Daily: Guccifer 2.0 claims (to general skepticism) a Clinton Foundation hack. Information operations versus voting. Yahoo! and surveillance of customers. Insulin pump vulnerability reported.
In today's podcast, we learn that Guccifer 2.0 is back, but that few are buying what he, she, or they are selling. Experts continue to warn of Russian information operations directed against the perce...
5 Loka 201616min
Daily: AUSA update. Mirai botnet shows risks of default IoT passwords. US-Russian tensions rise over imposition of costs.
In today's podcast we hear about cyber conflict and its place in the international order, including especially its place in Russian-American relations. The implications of the Mirai botnet and the rel...
4 Loka 201616min
Daily: Hackers said to "probe" US voting systems. IoT botnet source code released. "DressCode" malware afflicts Android devices. Industry notes. SEC urged to make an example of Yahoo!
In today's podcast, we hear about Homeland Security's warnings that state election systems are being probed by potential attackers. Newsweek speculates that a brief DDoS attack it sustained was electi...
3 Loka 201613min
Daily & Week in Review: Election hacking, journalist hacking, and the rise of TbpS DDoS. More reflections on the Yahoo! breach. Ransomware and other forms of extortion.
In today's podcast, we hear about how IoT botnets bring scunion across the Internet, and why security cameras are attractive to bot rustlers. InfoArmor's explanation of the Yahoo! breach gains tractio...
30 Syys 201622min
Daily: Yahoo! hackers seem to have been crooks (who sold to other crooks, and to government(s)). Toxic data and credential problems. Election hacking.
In today's podcast we hear predictions that terabit-per-second DDoS attacks may be on their way toward becoming the new normal. We consider the real threat that lies in the IoT. (A hint: security came...
29 Syys 201616min
Daily: Alleged Russian hacking & info ops, under investigation by US. IoT botnets continue to exact a DDoS toll. Yahoo! security practices.
In today's podcast, we hear about alleged Russian hacking and information operations, and US investigations of the same. The Russian goal is thought to be the undermining of US elections' credibility....
28 Syys 201616min
Daily: Yahoo!'s Verizon deal still on. Mac trojan hits aerospace. Facebook poked by German privacy laws.
In today's podcast we follow developments in the Yahoo! breach. Fancy Bear is back, and distributing a Mac Trojan to aerospace companies. Investigation of the Shadow Brokers' leak suggests inadvertent...
27 Syys 201616min
Daily: Yahoo! breach fallout, Krebs back online, election hack concerns.
In today's podcast, we follow the latest on the Yahoo! breach. British sources say GCHQ stopped a Russian attack on last year's UK general election. A White House staffer's email is hacked. KrebsOnSec...
26 Syys 201613min
