WikiLeaks and Vault 7
In today's podcast we talk over the latest news, rumors, gossip, and common sense surrounding WikiLeaks and its Vault 7 dump of hacking tools and other spy stuff. And wait a minute—do angels really we...
8 Mar 201716min
StoneDrill succeeds Shamoon. Trojanized Android Facebook Lite. Progressive groups threatened with doxing, blackmail. WikiLeaks' Vault 7. Hacking back? Wiretapping?
In today's podcast we hear about how StoneDrill maybe succeeding Shamoon—it's more evasive and at least as destructive. Malwarebytes advises sticking to Google Play to avoid a new Trojan. Russian hack...
7 Mar 201716min
RSA 2017 Roundup – Perspectives, Pitches and Predictions [Special Edition]
In this CyberWire 2017 RSA Conference special edition, we wrap up our show coverage with insights from experts, about the trends they’re seeing, the products they’re pitching, and where they think we,...
7 Mar 201747min
Warnings of DNSMessenger. Cyber deterrence, and cyber offensive operations. Notes on DDoS. Election surveillance allegations.
In today's podcast, we hear about warnings from Cisco's Talos unit and others concerning DNSMessenger, a dangerous and evasive RAT. DDoS hits Luxembourg government sites and remains a threat to busine...
6 Mar 201715min
Risk mitigation scores some wins this week. Amazon finds the typo that took out the Internet. Symantec gets into the VC game. Yahoo! agonistes. Wassenaar's prospects. PRC wants cyber peace. And farewell to Howard Schmidt.
In today's podcast, we review some encouraging news about Android apps, Cloudbleed, and Slack's swift bug patching. Amazon finds a typo at the root of Wednesday's internet outages. Symantec opens a ve...
3 Mar 201720min
Online banking funds transfer fraud. Telegram and phone scams. FCC regulatory update. Insider threats in the IC. And bad robots.
In today's podcast we hear about how a criminal gang is deploying sophisticated malware against remote banking system customers. Business email compromise continues to appear in the wild—be good to yo...
2 Mar 201716min
Internet outages were errors, not attacks. Evolving Trojans and botnets. M&A news. Cyber casus belli. Terminators and teddy bears.
In today's podcast, we hear that yesterday's Internet outages were due to errors in Amazon's S3 servers. Dridex has evolved to become more evasive. The Necurs botnet acquires a DDoS capability. Web ca...
1 Mar 201716min
Alleged BND surveillance of news organizations. Snake Wine in Japan, for disinformation? Singapore military phished. Google discloses more Microsoft unpatched bugs. Cloudbleed update. CloudPets may have privacy issues.
In today's podcast, we learn that the BND may have been listening to the BBC, but not in a good way. Cylance reports on Snake Wine, a curiously familiar vintage sniffed in Japanese networks. Singapore...
28 Feb 201715min
