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The daily cybersecurity news and analysis industry leaders depend on. Published each weekday, the program also includes interviews with a wide spectrum of experts from industry, academia, and research organizations all over the world.

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More data breaches. DPRK spearphishing. DoJ IG sees problems in FISA warrant processes. Houseparty updates. Huawei sanctions. And notes about the pandemic.

Episode Date: April 1, 2020

Marriott discloses a major data breach. Another insecurely configured Elasticsearch database is found, this one belonging to a secure cloud backup pro...

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Supply chain attack warning. CFAA clarified. COVID-19 and its economic squalls.

Episode Date: March 31, 2020

FBI warns of another supply chain attack, this one distributing the Kwampirs RAT. More exposed databases found. The US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ge...

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Updates on the cyber ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic. Saudi surveillance program. Ransomware developments. Lost USB attacks are in progress.

Episode Date: March 30, 2020

Updates on the coronavirus and its effect on the cyber sector. Criminals spoof infection warnings from hospitals. The country of Georgia’s voter data...

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Hidden dangers inside Windows and LINUX computers. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: March 28, 2020

Eclypsium has issued a study that suggests the prevalence of “unsigned firmware in WiFi adapters, USB hubs, trackpads, and cameras used in computers f...

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Some notes on cyber gangland. South Koren APT using zero days against North Koreans? USB attacks. Telework challenges. CMMC remains on schedule.

Episode Date: March 27, 2020

Ransomware gangs don’t seem to be trimming their activities for the greater good. TA505 and Silence identified as the groups behind recent attacks on...

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Advice on secure telework. Magecart infestations. DNS hijacking with a COVID-19 twist and an info-stealer hook. Patch notes. The US 5G security strategy.

Episode Date: March 26, 2020

NIST offers advice on telework, as does Microsoft. Things to do for your professional growth while you’re in your bunker. Magecart hits Tupperware, an...

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APT41 is back from its Lunar New Year break. Commodity attack tools for states and gangs. Russia takes down a domestic carding crew. Restricting misinformation.

Episode Date: March 25, 2020

APT41 is back, and throwing its weight around in about twenty verticals. States and gangs swap commodity malware. The FSB--yes, that FSB--takes down a...

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Active ICS threats. TrickBot and TrickMo. RCE vulnerability in Windows. Google ejects click-fraud malware infested apps from Play. Attackers hit WHO, hospitals, and biomedical research.

Episode Date: March 24, 2020

WildPressure APT targets industrial systems in the Middle East. ICS attack tools show increasing commodification. TrickMo works against secure banking...

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Coronavirus fraud booms; prosecutors are taking note. Stolen data on the dark net. Software updates affected by pandemic. A new Mirai variant is out. A DDoS that wasn’t.

Episode Date: March 23, 2020

US prosecutors begin to follow through on their announced determination to pay close attention to coronavirus fraud. Data stolen from Chinese social n...

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The security implications of cloud infrastructure in IoT. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: March 21, 2020

Cloud computing is now at the center of nearly every business strategy. But, as with the rapid adoption of any new technology, growing pains persist....

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CISA on running critical sectors during an emergency. Disinformation, phishbait, and rumor. What’s Fancy Bear up to these days? Distinguishing altruism from self-interest.

Episode Date: March 20, 2020

CISA describes what counts as critical infrastructure during a pandemic, and offers some advice on how to organize work during the emergency. Iran run...

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EU suspects Russia of disinformation. TrickBot’s latest module is a brute. Parallax RAT and the MaaS black market. Pandemic hacking trends. What to do with time on your hands.

Episode Date: March 19, 2020

The EU suggests that Russia’s mounting an ongoing disinformation campaign concerning COVID-19. Russia says they didn’t do nuthin’. TrickBot is back wi...

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Coronavirus phishing. Money mule recruiting. Remote work and behavioral baselining. HHS incident seems to have been...an incident. Advice from NIST, and from Dame Vera Lynne.

Episode Date: March 18, 2020

More coronavirus phishing expeditions. Don’t let idleness or desperation lead you into a money-mule scam. How do behavioral expectations change during...

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Cyberattack on US HHS probably a minor probe. Disinformation about COVID-19 continues to serve as both phishbait and disruption. US prosecutors move to stop prosecution Concord Management.

Episode Date: March 17, 2020

The cyberattack on the US Department of Health and Human Services seems now to have been a minor incident. Disinformation about COVID-19 and measures...

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COVID-19’s effects on cyberspace: disinformation, espionage, data theft, fraud, and extortion. Also far greater remote working.

Episode Date: March 16, 2020

COVID-19’s effects on cyberspace: disinformation, espionage, data theft, fraud, and extortion. Also far greater remote working. David Dufour from Webr...

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TLS is here to stay. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: March 14, 2020

As websites and apps more widely adopt TLS (Transport Layer Security) and communicate over HTTPS connections, unencrypted traffic may draw even more a...

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COVID-19 as both incentive for remote work and phishbait. Offshored trolling. A list of “digital predators.” US Senate doesn’t extend domestic surveillance authority.

Episode Date: March 13, 2020

COVID-19 significantly increased remote working, and the pandemic is now a favorite lure in the phishing tackle of both intelligence services and crim...

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The return of Turla. Data exposure incidents disclosed. Beijing accuses Taipei of waging cyberwarfare against the PRC. Coronavirus disinformation.

Episode Date: March 12, 2020

Turla’s back, this time with watering holes in compromised Armenian websites. Data exposures are reported in the Netherlands and the United States. Ch...

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The Cyberspace Solarium reports. Coronavirus scams and coronavirus realities. Notes on March’s Patch Tuesday.

Episode Date: March 11, 2020

The Cyberspace Solarium has released its report, as promised, and they wish to make your flesh creep. Coronavirus scams and phishbait amount to what s...

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Caution in the Play store. EU power consortium’s business systems hacked. Cablegate--a look back. Schulte trial ends in minor convictions, but a hung jury on major counts. The cyber underworld.

Episode Date: March 10, 2020

Google removes from the Play store an app nominally designed to track COVID-19 infections. An EU power distribution consortium says its business syste...

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