Shamoon is back, now with credentials for virtual desktops. Ukraine believes it was hacked again. Ransomware updates. Elections, investigations, and influence operations. The Pokemon threat?
In today's podcast we learn that Shamoon is back, and still a nasty piece of work. Ukraine's grid was hacked again last month, probably by the same people who did it at the end of 2015. A new strain o...
11 Jan 201716min
Witch hunts and yard sales. See relationships, not dox. Rebrandings, mergers, acquisitions, and executive moves. Building anti-witch capabilities.
California says a nation-state was behind the Anthem hack. The ShadowBrokers hold a yard sale (we'd pass on the malware, but if they had a nice blender out we'd consider it). WikiLeaks says it's inter...
10 Jan 201716min
Election hacking, influence operations, and official reports. EU hacking concerns. Lawsuit over email's invention. Twitter frowns on unrequited love. Billy Bass, meet Alexa.
In today's podcast we hear about the report on Russian election hacking and influence operations the US Director of National Intelligence released Friday. Election hacking? Not really, but influence o...
9 Jan 201716min
Spearphishing in industrial espionage. Ransomware gets more widespread, ruthless, and perfidious. The US Intelligence Community assures the Senate that the Russians hacked the DNC.
In today's podcast, we hear about a worldwide spearphishing attack against industries in 50 countries. Ransomware is already proving as much of a problem as predicted: exposed data bases are hijacked ...
6 Jan 201721min
Indiscriminate IOCs erode confidence in attributions. Official leaks erode trust in information sharing. Exploit updates.
In today's podcast we hear about how indiscriminate indicators of compromise spawn fake news about a Vermont grid hack. Meanwhile, the Mounties cautiously, tentatively, investigate some odd potential ...
5 Jan 201716min
Hacktivists claim to perform a public service. Once and Recorded Future ransomware. Attribution controversies. Disturbing toys.
In today's podcast, we hear about how some hacktivists are again turning to defacement, which they claim to be doing as a public service to raise security awareness. Recorded Future takes a close look...
4 Jan 201715min
Attribution issues: one story fizzles; another looks disappointingly circumstantial. Great powers jostle in cyberspace. Hacktivists resurface online. So, alas, do terrorists.
In today's podcast, we follow the way in which the Vermont utility hacking story fizzled. We also hear more serious grounds for concern about electrical grid security continue from Joe Weiss of Applie...
3 Jan 201715min
Best of: Daniel Ennis
Our podcast team is taking a break this week for the holidays. We’re revisiting some of our favorite interviews from 2016. Daniel Ennis is former director of the NSA Threat Operations Center, or NTO...
30 Des 201617min
