New criminal campaigns out and about. Fancy Bear changes style, but not management. VPNFilter hits more devices. CloudPets overshare, but maybe more benignly than Google and Facebook.
Iron Group said to use Hacking Team source code to build a backdoor. Operation Prowli both cryptojacks and sells traffic. Fancy Bear may be getting noisier. VPNFilter has a more extensive set of victi...
7 Jun 201820min
Espionage, influence, summits, and elections. What counts as a luxury? An iCloud warrant raises cryptowars speculation. Microsoft's GitHub acquisition. Facebook's coziness with Shanghai?
In today's podcast, we hear that TempTick and Turla are interested in the US-North Korean summit. That summit might not take up many cybersecurity issues. Where did North Korea get all that digital ro...
6 Jun 201821min
DPRK hackers quieter in the run-up to the Kim-Trump summit. Russian EW. Cryptocurrencies and crime. Law firm social engineering. Dodgy World Cup Wi-Fi. Bad AI, a time-traveler's poly.
In today's podcast, North Korea still seems to be leaving American IoT networks more-or-less alone, for now, however actively they're hacking elsewhere. Everything old is new again, at least with Russ...
5 Jun 201819min
Microsoft buys GitHub for $7.5 billion. VPNFilter tries to reconstitute itself. Ransomware and DDoS notes. USA Really seems to be latest in Russian disinformation.
In today's podcast we hear that Microsoft is buying GitHub for $7.5 billion. VPNFilter seeks to reestablish itself. Financial Trojans are up and ransomware is down, but don't count the ransomware out,...
4 Jun 201816min
Islamic State propaganda persistence. [Research Saturday]
Researchers from Flashpoint recently explored ISIS' ability to distribute propaganda across the internet, and their use of major internet service providers to help them achieve persistence. Ken Wolf ...
2 Jun 201821min
Lazarus Group updates. Cybercrime's GDP. New Zealand a Chinese espionage target? ZTE and Huawei criticized. BND will continue to monitor Frankfurt hub. Google's knowledge panels.
In today's podcast we hear that the Lazarus Group may be on (relative, selective) good behavior. A study suggests that if cybercrime were a country, it would have a GDP comparable to Russia's. The Can...
1 Jun 201825min
Kaspersky loses court challenge to US Government ban. Cryptomix ransomware. US Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, and Energy plan resiliency. A packrat at CIA? Reboot your routers.
In today's podcast we hear that Kaspersky has lost its court challenge to the US Government ban on its products, but plans to appeal. Cryptomix ransomware is out in the wild. Vulnerabilities found in...
31 Mai 201821min
More North Korean malware identified. EOS scanned for misconfigurations by parties unknown. Canadian banks won't pay extortion. Stay away from Joker's Stash. Crime and punishment.
In today' s podcast, we hear that the US has attributed two more strains of malware to North Korea. And whether you call them Hidden Cobra or the Lazarus Group, it's the same reliable crew of Pyongyan...
30 Mai 201819min
