Kenyan elections, not hacked? Someone's poking into DPRK systems. DDoS in Ukraine. Pseudoransomware protection. Spyware in Play Store. HBO hack.
In today's podcast, we learn that EU election monitors say Kenyan presidential voting went off without hacking (the losing opposition disagrees). Germany looks toward securing September's vote. North ...
10 Aug 201717min
Patches, passwords, wipers, and pseudoransomware. New fronts in hybrid war? KONNI, OnionDog, and Israbye.
In today's podcast, we hear that Patch Tuesday saw Windows and Adobe fixes. Venezuela's civil conflict gets a hacktivist dimension. Anti-Israeli wiper malware is circulating in the wild, unpolished by...
9 Aug 201717min
Power grid risks. Update on the Mandiant employee hack. "Mr. Smith" holds HBO for ransom. Shipping industry looks for GPS backup. DHL sees a NotPetya windfall. Google patches ten Android remote-code execution vulnerabilities. NIST issues a Cybersecurity W
In today's podcast, we hear about a security incident at EirGrid, a misconfigured server in Texas, and a demonstration of photovoltaic system hacking prompt power grid security concerns. Update on the...
8 Aug 201717min
US Army bans DJI COTS drones. Amazon will scan AWS customers' S3 buckets for public accessibility. Recommendations for election security. Marcus Huchins pleads not guilty to Kronos-related charges.
In today's podcast, we hear that the US Army bans, immediately, all use of DJI commercial-off-the-shelf drones. We discuss two known unknowns and offer some background on Defense acquisition practices...
7 Aug 201714min
MalwareTech arrested over Kronos banking Trojan. "Bateleur" in the wild. Long DDoS hits Chinese telco. Russian influence operations no longer novel? FBI investigates HBO hack.
In today's podcast, we hear that security researcher MalwareTech has been arrested as the alleged author of the Kronos banking Trojan. Carbanak hoods release "Bateleur" into the wild, phishing in chai...
4 Aug 201720min
WikiLeaks dumps Dumbo dox. HBO's hack gets bigger. Group IB outs the United Islamic Cyber Force. Cerber goes after Bitcoin. Lawsuits over NotPetya; more companies warn. Election fraud in Venezuela.
In today's podcast, we hear that WikiLeaks has dumped "Dumbo" project documents. Separation of agencies as a way of rendering leaks less likely. HBO's hack is getting bigger, apparently. Group IB outs...
3 Aug 201717min
Following up on security scrambles in Sweden and Ukraine. #LeakTheAnalyst. Blu Product phones booted by Amazon. BitCoin's hard fork. The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017.
In today's podcast we following up on some of the stories we've been tracking: the latest on Operation #LeakTheAnalyst, firmware spyware in down-market phones, Sweden's big breach, and Ukraine's new c...
2 Aug 201717min
HBO hacked. Operation #LeakTheAnalyst targets individual security researchers. Election hacking notes. UK's Home Secretary opposes strong encryption. Russia bans VPNs. Bitcoin, crime, and punishment.
In today's podcast, we hear about the HBO hack, and the exposure of episodes and scripts Operation #LeakTheAnalyst targets individual security researchers. Election hacking: machines, databases, and p...
1 Aug 201717min
