Terror, announced and celebrated online. JavaScript sniffer afflicts e-commerce sites. Cryptojacking in the cloud. Perspectives on regulation, thoughts on a pervasive IoT. China’s IP protection law.
In today’s podcast, we hear that a terror attack against two New Zealand mosques is announced on Twitter and live-streamed on Facebook. A new, unobtrusive JavaScript sniffer infests some e-commerce si...
15 Mar 201923min
Indonesian election security. Watering hole in Pakistani passport site. RAT hunting. “Intelligence brute-forcing.” Just-patched zero-day exploited. PoS DGA attack. Operation Sheep. BND advises “nein” to Huawei.
In today’s podcast, we hear that Indonesia says it’s got its voting security under control, and a lot of the problems sound like good old familiar fraud and dirty campaigning. Trustwave warns of a wat...
14 Mar 201922min
Election security and influence operations. Hacking the Fleet. Undersea cable competition. 5G worries. Calls to rein in Big Tech. UN report outlines North Korean cyber crime (there’s a lot of it).
In today’s podcast, we hear that election interference concerns persist around the world. Governments seek to address them with a mix of threat intelligence and attention to security basics. A US Nav...
13 Mar 201922min
Venezuela power blackout updates. Social media and social control. Trojanized games. Free decryptor out for ransomware strain. Ads on Facebook. A look at 30 years of the web.
In today’s podcast, we hear an update on Venezuela and its power outages. Amplification of social media posts as a form of mass persuasion. A look at how control of the Internet has replaced control o...
12 Mar 201922min
Allegations and information operations. Iridium group may have compromised Citrix. Sino-American trade and security conflicts continue. Fashions in trolling.
Venezuela sustains power outages, and the regime blames hackers and wreckers. The opposition says it’s all due to the regime’s corruption, incompetence, and neglect. Citrix loses business documents in...
11 Mar 201918min
Job-seeker exposes banking network to Lazurus Group. [Research Saturday]
Vitali Kremez is a Director of Research at Flashpoint. His team discovered that the recently disclosed intrusion suffered in December 2018 by Chilean interbank network Redbanc involved PowerRatankba, ...
9 Mar 201924min
Chinese influence campaigns. Egyptian spear phishing. Hundreds of million email records exposed.
In today’s podcast, we hear that Chinese information operations on US social media are widespread. The Egyptian government launches spear phishing attacks against activists. Hundreds of millions of em...
8 Mar 201925min
Scope of APT33 attacks revealed. GandCrab criminals shift tactics. Slub malware uses Slack.
The scope of Iran-linked APT33 cyberattacks has been revealed. GandCrab criminals are using more sophisticated tactics. A new type of malware was using Slack to communicate. Chrome gets an important u...
7 Mar 201922min
