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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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APT10 stays busy. More skepticism about Huawei (and ZTE, for that matter). No foreign “material effect” on US midterms. Reverse RDP risk. IIoT bug found. RSA Innovation Sandbox finalists.

Episode Date: February 6, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Chinese threat group APT10 seems to have been busy lately, and up to its familiar industrial espionage. More governme...

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ExileRAT versus Tibet. SpeakUp backdoors Linux. Facebook bans Myanmar militias. Norway sees a threat in Huawei. Westminster gets hacked? Bangladesh Bank sues over SWIFT caper.

Episode Date: February 5, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that ExileRAT is targeting Tibet’s government-in-exile. The SpeakUp backdoor afflicts many varieties of Linux systems. Fac...

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Tracking the impresario behind Collection#1. OceanLotus and a new downloader. CookieMiner malware afflicts Macs. Huawei’ prospects. Influence ops. Extortion by bluff.

Episode Date: February 4, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Collection#1 looks like the work of an aggregator who goes by the name of “C0rpz.” OceanLotus is working with a new d...

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Online underground markets in the Middle East. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: February 2, 2019

Researchers at Trend Micro recently published their look inside online underground marketplaces in the Middle East and North Africa, where criminals a...

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No more Apple time-out for Facebook and Google. Inauthentic sites taken down. Fancy Bear paws at Washington, again. Malware-serving ads. Amplification DDoS. Data exposures in India.

Episode Date: February 1, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Apple has let Facebook and Google out of time-out. Russia decides it would like access to Apple data because, you kno...

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Commodity credential stuffing gets four new collections. Google was also doing a pay-to-pwn, like Facebook. Russian trolling. FaceTime bug investigation. Joanap botnet. Other online scams.

Episode Date: January 31, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Collections #2 through #5 have joined Collection #1 in hacker fora. Google is found to be collecting data from device...

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US IC on cyber threats. Iran goes after PII. UAE surveillance described. Scanning for unpatched routers. Huawei’s possible fates. Scam exploits child. FaceTime disclosure. Facebook Research.

Episode Date: January 30, 2019

In today’s CyberWire, we hear that US Intelligence Community leaders testify that the major cyber threat comes from Russia, China, North Korea, and Ir...

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Case studies in risk and regulation. [CyberWire-X]

Episode Date: January 30, 2019

In the final episode of our four-part series, called “Ground Truth or Consequences: the challenges and opportunities of regulation in cyberspace,” we...

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FaceTime’s odd bug, and how to squash it. FormBook malware surges through a new hosting service. Some international law enforcement wins. International conflict in cyberspace.

Episode Date: January 29, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that a FaceTime bug lets you listen to someone’s phone before they’ve even picked up. FormBook malware’s surge is abetted...

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Someone takes an unhealthy interest in Citizen Lab. Ukraines accuses Russia of election phishing. Russian bigshots doxed. Tension over Venezuela. Swatting indictments. National Privacy Day.

Episode Date: January 28, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear about some Spy vs. Spy at Citizen Lab, but who the spies were working for isn’t clear. Ukraine’s cyber police accuse Russi...

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Amplification bots and how to detect them. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: January 26, 2019

Researchers from Duo Security have been analyzing the behavior of Twitter bots in a series of posts on their web site. Their most recent dive into the...

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Glitches, not attacks or takedowns. Tracing Gray Energy and Zebrocy back to their servers. US Army tactical cyber operations. Venezuela crisis. Bellingcat and OSINT. Roger Stone arrested.

Episode Date: January 25, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that two potential cyberattacks now look like glitches. Gray Energy and Zebrocy look as if they’re close enough to be, if...

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The US House of Representatives wants to know more about DNS-hijacking. Huawei skepticism. Anonymous dunnit, say the Russians. Financial data exposed. Family spooked by hackers.

Episode Date: January 24, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that the US House would like some more information from DHS about what prompted its emergency directive about DNS hijackin...

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Emergency Directive 19-01 versus DNS hijacking. 2019 US National Intelligence Strategy on cyber. France says cyber war is upon us. Courts in UK have email trouble. Hacks and lulz.

Episode Date: January 23, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Emergency Directive 19-01 has told US Federal civilian agencies to take steps to stop an ongoing DNS-hijacking campai...

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Ex-employee backdoor. Stealthy DDoS. Anubis dropper looks for motion. Influence operations. Privacy actions. The curious case of the espionage arrest in Russia.

Episode Date: January 22, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that the WordPress Multilingual Plugin was compromised by a disgruntled ex-employee. Stealthy DDoS might escape notice. An...

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Luring IoT botnets to the honeypot. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: January 19, 2019

Researchers from Netscout's ASERT team have been making use of honeypots to gather information on rapidly evolving IoT botnets that take advantage of...

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Collection #1 and the threat of credential stuffing. Cryptojacker disables some cloud security tools. Don’t chat with strange bots. Facbebook shutters more Russian coordinated inauthenticity.

Episode Date: January 18, 2019

In today’s podcast we hear that Collection #1 is big but not the end-of-the-world. Still, be on the lookout for credential stuffing attacks. Rocke cry...

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Cyber espionage vs. the RoK MoD. Fancy Bear’s old Lojax tricks. US rumored to be prepping another case against Huawei. Database exposure in Oklahoma. Yes Men prank Post.

Episode Date: January 17, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that South Korea’s Defense Ministry has disclosed a cyber espionage incident. Fancy Bear sticks to its old tricks with Loj...

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SEC, DoJ, issue civil and criminal complaints against EDGAR hackers. Lazarus Group in Chile? Iran’s Ashiyane Forum. Cryptomix ransomware. Money laundering through Fortnite. Fake WaPo edition.

Episode Date: January 16, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that the SEC and the Department of Justice are going after EDGAR hackers for securities fraud. Flashpoint sees the Lazarus...

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Web hosts fix account takeover issues. Passenger Name Record exposure proof-of-concept. Swatting isn’t funny. Chinese manufacturers and suspicions of espinonage.

Episode Date: January 15, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that a bug hunter has found and responsibly disclosed issues in web hosts. Compromising Passenger Name Records in airline...

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