Mark Zuckerberg testifies about Facebook, big data, and influence. Patch Tuesday notes. Deterrence or open conflict in cyberspace?
Today we're following all things Facebook—it's four o'clock: do you know where your data are? We're betting no. Neither side of the aisle seems content with the answers Mr. Zuckerberg gave to the Sena...
11 Apr 201817min
Facebook comes to Washington. Research ethics? IoT threats. Switch bug exploited in the wild. Criminal misdirection. Russia and the West, again. And what do cybercriminals earn?
In today's podcast, we hear that Facebook begins facing the Congressional music today. What are the rules for online research, professors? Experts say they're worried about weaponized IoT hacks. Hood...
10 Apr 201820min
Hacktivists may be warning Russia and Iran against interfering in US elections. Britain on alert for Russian moves against infrastructure. Facebook preps for Congress. Ransomware updates.
In today's podcast we hear about the curious case of hacktivists who may be slugging for Uncle Sam. Maybe. Britain's NCSC warns of battlespace preparation for a campaign against critical infrastructur...
9 Apr 201815min
Crypto crumple zones. [Research Saturday]
In their recently published paper, "Crypto Crumple Zones: Enabling Limited Access Without Mass Surveillance," coauthors Charles Wright and Mayank Varia make their case for an alternative approach to t...
7 Apr 201838min
Multibreach via chat app. OceanLotus notes. Mirai vs. Banks. Energetic Bear vs. Switches. Russia warns Britain against provocation. DataTribe finalists.
In today's podcast we hear that a breach in several companies' consumer-facing systems is attributed to a third-party chat vendor. Crooks are tampering with chipped debit cards. Ocean Lotus is back, w...
6 Apr 201822min
Facebook agonistes. Really agonizing. Ad-supported apps like them some data. Sino-US trade tensions and Chinese cyber espionage. Russian wet work and disinformation. Western reprisals.
In today's podcast we hear that Facebook's troubles are getting worse: more people's data were scraped, deleted videos were archived by Facebook, and so on. Appthority finds a more general problem wit...
5 Apr 201820min
Facebook boots Russian trolls for being trolls. Zuckerberg will testify before Congress. Different continents, different privacy protections. YouTube shootings. Pipeline hacks. Panera Bread's incident response.
In today's podcast, we hear that Facebook has kicked some Russian trolls out from under its bridge. Why? Because they're Russian trolls, that's why. Facebook CEO Zuckerberg will testify about data sec...
4 Apr 201820min
Magento brute-forcing. Android IM spyware. njRAT updated. Panera breach. Pipeline operator hacked. Cyber tensions. Cambridge Analytica named in class action suit.
In today's podcast, we hear that the Magento e-commerce platform has brute forced. A new Android Trojan steals messaging info. njRAT gets an update, and some new and trendy criminal functionality. Not...
3 Apr 201821min
