Daily: Bug hunters turn shorts. Cyber frame-ups, election fraud, spearphishing, whalephishing, and more.
In today's podcast we follow concerns about US election hacking brought on by an FBI warning that someone (the Russians, IC and industry sources say) has hacked into Illinois and Arizona voter databas...
30 Elo 201616min
Daily: Bug bounty? Nah, just short the stock. Pegasus, cyber arms control, and more.
In today's podcast, we update the story on SCADA malware in Iran—Iran now thinks it didn't cause petrochemical industry fires. France, India, and Australia investigate theft of submarine design data. ...
29 Elo 201615min
Daily & Week in Review: Sorry, kids, it's back-to-school. What you should know, fellow youths, and more.
In today's podcast, we hear about a spyware case connected to Pegasus, a tool that can jailbreak an iPhone (they say) with a single click. Apple issues an out-of-band patch for the three iOS zero-days...
26 Elo 201621min
Daily: Info ops drive hacks. Cryptowar resurgence in Europe, and more.
In today's podcast, we look at ways in which terrorist incidents have motivated France and Germany to seek ways of compelling encrypted messaging apps to open traffic to inspection. In the UK such inc...
25 Elo 201616min
Daily: "It walks, it talks, it reports back to Moscow. (Other news, too, gamers.)
In today's podcast we hear about Russian hackers going after New York Times reporters (the FBI is investigating). Exploits in the Shadow Brokers' teaser are "test-driven" in the wild. Some of them may...
24 Elo 201615min
Daily: Shadow Brokers: zero-day hoarding (or not) and firewall exploitation.
In today's podcast we discuss the Shadow Brokers' leaks, reviewing ongoing speculation and speaking with some experts who offer insight into the matter: Jason Healey, the principal investigator in Col...
23 Elo 201616min
Daily: Hacking and hybrid warfare. Industry notes (including Wassenaar's next round).
In today's podcast we continue to follow the Shadow Brokers, and we take a quick look into the shadowy world of hybrid warfare. No fresh leaks in this incident, but someone seems to be using seized Si...
22 Elo 201616min
Daily & Week in Review: Hulk smash. Pokemon smish. And more on the Shadow Brokers.
In today's podcast, we hear about emails flooding dot gov in-boxes. A re-tooled version of Locky ransomware is out in the wild. As we look back at the week, the big news surrounds the Shadow Brokers' ...
19 Elo 201621min
