Ukraine's Defense Intelligence warns of coming Russian cyberattacks against infrastructure. Next moves for Lapsus$? Cashout scams and neglected wallets. Developments in the Optus breach.

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Ukraine's Defense Intelligence warns of coming Russian cyberattacks against infrastructure. Next moves for Lapsus$? We know it’s a bear market, but take a look at your wallet, crypto speculators, at least now and then. Mr Security Answer Person john Pescatore on next year's most over-hyped term. Ben Yelin explains a thirty five million dollar data privacy settlement. And, finally, developments in the Optus breach.

For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:

https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/186

Selected reading.

Invaders Preparing Mass Cyberattacks on Facilities of Critical Infrastructure of Ukraine and Its Allies (Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine)

Ukraine Says Russia Planning 'Massive Cyberattacks' on Critical Infrastructure (SecurityWeek)

Ukraine warns of Russian cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure (Computing)

Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns (Ars Technica)

Ukraine warns allies: Russia plans 'massive cyberattacks' (Register)

Hackers Working With Russia to Coordinate Cyberattacks, Google Says - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts (Wall Street Journal)

Viasat Hack "Did Not" Have Huge Impact on Ukrainian Military Communications, Official Says (Zero Day)

Who’s next in Lapsus$’ crosshairs? (Digital Shadows)

Report: Sift Uncovers New Cashout Scam Targeting Forgotten Crypto Accounts (GlobeNewswire News Room)

Optus hacker releases 10,000 customers' details and issues new threat (Sky News)

‘Last thing I need’: Optus customer scrambles to protect himself (Australian Financial Review)

An alleged hacker has offered their 'deepest apologies' to Optus. Here's the latest on the data breach (ABC)

Singtel's Optus under further fire for cyber breach; purported hackers claim data deleted (The Straits Times)

‘Not feasible’ to crack properly encrypted data (Australian Financial Review)

Optus hack not 'sophisticated' as claims 10,000 customers have data publicly released (9News)

Everything Happening in This Optus Cyberattack Shitstorm, I Promise (Vice)

Australian cybersecurity minister lambasts Optus for ‘unprecedented' hack (The Record by Recorded Future)

FBI Working With Australian Authorities on Optus Cyberattack (MarketScreener)