Farewell to Jean Sammet, co-developer of COBOL. Remembering Midway. NSA leak investigation. Signs of Russian disinformation in the Gulf. Data breaches, script kiddies, EternalBlue, and Turla.
In today's podcast, we say farewell to a legendary coder, and we also remember the Battle of Midway. Influence operations in the Gulf may have been Russian. Alleged leak of NSA report on election hack...
7 Juni 201715min
Report leaked on Russian influence operations (alleged leaker in custody). ISIS continues inspiration; anarchist groups said to follow same playbook. The DarkOverlord is back.
In today's podcast we hear about a leaked report describing eleventh-hour Russian influence operations during last year's US elections. An alleged leaker is already charged and in custody. The UK's in...
6 Juni 201716min
ISIS claims responsibility for inspiring attacks in London. More are expected during Ramadan. Hacks roil Middle Eastern diplomatic waters. Ransomware updates. Indian investigates possible aircraft hacking.
In today's podcast, we hear that ISIS has claimed responsibility for Saturday's terror attacks in London. The UK reacts with strong words against terrorist safe spaces online. The Prime Minister wants...
5 Juni 201715min
Patriotic and free-spirited hacking? WikiLeaks has a new Vault7 dump. Cyber conflict over the South China Sea. Fireball malware infests more than 250 million devices. Trident security. Kmart breach. Bikers turn hackers.
In today's podcast we hear, second-hand but ultimately from Vladimir Vladimirovich himself, that Russian hackers are free-spirited, patriotic artists, and maybe he'd be in a position to know. WikiLeak...
2 Juni 201721min
It's the first of June, and the ShadowBrokers' exploit-of-the-month club is open for business (exploits to be delivered to subscribers in July).
In today's podcast we discuss the ShadowBrokers and their new exploit-of-the-month club, now open for subscription. We get some industry reaction, and it seems unlikely that the ShadowBrokers should b...
1 Juni 201714min
Exploit-of-the-month club open for business. Disinformation technology. Lazarus Group tied to North Korean intelligence (again). Extortion is big, but carding is still with us. Spammy apps in Google Play.
In today's podcast, we hear that the ShadowBrokers open their exploit-of-the-month club at the low, low price of $22,000 in Zcash. Group-IB finds more evidence that the Lazarus Group is a North Korean...
31 Maj 201716min
Implications of Manchester bombing investigation on policy, Five Eyes relations. British Airways IT outage. Fancy Bear and Malta? ShadowBrokers prep exploit-of-the-month club. Google deals with Chrome, PlayStore issues. Mall boards and ricrolling.
In today's podcast, we hear that British Airways suffered a glitch, not a hack, but whichever it was, it amounted to an infrastructure takedown. Fancy Bears may be snuffling at the Government of Malta...
30 Maj 201713min
WannaCry aftershocks. Influence ops and data corruption. Samba patched. Biometrics and impersonation. GDPR approaches. US legislation update.
In today's podcast we hear that bogus WannaCry remediation apps are cumbering the PlayStore—don't be taken in. More on the complexities of WannaCry attribution. An EternalRocks worm may have been with...
26 Maj 201721min
