Daily: Banks are vulnerable to more than carding and transfer fraud. Ransomware updates. Lessons for users from the Three Mobile hack. Biometrics (with hedgehog). Election hacking retrospective.
In today's podcast we hear about the FBI's warning that cash-spewing ATMs could be coming to a strip mall near you, courtesy of the Russian mob. Bad news and good news about ransomware. Another Androi...
22 Nov 201616min
Daily: More of the customary cybercrime, but with additional warnings of new ransomware vectors. Dodgy apps and holiday shopping. Credential abuse. No pardon for Snowden, for now, anyway.
In today's podcast, we talk about thinking twice before opening pictures received via Facebook Messenger. A recruiting site exposes GitHub profiles. Investigation of credential abuse in the Three Mobi...
21 Nov 201615min
Daily & Week in Review: US DNI Clapper says Russia "curtailed" election hacking after being named. Three Mobile breached. Android and iOS issues. Good news on ransomware. Start-up rundown. China calls its Internet controls "wisdom."
In today's podcast, we hear about US DNI Clapper's long-expected resignation and his contention that attributing election hacking to Russia seems to have induced Moscow to "curtail" such operations. T...
18 Nov 201621min
Daily: Social media aren't automatically on the right side of history, it seems. More on the Adups backdoor. Holiday shopping cyber-safety and security.
In today's podcast, we hear about German concerns over Russian meddling in elections. In the US, the NSA Director says a nation-state made a conscious attempt to influence American elections. Dictator...
17 Nov 201616min
Daily: An insider threat deadline approaches. Lawful intercept tools from Italy. Carbanak moves to new targets. Security policy in Germany and the US. A guilty plea in the TalkTalk hack.
In today's podcast, we hear about some lawful intercept tools that have been found prospecting Android. Synack calls shenanigans on Shazam, but maybe no harm, no foul. Carbanak turns from banks to hos...
16 Nov 201616min
Daily: It walks, it talks, it reports to Shanghai. Locky takes a run at US Army Cyber Command. CrySis decrypted. SpamTorte 2.0 is out. Adults should be warned off by "adult."
In today's podcast we hear about a backdoor Kryptowire has found preinstalled in some Android phones. We speak with Ryan Johnson, the researcher who discovered the vulnerability. The Locky ransomware...
15 Nov 201618min
Daily: Russian banks suffer IoT botnet DDoS. Fancy Bear's still phishing. Lessons from Tesco fraud. Third-party risk hits Michael Page. Casino Rama data breach. Adult website loses data for 339 million accounts. FTC litigation. Moscow anti-trust case.
In today's podcast, we follow up on last week's DDoS against Russian banks. Fancy Bear's been poking at think tanks, and ESET has a rundown of Fancy's fancies over the last couple of years. DDoS can b...
14 Nov 201616min
Daily: Yahoo! warns Verizon deal may be at risk. More OPM-themed ransomware phishing. Cyber policy advice for, and speculation about, the next US Administration.
In today's podcast, we look back at election hacking concerns in the US (most of which didn't happen) and we hear from some people who offer advice for the next administration's first 100 days. Fancy ...
10 Nov 201618min
