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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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Terror, announced and celebrated online. JavaScript sniffer afflicts e-commerce sites. Cryptojacking in the cloud. Perspectives on regulation, thoughts on a pervasive IoT. China’s IP protection law.

Episode Date: March 15, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that a terror attack against two New Zealand mosques is announced on Twitter and live-streamed on Facebook. A new, unobtru...

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Indonesian election security. Watering hole in Pakistani passport site. RAT hunting. “Intelligence brute-forcing.” Just-patched zero-day exploited. PoS DGA attack. Operation Sheep. BND advises “nein” to Huawei.

Episode Date: March 14, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Indonesia says it’s got its voting security under control, and a lot of the problems sound like good old familiar fra...

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Election security and influence operations. Hacking the Fleet. Undersea cable competition. 5G worries. Calls to rein in Big Tech. UN report outlines North Korean cyber crime (there’s a lot of it).

Episode Date: March 13, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that election interference concerns persist around the world. Governments seek to address them with a mix of threat intel...

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Venezuela power blackout updates. Social media and social control. Trojanized games. Free decryptor out for ransomware strain. Ads on Facebook. A look at 30 years of the web.

Episode Date: March 12, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear an update on Venezuela and its power outages. Amplification of social media posts as a form of mass persuasion. A look at...

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Allegations and information operations. Iridium group may have compromised Citrix. Sino-American trade and security conflicts continue. Fashions in trolling.

Episode Date: March 11, 2019

Venezuela sustains power outages, and the regime blames hackers and wreckers. The opposition says it’s all due to the regime’s corruption, incompetenc...

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Job-seeker exposes banking network to Lazurus Group. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: March 9, 2019

Vitali Kremez is a Director of Research at Flashpoint. His team discovered that the recently disclosed intrusion suffered in December 2018 by Chilean...

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Chinese influence campaigns. Egyptian spear phishing. Hundreds of million email records exposed.

Episode Date: March 8, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Chinese information operations on US social media are widespread. The Egyptian government launches spear phishing att...

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Scope of APT33 attacks revealed. GandCrab criminals shift tactics. Slub malware uses Slack.

Episode Date: March 7, 2019

The scope of Iran-linked APT33 cyberattacks has been revealed. GandCrab criminals are using more sophisticated tactics. A new type of malware was usin...

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5G worries. Whitefly vs. SingHealth. Speculative execution bug.

Episode Date: March 6, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Australia's former prime minister warns Britain about Chinese tech companies. Symantec says Whitefly was behind SingH...

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India hacks back. Rob Joyce discusses cyber conflict. Chinese hackers look for maritime technologies. Google reveals a macOS vulnerability.

Episode Date: March 5, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that India went on the offensive when its government websites were attacked by hackers from Pakistan. Rob Joyce, Senior Ad...

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Operation Sharpshooter. Canada begins extradition process. Huawei will sue the US. Facebook’s global lobbying practices revealed. Visitor management systems are vulnerable.

Episode Date: March 4, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Operation Sharpshooter is linked to North Korea. Canada begins the extradition process for Meng Wanzhou. Huawei is pl...

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Fake Fortnite app scams infect gamers. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: March 2, 2019

Researchers at Zscaler have been tracking a variety fake versions of the popular Fortnite game on the Google Play store, along with associated scams....

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Qbot spreads. Bug hunting makes a millionaire. US Cyber Command shows what “persistent engagement” looks like. Huawei agonistes. There’s no Momo, really.

Episode Date: March 1, 2019

Qbot infections are spreading. The bounty-hunting gig economy apparently has its first millionaire. Observers are liking what they see in US Cyber Com...

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Third-parties can misconfigure, too. Coinhive goes out of business. Intel decides 5G project with Chinese partner is too hard. Bronze Union. Clearing Facebook data. Proper disposal of lawful intercept tools.

Episode Date: February 28, 2019

In today’s podcast we hear that a misconfigured Amazon Web Services database has exposed a risk screening database--and it seems the exposure itself w...

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Router vulnerabilities. Hacking around the Hanoi summit. DDoSing an election. Brushing back a troll farm. Crytpojacking an embassy.

Episode Date: February 27, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Nokia routers have been found vulnerable to man-in-the-middle and denial-of-service attacks. As one would expect, the...

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Sino-Australian, Sino-American cyber tensions. Threat trends. Bare-metal cloud issues addressed. USB-C and memory attacks, Credential stuffing in tax season. Twitter hijacking.

Episode Date: February 26, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear updates on suspicions of Chinese operators. Some trend reports from IBM and NETSCOUT. Bare-metal cloud services get reflas...

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Another warning of DNS hijacking. B0r0nt0k ransomware is out and about, and in too many servers. Whitelisting a controversial CA. Blockchain security. Bots get on the consular calendar.

Episode Date: February 25, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that ICANN has warned of a DNS hijacking wave, and is urging widespread DNSSEC adoption. Security firms see Iran as a part...

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Rosneft suspicions shift from espionage to business email compromise. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: February 23, 2019

Researchers at security firm Cylance have been tracking a threat group targeting the Rosneft Russian oil company. As Cylance uncovered details, suspic...

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Influence operations in Ukraine’s elections. Australian hacks look more like China’s work. Huawei and the 5G future. Objectionable content in comments. DrainerNot. No more soldier-selfies in Russia.

Episode Date: February 22, 2019

In today’s podcast, we hear that Kiev says it’s found complex, large-scale Russian influence operations in Ukraine’s presidential election. Australian...

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Hybrid war and tactical influence operations. Separ lives off the land. NoRelationship attacks get past email filters. Responsible disclosure. Man-in-the-room bug. Ship hacking. Password managers.

Episode Date: February 21, 2019

In today’s podcast we hear about a test of influencing soldiers through their social media: Instagram works best, Twitter not so much. Separ credentia...

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