High-stakes sabotage.
Exploding pagers in Lebanon are not a cyberattack. Europol leads an international effort to shut down the encrypted communications app Ghost. Microsoft IDs Russian propaganda groups’ disinformation ca...
18 Sep 202424min
One small step for scammers.
The US charges a Chinese national for spear-phishing government employees. The feds impose new sanctions on the makers of Predator spyware. Dealing with fake data breaches. Researchers discover a crit...
17 Sep 202424min
Agencies warn of voter data deception.
The FBI and CISA dismiss false claims of compromised voter registration data. The State Department accuses RT of running global covert influence operations. Chinese hackers are suspected of targeting ...
16 Sep 202431min
Breaking the information sharing barrier.
Rick Howard, N2K CyberWire’s Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, turns over hosting responsibilities to Errol Weiss, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the HEALTH-ISAC and one of the original contributo...
16 Sep 202424min
Ben Yelin: A detour could be a sliding door moment. [Policy] [Career Notes]
Enjoy this encore of Carerr Notes, where the Program Director for Public Policy and External Affairs at the University of Maryland's Center for Health and Homeland Security Ben Yelin shares his journe...
15 Sep 20247min
Spamageddon: Xeon Sender’s cloudy SMS attack revealed! [Research Saturday]
Alex Delamotte, Threat Researcher from SentinelOne Labs, joins to share their work on "Xeon Sender | SMS Spam Shipping Multi-Tool Targeting SaaS Credentials." SentinelOne’s Labs team has uncovered new...
14 Sep 202415min
Mini-breach, mega-hype.
Fortinet reveals a data breach. The feds sanction a Cambodian senator for forced labor scams. UK police arrest a teen linked to the Transport for London cyberattack. New Linux malware targets Oracle W...
13 Sep 202425min
UK’s newest cybersecurity MVPs.
The UK designates data centers as Critical National Infrastructure. Cisco releases patches for multiple vulnerabilities in its IOS XR network operating system. BYOD is a growing security risk. A Penns...
12 Sep 202428min
