Sleeper malware. Hakai botnet spreads. SamSam is still with us. US DNI warns of election threats. Congressional panels interrogate Facebook and Twitter, but not Google.
In today's podcast, we hear that German security authorities warn about the possibility of sleeper sabotage malware. A botnet to rival Satori, this one called Hakai, continues to spread to new classes...
5 Sep 201821min
Tracking Stone Panda to the Tianjin Bureau. Ad-fraud and Tokelau. RansomWarrior decrypted. US Congress to grill Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Celebrity scams.
In today's podcast, we hear that Intrusion Truth seems to have Stone Panda dead to rights. Chinese intelligence increases targeting of expatriate Uyghurs. Zscaler warns that an ad-fraud campaign is ma...
4 Sep 201816min
ATM hacks on the rise. [Research Saturday]
Threat researcher Marcelle Lee from LookingGlass Cyber Solutions joins us to share her research on the growing threat of ATM hacks in the U.S. The research can be found here: https://www.lookingglass...
1 Sep 201825min
Recruiting spies via LinkedIn. WindShift in the Gulf. GlobeImposter ransomware. Blocking Telegram is harder than it looks. Policy notes from the Five Eyes.
In today's podcast we hear that the US Intelligence Community says that China is actively trying to recruit spies over LinkedIn. Britain and Germany had earlier issued similar warnings. WindShift espi...
31 Aug 201826min
Twitter bots in Swedish politics. A different approach to influence operations. Hotel guest PII for sale. Medical device vulnerabilities. Charges in the case of the Satori botnet.
In today's podcast, we hear that Twitter bots have shown up in Sweden's political discourse. Not so much Chinese hacking for influence: Beijing seems to prefer funding sympathetic cultural and researc...
30 Aug 201818min
Unpatched Apache Struts installations being exploited in the wild. Windows local privilege escalation flaw. Similarities among spyware. Stalkerware hack. Criminal threats to the grid. Breaches.
In today's podcast we hear that the Apache Struts vulnerability, patched last week, is being actively exploited by cryptojackers. Microsoft works on a fix for local privilege escalation flaw in Window...
29 Aug 201820min
Social media struggle with their social role. Election hacking concerns remain high. Australia's new government shuffles cybersecurity responsibilities.
In today's podcast, we hear that Twitter has suspended more accounts for "divisive social commentary" and "coordinated manipulation." Facebook blocks accounts belonging to Myanmar leaders over Rohingy...
28 Aug 201820min
Moscow HUMINT drought? Spying on the Patriarch. Ottoman hacktivism. Iranian information operations. ISIS in cyberspace. RtPOS malware discovered.
In today's podcast, we discuss reports that suggest US HUMINT collection in Russia has dried up. Russian intelligence services are showing an interest in disrupting a grant of autonomy to the Ukrainia...
27 Aug 201816min
