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Executive Order mandates election interference sanctions. British Airways regulatory exposure. Patch Tuesday notes. EU passes copyright law. Russia says no to Novichok. WhatsApp scam.

Episode Date: September 12, 2018

In our podcast we hear that a US Executive Order issued today will impose sanctions on foreign actors following a determination that there's been an a...

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Trend Micro answers spying allegations. Magecart blamed for British Airways breach. Tor Browser exploit disclosed. Google vs. the right to be forgotten. Accused JPMorgan hacker extradited.

Episode Date: September 11, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Trend Micro has clarified what was up with allegations it was deploying spyware with its tools—no spyware, but they'v...

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Elections and information operations, but not necessarily the elections you expect. Apple purges dodgy security apps. Who are the Silence criminals? BA's breach. Cyber moonshots.

Episode Date: September 10, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear about foreign information operations surrounding elections in Israel and Sweden. Domestic information operations surround...

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Leafminer espionage digs the Middle East. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: September 8, 2018

Researchers at Symantec recently published their findings on an active attack group named Leafminer that's targeting government organizations and busi...

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Russia does the info ops dance. An indictment of a Lazarus Groupie. FOIA shares too much. British Airways breaches. Silence makes some noise. Notes from the Billington Cybersecurity Summit.

Episode Date: September 7, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that Russia says it had nothing to do with the Salisbury nerve agent attacks, but no one really seems to be buying the deni...

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Cyberwar looms between Russia and the UK. Twitter and Facebook complete testimony, but inquiries continue. Unpatched MikroTik routers exploited. OilRig's new tricks.

Episode Date: September 6, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that the Novichok attacks have brought Britain and Russia to the brink of cyberwar. The UK will take its case to the UN Se...

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Sleeper malware. Hakai botnet spreads. SamSam is still with us. US DNI warns of election threats. Congressional panels interrogate Facebook and Twitter, but not Google.

Episode Date: September 5, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that German security authorities warn about the possibility of sleeper sabotage malware. A botnet to rival Satori, this on...

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Tracking Stone Panda to the Tianjin Bureau. Ad-fraud and Tokelau. RansomWarrior decrypted. US Congress to grill Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Celebrity scams.

Episode Date: September 4, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Intrusion Truth seems to have Stone Panda dead to rights. Chinese intelligence increases targeting of expatriate Uygh...

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ATM hacks on the rise. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: September 1, 2018

Threat researcher Marcelle Lee from LookingGlass Cyber Solutions joins us to share her research on the growing threat of ATM hacks in the U.S. The re...

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Recruiting spies via LinkedIn. WindShift in the Gulf. GlobeImposter ransomware. Blocking Telegram is harder than it looks. Policy notes from the Five Eyes.

Episode Date: August 31, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that the US Intelligence Community says that China is actively trying to recruit spies over LinkedIn. Britain and Germany h...

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Twitter bots in Swedish politics. A different approach to influence operations. Hotel guest PII for sale. Medical device vulnerabilities. Charges in the case of the Satori botnet.

Episode Date: August 30, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Twitter bots have shown up in Sweden's political discourse. Not so much Chinese hacking for influence: Beijing seems...

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Unpatched Apache Struts installations being exploited in the wild. Windows local privilege escalation flaw. Similarities among spyware. Stalkerware hack. Criminal threats to the grid. Breaches.

Episode Date: August 29, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that the Apache Struts vulnerability, patched last week, is being actively exploited by cryptojackers. Microsoft works on a...

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Social media struggle with their social role. Election hacking concerns remain high. Australia's new government shuffles cybersecurity responsibilities.

Episode Date: August 28, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Twitter has suspended more accounts for "divisive social commentary" and "coordinated manipulation." Facebook blocks...

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Moscow HUMINT drought? Spying on the Patriarch. Ottoman hacktivism. Iranian information operations. ISIS in cyberspace. RtPOS malware discovered.

Episode Date: August 27, 2018

In today's podcast, we discuss reports that suggest US HUMINT collection in Russia has dried up. Russian intelligence services are showing an interest...

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Cyber espionage coming from Chinese University. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: August 25, 2018

Threat intelligence firm Recorded Future recently published research describing espionage activities originating from servers at a major Chinese unive...

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More action against Iranian influence operations. Tehran's cyberespionage against universities. Counter-value targeting in cyber deterrence. Sino-Australian trade war? Law and order.

Episode Date: August 24, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Google has put the cats out. Secureworks describes an Iranian cyberespionage campaign targeting universities. That DN...

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If you're running a red team, let someone know it's a drill. Apache patches Struts. Another exposed AWS bucket. Remcos abused by hackers. DPRK goes after Macs. Dark Tequila runs in Mexico.

Episode Date: August 23, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that a phishing attempt against the Democratic National Committee turned out to have been a poorly coordinated red-team ex...

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Facebook takes down "inauthentic" Russian and Iranian fronts. Twitter blocks Iranian false-flags, and FireEye explains why they think it's Tehran. Triout Android spyware described. Hacking back?

Episode Date: August 22, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that Facebook has taken down more inauthentic pages—some are Russian, but others are Iranian. Twitter blocks Iranian accoun...

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Fancy Bear bogus sites taken down. Some in the US Congress think they want hack-back laws. Cyber and sanctions. Operation Red Signature. Doxing Chinese Intelligence. Buggy medical devices.

Episode Date: August 21, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Microsoft has sprung its bear trap, again, and caught Fancy Bear. This time the targets are more to the right than th...

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DarkHotel is back. So is Necurs, and it's distributing a modular malware dropper. Industrial espionage follows international trade. Election meddling. The use and abuse of data.

Episode Date: August 20, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that an evolved DarkHotel campaign is under way. A new malware dropper is out and about thanks to the Necurs botnet. Resea...

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