JenX botnet and DDoS-for-hire. RoK CERT warns of Flash Player zero-day. Cryptocurrency mining and scamming. ICS security trends. Twitter cleared in terror trial. The Nunes Memo is out.
In today's podcast, we hear that the JenX botnet will conduct DDoS-for-hire, if you've got twenty bucks. South Korea's CERT warns of an Adobe Flash Player zero-day being exploited in the wild. Bitcoin...
2 Helmi 201825min
ISIS war on families. Cryptomining botnets. The weaponization of Spectre and Meltdown. Phishig with bogus emails spoofing Google, Microsoft. Apps that know too much.
In today's podcast, we hear that ISIS inspiration is increasingly directed at children. Cryptomining botnets use same EternalBlue exploit as WannaCry. Criminals experiment to weaponize Spectre and Mel...
1 Helmi 201820min
Phishing campaign targets Israeli scientists. Low-level contract phishing in China's hinterlands? Apps with privacy flaws. Cisco patches ASA products. Cryptocurrency speculation and fraud.
In today's podcast we hear about a possible Charming Kitten sighting. Phishing in Tibet shows just how successful cheap skid labor can be. Cisco patches a serious flaw in VPN products. Fitness app Str...
31 Tammi 201820min
Netherlands financial sector recovers from DDoS. Lizard Squad, Mirai, and coin mining. IOTA wallets emptied. Snooper's Charter loses in court. US House may release surveillance memos. Strava OPSEC.
In today's podcast we hear that the Dutch financial sector is well on its way to recovering from the recent DDoS wave, which could be the work of anyone from teenaged skids to some nation's intelligen...
30 Tammi 201819min
Coincheck cryptocurrency heist. ICO phishing. Jackpotting comes to America. Dridex and FriedEx. Transduction attack threat to IoT sensors. Jihadist steganography. Oversharing with Strava?
In today's podcast, we hear that hackers have looted cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck to the tune of about $530 million. Experty's ICO speculators get phished by crooks. Jackpotting hits American ATM...
29 Tammi 201815min
Targeting Olympic organizations. [Research Saturday]
This week we’re discussing the a campaign the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team recently discovered, one that’s targeting organizations involved with the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Raj S...
27 Tammi 201821min
Lebal's layered approach to infection. Crytominers are becoming a big problem. Tracking influence ops. Dutch intelligence spotted Cozy Bear early. Exploiting password recovery.
In today's podcast, we hear how Lebal malware steps its way through layered defenses. Cryptocurrency mining campaigns go after Monero with XMRig, WannaMine, and other toolkits. It's not a victimless c...
26 Tammi 201823min
2018 forecast [Special Editions]
It’s fair to say that 2017 was a busy year when it came to cyber security, and as we head into 2018 there’s certainly no sign of things slowing down. Days into the new year the news of serious vulnera...
26 Tammi 201834min
