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Establishing software root of trust unconditionally. [Research Saturday]
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute claim to have made an important breakthrough in establishing root of trust (RoT) to detect malware in computing devices...
13 Huhti 201924min
Mr. Assange’s courthouse future(s). Dragonblood Wi-Fi vulnerabilities. Tax fraud and identity theft dark web souks.
Julian Assange remains in British custody. Hearings on the US extradition warrant are expected to begin next month. The US indictment revives discussion of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act under which...
12 Huhti 201926min
Julian Assange is out of the embassy and in custody. Pyongyang’s HOPLIGHT. Operations SneakyPastes. Incident response planning blues. High school jam.
Julian Assange is out of the Ecuadoran embassy and in British custody. He’s been found guilty of bail jumping, and will face extradition to the US on charges related to conspiracy to release classifie...
11 Huhti 201922min
The Triton actor seems to be back. Project TajMahal is after diplomatic secrets. California’s motor-voter program and a DMV hack.
FireEye says that the Triton actor is back. There’s some ICS malware staged in an unnamed “critical infrastructure” facility, and it looks as if the people who went after a petrochemical plant in 2017...
10 Huhti 201919min
GossipGirl, the supra threat actor. LockerGoga’s destructive functionality. More hacking allegations out of Caracas. Revolutionary Guard now a designated terrorist group. Creepy crime.
In today’s podcast, we hear about GossipGirl, potentially a “supra threat actor” Chronicle sees linking Stuxnet, Flame, and Duqu. LockerGoga’s destructive functionality may be a feature, not a bug. Ve...
9 Huhti 201922min
US DHS Secretary Nielsen resigns. Credential stuffing campaigns. Cryptojacking disrupts a business. A duty of care, online. Tax season scams.
In today’s podcast, we hear about leadership changes at the US Department of Homeland Security. A look at credential stuffing. Cryptojacking disrupts production at an optical equipment manufacturer. T...
8 Huhti 201916min
Lessons learned from Ukraine elections. [Research Saturday]
Joep Gommers from EclecticIQ joins us to share their research tracking the information operations and and security methods they've been tracking that Russians have been using in advance of the recentl...
6 Huhti 201925min
Crooks use Facebook, too. Congress asks FEMA for an explanation. Card skimmers in Mexico.
In today’s podcast we hear about an “Amazon-style fulfillment model” for the criminal-to-criminal market. Criminals have Facebook groups, too, and lots of friends (“friends” here being a term of art)....
5 Huhti 201922min
