124. The company man: US response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents
A former American IRS investigator responsible for some of the earliest dark market takedowns has been in Nigerian custody since February. Neither Nigerian nor the US authorities seem to be distinguis...
23 Apr 202430min
123. 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. He says they are taking on a new swagger in cyberspace and borrowing things...
19 Apr 202410min
122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims
The US and UK made a splashy coordinated announcement last month about a years-long cyber espionage campaign by Chinese state-backed hackers. The US indicted seven, the UK leveled sanctions. They just...
16 Apr 202425min
121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab
North Korea has a unique way of testing malware — they are less concerned about getting it right than getting it out… a kind of “smash-and-grab” approach to cyber attacks. Sentinel One’s Tom Hegel exp...
12 Apr 20246min
120. North Korea’s ScarCruft gang is behind some very crafty phishin’ campaigns
North Korea may be best known for the Lazarus group’s epic cryptocurrency heists. But there’s another special unit of state-backed hackers who have a different specialty: spying on journalists, dissid...
9 Apr 202424min
119. Mic Drop: Could an analysis of sound help save the jaguar in Costa Rica?
Everyone is talking about the power of AI in conservation, but a professor at Arizona State University has found an even simpler, more elegant solution – and all you have to do is listen. Learn about...
5 Apr 202411min
118. AI and the Holy Grail of conservation: Real-time monitoring
Cornell University’s Elephant Listening Project has been trying to get real-time monitoring of the Central African Republic’s forest elephants for years. FruitPunch AI and a roster of other AI researc...
2 Apr 202427min
117. Mic Drop: The Big Chill: Nigeria, Binance battle likely to add to economic crisis
Matthew Page from the London-based think tank Chatham House pulls back to look at the potential economic fallout between Nigerian government and Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. ...
29 Mar 20248min
