Mr. Assange’s courthouse future(s). Dragonblood Wi-Fi vulnerabilities. Tax fraud and identity theft dark web souks.
Julian Assange remains in British custody. Hearings on the US extradition warrant are expected to begin next month. The US indictment revives discussion of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act under which...
12 Apr 201926min
Julian Assange is out of the embassy and in custody. Pyongyang’s HOPLIGHT. Operations SneakyPastes. Incident response planning blues. High school jam.
Julian Assange is out of the Ecuadoran embassy and in British custody. He’s been found guilty of bail jumping, and will face extradition to the US on charges related to conspiracy to release classifie...
11 Apr 201922min
The Triton actor seems to be back. Project TajMahal is after diplomatic secrets. California’s motor-voter program and a DMV hack.
FireEye says that the Triton actor is back. There’s some ICS malware staged in an unnamed “critical infrastructure” facility, and it looks as if the people who went after a petrochemical plant in 2017...
10 Apr 201919min
GossipGirl, the supra threat actor. LockerGoga’s destructive functionality. More hacking allegations out of Caracas. Revolutionary Guard now a designated terrorist group. Creepy crime.
In today’s podcast, we hear about GossipGirl, potentially a “supra threat actor” Chronicle sees linking Stuxnet, Flame, and Duqu. LockerGoga’s destructive functionality may be a feature, not a bug. Ve...
9 Apr 201922min
US DHS Secretary Nielsen resigns. Credential stuffing campaigns. Cryptojacking disrupts a business. A duty of care, online. Tax season scams.
In today’s podcast, we hear about leadership changes at the US Department of Homeland Security. A look at credential stuffing. Cryptojacking disrupts production at an optical equipment manufacturer. T...
8 Apr 201916min
Lessons learned from Ukraine elections. [Research Saturday]
Joep Gommers from EclecticIQ joins us to share their research tracking the information operations and and security methods they've been tracking that Russians have been using in advance of the recentl...
6 Apr 201925min
Crooks use Facebook, too. Congress asks FEMA for an explanation. Card skimmers in Mexico.
In today’s podcast we hear about an “Amazon-style fulfillment model” for the criminal-to-criminal market. Criminals have Facebook groups, too, and lots of friends (“friends” here being a term of art)....
5 Apr 201922min
Keeping Winnti out of the goods while keeping an eye on them. GlitchPOS malware. What do apps want? Third-party Facebook data exposure. Digital hygiene. A scareware scam.
In today’s podcast we hear that Bayer, maker of pharmaceuticals and agricultural products, blocked an espionage attempt by China’s Winnti Group, and has been quietly monitoring the threat actor since ...
4 Apr 201922min
