Payment system hack investigated. Patch weaponization. Medical zero-days for sale. Responsible disclosure. Bad bots attack. Car hacking. Trends in phishbait.
In today's podcast, we hear that a possible bank payment system hack remains under investigation in Mexico. Medical zero-days for sale, and not on the black market. SamSam continues to spread. What to...
1 Touko 201820min
Bank hack in Mexico. FacexWorm goes cryptomining. SamSam's volume discount. Influence ops. Researchers confirm that teams use teamwork.
In today's podcast, we hear about an attempted banking hack in Mexcio. Hidden Cobra gets busy around diplomacy. The FacexWorm adds cryptomining functionality. SamSam ransomware looks to catpure entire...
30 Huhti 201821min
New MacOS backdoor linked to OceanLotus. [Research Saturday]
Researchers at Trend Micro recently discovered a backdoor targeting MacOS users that they believe is the work of the OceanLotus threat group, an organization previously thought to have launched target...
28 Huhti 201822min
Crimeware kits, ransomware, and source code breaches. The Internet conduces to organic radicalization. Russia in Finland. Snooper's Charter notes. Crypt armistice or just key escrow?
In today's podcast we hear that Rubella hits the shelves of the criminal black market—it's the crimeware kit, not the German measles. Necurs gets shifty by going retro. iPhone unlocking specialists en...
27 Huhti 201822min
Some fix fast, others not at all. Ransomware campaign's demands are non-negotiable (for most victims—Russians get a hometown discount). Content filtering. Jamming in Syria.
In today's podcast we hear about another exposed data base, trouble with routers, issues with storage cameras, and problems with storage devices. Some have been promptly fixed, but others are offering...
26 Huhti 201820min
DPRK plays offense and defense. PyRoMine and EternalRomance. Russian disinformation on Syrian massacre. Alt-coin heist may be misdirection. Nakasone confirmed at NSA. Webstresser takedown.
In today's podcast, we hear that North Korea has gone big with GhostSecret. Meanwhile, Pyongyang's elite tries to cover its online tracks. PyRoMine uses EternalRomance to disable security systems enro...
25 Huhti 201821min
Ransomware in Ukraine's Energy Ministry. Energetic Bear infrastructure. Anonymous Twitter accounts equal bots? Orangeworm in x-ray, MRI machines. Sanction notes. Election security.
In today's podcast, we hear that Ukraine's Energy Ministry is under ransomware attack. Kaspersky finds infrastructure belonging to Energetic Bear. Lots of anonymous Twitter accounts pop up in East Asi...
24 Huhti 201820min
ISIS coordinates online inspiration campaign with terror attacks. APT10 spearphishing. IE zero day. Twitter won't sell Kaspersky ads. UK sentence in Crackas with Attitude case.
ISIS returns to its grim inspiration. China's APT10 collects against Japan. An Internet Explorer zero-day is reported undergoing exploitation in the wild. Twitter won't sell Kaspersky any more ads, bu...
23 Huhti 201816min
