167. Mic Drop: TikTok’s day in Appeals Court
TikTok’s lawyers were in a U.S. Court of Appeals this week trying to push back against a law that requires the popular video app to sell its American subsidiary to a non-Chinese owner or be banished f...
20 Sep 202411min
166. The curious case of Esma Memtimin’s disappearing TikTok videos
TikTok took down Esma Memtimin’s posts for allegedly violating the platform’s community rules even though her videos were about stickers and current events. A recent study from Rutgers University sugg...
17 Sep 202430min
165. Mic Drop: FIN7 is hiring
The Russian-speaking cyber gang, FIN7, has fooled red team hackers into doing their dirty work by masquerading as legitimate cybersecurity companies just looking for talent. Silent Push’s Zach Edwards...
13 Sep 20249min
164. The Hunt for FIN7: Hot on the trail of a notorious cyber gang
Investigators have been chasing the Russian-speaking cyber gang for years — and they’ve stayed just one step ahead. Threat researcher Zach Edwards lays out why bringing gangs like this to justice has ...
10 Sep 202433min
163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet
Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership may have smashed TVs in the 1990s, but these days they are embracing slickly-produced videos and social media influencers to try to rehab their image abroad. Afghan an...
6 Sep 202410min
162. Ehtesab in Afghanistan: an app’s struggle to survive under the Taliban
Technology has changed the way countries wage war, and today, we look at an app in Afghanistan that wanted to change the way people on the ground experienced it. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail...
3 Sep 202429min
161. Mic Drop: Can ransomware be an act of terror?
New legislation is seeking to designate some ransomware attacks as acts of terror. Former FBI agent John Riggi talks about the proposal and how it might change the battle against ransomware gangs. Le...
30 Aug 202413min
160. Anatomy of a fall: One rural hospital’s ransomware story
Sky Lakes Medical Center in south central Oregon never imagined it could be on the receiving end of a ransomware attack. Then Ryuk put them in the crosshairs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.pr...
27 Aug 202431min
