153. Mic Drop: CrowdStrike and the importance of kernels
Today, we’re talking to TJ Nelson at Recorded Future in a bid to understand how the CrowdStrike outage caused millions of computers around the world to fade to black. Learn about your ad choices: dov...
2 Aug 202414min
152. The curious case of Tigran Gambaryan -- a renowned cryptocurrency investigator and Binance employee now on trial in Nigeria
In a recent conversation on WAMU’s 1A news magazine, Click Here host Dina Temple-Raston discusses the latest developments in the case of former IRS investigator Tigran Gambaryan. He now works for the ...
30 Jul 202426min
151. Mic Drop: Embattled LockBit leader: ‘Now I want to create even more noise’
In an ancore episode of Click Here's Mic Drop, we speak with the leader of one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service gangs the world has ever known — LockBit. We spoke to him weeks after Operat...
26 Jul 20248min
150. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'The Hack' from An Arm and a Leg
The hack on Change Healthcare left hundreds, if not thousands, of providers without the ability to obtain insurance approval or payment for everything from prescriptions to surgeries, and it shed new ...
23 Jul 202417min
149. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber
Chinese hackers are stepping up their game, according to Nigel Inkster, the former director of operations for Britain’s MI6. In an encore episode of Mic Drop, he says Chinese hackers are taking on a n...
19 Jul 202410min
148. They’re just hackers, living off the land
In an encore episode, we report on a specific kind of cyber attack targeting big industrial systems that is coming back into fashion: it’s called a ‘living off the land’ attack. What makes it particul...
16 Jul 202419min
147. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto
Before Nigerian authorities detained two mid-level Binance executives back in February, they were telling anyone who would listen that the cryptocurrency platform was manipulating the value of its cur...
12 Jul 202410min
146. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'Modi's India' from Understood
In the latest season of Understood from CBC, Mumbai-based journalist Salimah Shivji examines how Modi went from being barred from the US, to becoming one of the most powerful men in the world. About U...
9 Jul 202434min
