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Android device eavesdropping investigation. [Research Saturday]
A team of researchers from Northeastern University and UC Santa Barbara examined over 17,000 Android apps, and revealed a number of alarming privacy risks. Elleen Pan and Christo Wilson were members ...
15 Sep 201820min
Magecart continues its way. Evil cursor attacks. Seasonal trends in Trojans. More Novichok disinformation. Pyongyand denounces a "smear campaign." Wait and see on pipeline fires.
In today's podcast we hear that Magecart has achieved another library infestation as Feedify is hit. An evil cursor attack is a variant of a familiar tech support scam. The Ramnit banking Trojan seems...
14 Sep 201825min
Domestic Kitten spyware. Crypto wallet shenanigans. Firmware issues enable cold boot attacks. BlueBorne bugs are still out and about. Tech support scams. Election security.
In today's podcast we hear that an Iranian domestic spyware campaign has been reported: it's most interested in ethnic Kurds. A bogus cryptocurrency wallet site is taken down. F-Secure warns of a wide...
13 Sep 201821min
Executive Order mandates election interference sanctions. British Airways regulatory exposure. Patch Tuesday notes. EU passes copyright law. Russia says no to Novichok. WhatsApp scam.
In our podcast we hear that a US Executive Order issued today will impose sanctions on foreign actors following a determination that there's been an attempt at election meddling. The Executive Order c...
12 Sep 201821min
Trend Micro answers spying allegations. Magecart blamed for British Airways breach. Tor Browser exploit disclosed. Google vs. the right to be forgotten. Accused JPMorgan hacker extradited.
In today's podcast, we hear that Trend Micro has clarified what was up with allegations it was deploying spyware with its tools—no spyware, but they've changed their products to remove the appearance ...
11 Sep 201821min
Elections and information operations, but not necessarily the elections you expect. Apple purges dodgy security apps. Who are the Silence criminals? BA's breach. Cyber moonshots.
In today's podcast, we hear about foreign information operations surrounding elections in Israel and Sweden. Domestic information operations surround local elections in Russia. Apple purges questionab...
10 Sep 201819min
Leafminer espionage digs the Middle East. [Research Saturday]
Researchers at Symantec recently published their findings on an active attack group named Leafminer that's targeting government organizations and businesses in the Middle East region. Vikram Thakur i...
8 Sep 201825min
Russia does the info ops dance. An indictment of a Lazarus Groupie. FOIA shares too much. British Airways breaches. Silence makes some noise. Notes from the Billington Cybersecurity Summit.
In today's podcast we hear that Russia says it had nothing to do with the Salisbury nerve agent attacks, but no one really seems to be buying the denial. The US indicts a North Korean hacker in matter...
7 Sep 201825min
