US Cyberattacks on Venezuela - 2026-01-05

Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST.A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team.https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurityChat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis🔴live-chat🔗 Register for FREE webcasts, summits, and workshops - https://poweredbybhis.comIn this episode, we break down the growing debate around U.S. cyber operations against Venezuela—and what it means for modern cyber warfare, critical infrastructure security, and geopolitics. The conversation explores how nation-state attacks can target a country’s power grid, the challenges of attributing cyberattacks, and why industrial control systems (ICS/SCADA) remain a high-impact battleground. We also discuss the strategic value (and risks) of disrupting energy infrastructure, how these campaigns compare to other real-world incidents, and what defenders can learn to better protect utilities and national systems.Chapters(00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Undisclosed Closets(09:07) - US Cyberattacks on Venezuela - 2026-01-05(10:16) - Story # 1:Trump suggests US used cyberattacks to turn off lights in Venezuela during strikes(11:14) - Story # 1b: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout(21:06) - Story # 1c: Pizza index of war: Late-night traffic near Pentagon surges again as US strikes Venezuela(32:40) - Story # 2: Finland seizes ship suspected of damaging subsea cable in Baltic Sea(35:11) - Story # 3: US cybersecurity experts plead guilty to BlackCat ransomware attacks(35:46) - Story # 4: MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847 Under Active Exploitation Worldwide(39:06) - Story # 5: Hackers claim to hack Resecurity, firm says it was a honeypot(42:06) - Story # 6: NordVPN denies breach claims, says attackers have "dummy data"(42:35) - Story # 7: Hackers say they have stolen 40 million Condé Nast Records - here's how to stay safe(43:43) - Story # 8: Hacker Dressed As Pink Power Ranger Dismantles Racist Websites Live on Stage(47:13) - Story # 9: NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devices(52:18) - Story # 10: Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline(55:15) - Story # 11: Ben Jordan Exposes Severe Security Vulnerabilities in Flock Surveillance Cameras(57:26) - Story # 11b: We Tracked Ourselves with Exposed Flock CamerasLinksStory # 1:Trump suggests US used cyberattacks to turn off lights in Venezuela during strikesStory # 1b: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela BlackoutStory # 1c: Pizza index of war: Late-night traffic near Pentagon surges again as US strikes VenezuelaStory # 2: Finland seizes ship suspected of damaging subsea cable in Baltic SeaStory # 3: US cybersecurity experts plead guilty to BlackCat ransomware attacksStory # 4: MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847 Under Active Exploitation WorldwideStory # 5: Hackers claim to hack Resecurity, firm says it was a honeypotStory # 6: NordVPN denies breach claims, says attackers have “dummy data”Story # 7: Hackers say they have stolen 40 million Condé Nast Records - here’s how to stay safeStory # 8: Hacker Dressed As Pink Power Ranger Dismantles Racist Websites Live on StageStory # 9: NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devicesStory # 10: Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offlineStory # 11: Ben Jordan Exposes Severe Security Vulnerabilities in Flock Surveillance CamerasStory # 11b: We Tracked Ourselves with Exposed Flock CamerasBrought to you by:Black Hills Information Security https://www.blackhillsinfosec.comAntisyphon Traininghttps://www.antisyphontraining.com/Active Countermeasureshttps://www.activecountermeasures.comWild West Hackin Festhttps://wildwesthackinfest.com