May 22nd security research GossiTheDog was able to get Microsoft Recall. His wrote a long thread on Mastodon regarding it. The full thread is linked at the bottom of this if you're interested in the photos he shared.

tl;dr highlights:
- Enabled by default and globally in Microsoft Intune managed users for businesses
- Disabling recording of websites in Control Panel or GPO is still ... enabled (???), disabling recording of websites only stops recording in Microsoft Edge (???)
- Recall uses Core AI Platform service
- Screenshots are titled "Snapshots"
- Images are stored in APPDATA directory, administrative privileges not required to access storage
- Processed data stored in SQLite database, can be viewed programmatically

More information: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112479974357074203

Updates to vx-underground:

- 2024-03-13 - RisePro stealer targets Github users in “gitgub” campaign
- 2024-04-09 - Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide
- 2024-04-24 - Pakistani APTs Escalate Attacks on Indian Gov. Seqrite Labs Unveils Threats and Connections
- 2024-05-01 - Ransom-War: Russian Extortion Operations as Hybrid Warfare, Part One
- 2024-05-02 - Dissecting LOCKBIT v3 ransomware
- 2024-05-04 - 191 Australian Organizations affected by ZircoDATA Breach Linked to Russian Ransomware Gang
- 2024-05-06 - Agent Tesla Malware Analysis
- 2024-05-09 - Case Study: Latrodectus - Analyzing and Implementing String Decryption Algorithms
- 2024-05-10 - AA24-131A: Stop Ransomware: Black Basta
- 2024-05-10 - Dissecting REMCOS RAT: An in-depth analysis of a widespread 2024 malware Part IV

From the United States Department of Justice:

911 S5 Botnet Dismantled and Its Administrator Arrested in Coordinated International Operation

Botnet Infected Over 19M IP Addresses to Enable Billions of Dollars in Pandemic and Unemployment Fraud, and Access to Child Exploitation Materials

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/911-s5-botnet-dismantled-and-its-administrator-arrested-coordinated-international-operation

Write your local government representatives and demand any company introducing AI into their products be jailed for 15,000 years.

We've updated the vx-underground papers collection. You won't believe what we've added. The 3rd paper will blow your mind!

^ That's how some media outlets write and no one likes it, not even the writers

Over the past couple of weeks several high-profile Threat Actors, believed to be operating out of the United States or United Kingdom, suddenly disappeared

There is no evidence of rebrand or exit. All contact addresses are active, logs still present. They just vanished 🤔

Today we spoke with multiple individuals privy to and involved in the alleged TicketMaster breach.

Sometime in April an unidentified Threat Group was able to get access to TicketMaster AWS instances by pivoting from a Managed Service Provider. The TicketMaster breach was not performed by ShinyHunters group. ShinyHunters is the individual and/or group which posted the auction of the data, they are acting as a proxy for the Threat Group responsible for the compromise.

Based on data provided to us by the Threat Group responsible for the compromise, we can assert with a high degree of confidence the data is legitimate. Date ranges in the database appear to go as far back as 2011. However, some dates show information from the mid-2000's. Data shared with us includes:

- Full name
- Email address
- Address
- Telephone number
- Credit card number (hashed)
- Credit card type, authentication type, etc
- All user financial transactions

NOTE: The data provided to us, even as a 'sample', was absurdly large and made it difficult to review in depth. We are unable to verify the authenticity of financial information. Briefly skimming the PII present in the dump, it appears authentic.

Law enforcement agencies across the globe have come together, similar to Goku and Vegeta doing the Gogeta fusion dance, to form "Operation Endgame".

Agencies from The Netherlands, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States have created a website and disclose episodes (and seasons?) and have countdowns to ... potential indictments or arrests? Operation Endgame has a timer, similar to ransomware groups, and is scheduled to release something in roughly 7 hours.

Each episode (a/k/a arrest or indictment?) comes with an actual anime short. Law enforcement going crazy 😂

Url: https://operation-endgame.com/

The latest release from Operation Endgame has been released.

In this video it is evident that Law enforcement agencies across the globe banded together to pay for roughly 30 seconds of Skrillex sound bites

Crazy to think we've got Fed anime and Fed dubstep before we got Elder Scrolls VI or Grand Theft Auto VI

"successfully executive"

Imagine if we could make a single post without sounding like a bunch of idiots

Security researcher GossiTheDog shared a TikTok video from Microsoft employees showing Microsoft Recall.

Rest assured that malware will not be able to access it and your privacy is safe (joking, it's super unsafe)

The good news: prompted UAC, administrative privileges required to access this folder

The bad news: still easily accessible