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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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Operation Shadow Web rolls up carding gang. Fancy Bear sightings. DPRK buying zero-days? Cryptojacking ICS. Huawei, ZTE get Congressional razzing. Jita scams.

Episode Date: February 8, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that Operation Shadow Web has tken down the Infraud criminal carding gang. Two more Fancy Bear sightings—one in voter datab...

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Dutch DDoS arrest. Pyongyang is interested in cryptocurrency. So is the US SEC (in a different way). Uber explains its breach disclosure. New wrinkle in the "Microsoft" Help Desk scam.

Episode Date: February 7, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that Dutch police have made an arrest in last week's financial sector DDoS case: it's a teenager. North Korean interest in...

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More Eternal exploits found more troublesome. Cryptominer updates. NIST SP 800-171. Paycard skimmers. Tsunami false alarm.

Episode Date: February 6, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that the Shadow Broker exploits have now been found to be more exploitable. Cryptocurrency miners are recognized as a prob...

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DPRK exploiting Flash Player zero-day. ISIS wants hacking help. JenX DDoS, Scrareby ransomware updates. Crime and punishment.

Episode Date: February 5, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Flash Player is being exploited by DPRK's TEMP.Reaper, also known as Group 123. ISIS may have a hacker help-wanted si...

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Advanced adware with nation-state tactics. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: February 3, 2018

Adware is generally considered unsophisticated, and because of its low perceived threat level it's often ignored. Researchers at the Booz Allen Dark L...

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JenX botnet and DDoS-for-hire. RoK CERT warns of Flash Player zero-day. Cryptocurrency mining and scamming. ICS security trends. Twitter cleared in terror trial. The Nunes Memo is out.

Episode Date: February 2, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that the JenX botnet will conduct DDoS-for-hire, if you've got twenty bucks. South Korea's CERT warns of an Adobe Flash Pl...

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ISIS war on families. Cryptomining botnets. The weaponization of Spectre and Meltdown. Phishig with bogus emails spoofing Google, Microsoft. Apps that know too much.

Episode Date: February 1, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that ISIS inspiration is increasingly directed at children. Cryptomining botnets use same EternalBlue exploit as WannaCry....

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Phishing campaign targets Israeli scientists. Low-level contract phishing in China's hinterlands? Apps with privacy flaws. Cisco patches ASA products. Cryptocurrency speculation and fraud.

Episode Date: January 31, 2018

In today's podcast we hear about a possible Charming Kitten sighting. Phishing in Tibet shows just how successful cheap skid labor can be. Cisco patch...

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Netherlands financial sector recovers from DDoS. Lizard Squad, Mirai, and coin mining. IOTA wallets emptied. Snooper's Charter loses in court. US House may release surveillance memos. Strava OPSEC.

Episode Date: January 30, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that the Dutch financial sector is well on its way to recovering from the recent DDoS wave, which could be the work of anyo...

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Coincheck cryptocurrency heist. ICO phishing. Jackpotting comes to America. Dridex and FriedEx. Transduction attack threat to IoT sensors. Jihadist steganography. Oversharing with Strava?

Episode Date: January 29, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that hackers have looted cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck to the tune of about $530 million. Experty's ICO speculators ge...

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Targeting Olympic organizations. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: January 27, 2018

This week we’re discussing the a campaign the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team recently discovered, one that’s targeting organizations involved wi...

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Lebal's layered approach to infection. Crytominers are becoming a big problem. Tracking influence ops. Dutch intelligence spotted Cozy Bear early. Exploiting password recovery.

Episode Date: January 26, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear how Lebal malware steps its way through layered defenses. Cryptocurrency mining campaigns go after Monero with XMRig, Wann...

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2018 forecast [Special Editions]

Episode Date: January 26, 2018

It’s fair to say that 2017 was a busy year when it came to cyber security, and as we head into 2018 there’s certainly no sign of things slowing down....

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Patriotic hacktivism. HNS botnet spreads P2P. Electron vulnerabilities found, mitigated, Criminals target ICOs. Ransomware-as-a-service. Cryptowars. Fancy Bear doxes luge.

Episode Date: January 25, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear about how patriotic hacktivists are talking turkey to high-profile Twitter accounts. The Hide 'N' Seek IoT botnet spreads...

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Satori variants. Hacking in Anatolia. Lazarus Group improves its tradecraft. Tindr vulnerabilties. UK's new office to combat disinformation. Pirated pdfs hold malware.

Episode Date: January 24, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that new Satori variants are out. Turkish hacktivists use Twitter for social engineering. Parties unknown are conducting a...

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ISIS messaging. Intel will roll out new Spectre/Meltdown patches. Identities for sale on the dark web. IDN spoofing. SpriteCoin ransomware, with a malware chaser. Three Sonic games may be trouble.

Episode Date: January 23, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that ISIS is howling "we are in your home" as they lose their own home. Intel says a new patch for Spectre and Meltdown is...

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Evrial and the Clipboard threat. SamSam ransomware recovery. Olympic hacking? Russian bots. Crime and punishment. Speculated origins of Bitcoin.

Episode Date: January 22, 2018

In today's podcast, we learn that the Evrial Trojan is interested in what's on your Windows Clipboard. The healthcare sector continues its struggle to...

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Fancy Bear Duping Doping Domains. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: January 20, 2018

Researchers at ThreatConnect have discovered evidence that Fancy Bear, a cyber espionage group generally associated with Russia's military agency GRU,...

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AllScripts works to remediate ransomware in medical apps. Group 123 hits ROK targets. Triton/Trisis zero-day. Dark Caracal espionage op. Section 702 renewed. GhostTeam ejected from Play Store.

Episode Date: January 19, 2018

In today's podcast we hear about ransomware afflicting a healthcare IT provider. Group 123 phishes in South Korean waters. Schneider Electric describe...

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Big healthcare data breach. False civil defense alerts. Davos will take up cyber next week (among other topics). Exobot on the block. Satori in your wallet? Ponzi scheme or pump-and-dump?

Episode Date: January 18, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that Norway's Southern and Eastern Regional Health Authority has suffered a breach. False civil defense alerts are mistakes...

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