're listening to the Cyberwire Network, powered by N2K. |
0:09.7 | Welcome with ThreatVector, the Palo Alto Networks podcast, where we discuss pressing cybersecurity threats and resilience and uncover insights in the latest industry |
0:21.7 | trends. I'm your host, David Moulton, Senior Director of Thought Leadership for Unif 42, and today I'm back |
0:28.3 | with two returning guests on the podcast. Sam Rubin is the head of Unif42 with over 20 years of |
0:34.0 | experience. Sam has built and led world-class cybersecurity teams at the |
0:38.0 | Cripsis Group in Stros Feinberg. He now oversees the global consulting and threat |
0:42.6 | intelligence teams at Unif 42. Christopher Russo, principal threat researcher at Unif 42, |
0:49.1 | was one of the first guests appearing all the way back on episode two, where we discussed |
0:53.2 | early findings on the |
0:54.6 | cybercrime group known as Muddle Libra. |
0:57.4 | Since then, Christopher has continued tracking this evolving threat actor and published deep |
1:01.6 | technical insights that helped defenders counter-sophisticated attacks. |
1:17.0 | Today, we're going to talk about Muddled Libra's resurgence in 2025, their use of destructive extortion, evolution into cloud-first attacks, and the steps organizations can take to stay |
1:21.8 | ahead of this fast-moving adversary. |
1:25.4 | Chris, it's great to have you back on the show. |
1:27.6 | You were one of our first guests back on episode two, and you helped introduce many |
1:32.0 | listeners to Muddled Libra for the first time. |
1:34.5 | How has your perspective on this group evolved since then? |
1:38.3 | So this is an incredibly interesting group, because what we've seen is a shift from being |
1:43.9 | one primary focus, |
1:46.4 | less than two dozen attackers, really going after the supply chain crypto-oriented attack. |
1:54.3 | We've seen it split into different teams, and these teams are structured kind of like what you would expect to see in the |
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