OpenSSL indeed patched. CISA is confident of election security. Killnet attempted DDoS against the US Treasury. XDR data reveals threat trends. BEC and gift cards. And that’s one sweet ride.

OpenSSL patches two vulnerabilities. CISA and election security. Killnet attempted DDoS against the US Treasury. XDR data reveals threat trends. Business email compromise and gift cards. Tim Starks from the Washington Posts’ Cybersecurity 202 has the latest on election security. A visit to the CyberWire’s Women in Cyber Security event. And consequences for Raccoon Stealer from the war in Ukraine. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/211 Selected reading. OpenSSL patched today. (CyberWire) OpenSSL Releases Security Update (CISA)  OpenSSL releases fixes for two ‘high’ severity vulnerabilities (The Record by Recorded Future) OpenSSL patches are out – CRITICAL bug downgraded to HIGH, but patch anyway! (Naked Security) Threat Advisory: High Severity OpenSSL Vulnerabilities (Cisco Talos Blog) OpenSSL Vulnerability Patch Released (Sectigo® Official) Clearing the Fog Over the New OpenSSL Vulnerabilities (Rezilion) OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2022-3602 (Remote Code Execution) and CVE-2022-3786 (Denial of Service) Check Point Research Update (Check Point Software) Undisclosed OpenSSL vulnerability: Free scripts for target scoping (Lightspin) Discussions of CISA’s part in elections and the JCDC. (CyberWire) U.S. Treasury thwarted attack by Russian hacker group last month-official (Reuters)  XDR data reveals threat trends. (CyberWire) What happens to a gift card given to a scammer? (CyberWire) How Russia’s war in Ukraine helped the FBI crack one of the biggest cybercrime cases in years (MarketWatch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices