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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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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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Coronavirus misinformation, phishbait, and disinformation. Ransomware’s growing reach. How criminals’ desire for glory works against their desire to escape apprehension.

Episode Date: March 9, 2020

Coronavirus misinformation, coronavirus online scams, and coronavirus disinformation. Ransomware hits a steel plant, local government, and a defense c...

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Overworked developers write vulnerable software. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: March 7, 2020

Why do some developers and development teams write more secure code than others? Software is written by people, either alone or in teams. Ultimately s...

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Misconfigured databases, again. Vulnerable subdomains. Dark web search engines. Troll farming. An update on the crypto wars.

Episode Date: March 6, 2020

Virgin Media discloses a data exposure incident, another misconfigured database. Microsoft subdomains are reported vulnerable to takeover. A dark web...

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Credential stuffing attacks and data breaches. Coronavirus-themed phishbait is an international problem. Super Tuesday security post mortems. Huawei agonistes.

Episode Date: March 5, 2020

Credential stuffing affects J. Crew and Tesco customers. T-Mobile discloses a data breach. Emcor works to recover from a ransomware infestation. Coron...

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Super Tuesday eve primary jitters. DoppelPaymer hits an aerospace supplier. WordPress plugins exploited in the wild. Vote for the catphish.

Episode Date: March 2, 2020

It’s Super Tuesday eve, and people worry about influence operations, both foreign and domestic. DoppelPaymer hits a precision manufacturer, and moves...

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Application tracking in Wacom tablets. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: February 29, 2020

Today's Research Saturday features our conversation with Robert Heaton, a software engineer with Stripe who penned a blog post about his disappointing...

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South Carolina primary affords the next test of US election security. Cerberus evolves. Bot-driven fraud. FCC to fine wireless carriers for location data handling. FISA changes.

Episode Date: February 28, 2020

South Carolina prepares for tomorrow’s primary, confident that it will be able to conduct the vote securely and without disruption. An evolved version...

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RSAC 2020. Naming and shaming. Kitty espionage update. Wi-Fi crypto flaw. Impersonating the DNC. Ransomware gets more aggressive. When is removing a GPS tracker theft?

Episode Date: February 27, 2020

Naming and shaming seems to work, at least against China’s Ministry of State Security. Iranian cyberespionage continues its regional focus. Wi-Fi chip...

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