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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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Payment processors probed with BGP exploits for redirection attacks. WhatsApp vulnerable to manipulation? Deterrence and retaliation. Anonymous vs. QAnon. Notes from Black Hat.

Episode Date: August 8, 2018

In today's podcast we hare that Oracle has warned of BGP exploits against payment processors. Check Point says it's found vulnerabilities in WhatsApp...

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TSMC recovers from WannaCry infection. OpenEMR fixes 30 bugs. UK will ask Russia to extradite two GRU operators for Novichok attacks. Twitterbots flourish.

Episode Date: August 7, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that chipmaker TSMC says the virus that shut it down in Taiwan was WannaCry. It appears to have been an incidental infectio...

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More data exposures, from banks and a major CRM provider. Ransomware strikes back. The irresistibility of data. An unhackable wallet gets hacked…maybe. Spreading goodwill through Akido?

Episode Date: August 6, 2018

Leaky API may have exposed Salesforce customers' data, TSMC reports a virus in its semiconductor plants. TCM Bank discloses a paycard application leak...

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Cortana voice assistant lets you in. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: August 4, 2018

Researchers at McAfee recently discovered code execution vulnerabilities in the default settings of the Cortana voice-activated digital assistant in W...

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Russian threats and threats to Russia. Cryptojacking wave spreads out from Brazil. Recovering from malware in Alaska and Atlanta. Notes on automotive cybersecurity.

Episode Date: August 3, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that the US Intelligence Community warns of Russian threats, again. A criminal spearphishing campaign hits Russian industri...

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RASPITE noses around the US power grid. Cisco will buy Duo Security. Sandworm afflicts lab investigating Novichok attack. Influence ops can be no-lose proposition.Crytpojacking and malspam.

Episode Date: August 2, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Cisco plans to buy Duo Security. Dragos warns of the RASPITE adversary actor. Russia's Sandworm group is phishing peo...

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Reddit Hacked. Ukrainians nabbed. Facebook boots "inauthentic" accounts for malign influence. Pegasus spyware found in Amnesty phone. Yale's old breach. Google and censorship.

Episode Date: August 1, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that a Swiss chemical agent forensic lab has seen Sandworm phishing attempts. Facebook kicks thirty-one "inauthentic" accou...

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Data-centric security. [Special Editions]

Episode Date: August 1, 2018

In this CyberWire special edition, we take a look at data-centric security, focusing on the security of the data itself, rather than the surrounding n...

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Infrastructure security, especially power, finance, and elections. Preparation pays off. Proofpoint warns of new AZORult malware. Check Point tracks Master134 malvertising. Crime news.

Episode Date: July 31, 2018

In today's podcast we hear more warnings about Russian cyber operators in the North American power grid. The US Department of Homeland Security announ...

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NetSpectre proof-of-concept. Election hacking, in the US and Australia. Cyber industrial espionage. Cyber threats to power grids. Hacking JPay.

Episode Date: July 30, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear about NetSpectre, a new speculative execution proof-of-concept. Australia's Electoral Commission says there were no signs...

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BabaYaga strangely symbiotic Wordpress malware. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: July 28, 2018

Researchers at Defiant recently analyzed a malware family they named "BabaYaga," which has the curious behavior of clearing out other malware and keep...

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Fancy Bear sniffs around Senatorial staffs. US NSC considers Russian election interference. Chinese and Iranian cyberespionage. Malware loaders. Smart home bugs. Stealing WiFi.

Episode Date: July 27, 2018

In today's podcast we learn that Fancy Bear is said to be snuffling around at least one US Senatorial office. The US National Security Council meets t...

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LifeLock closes proof-of-concept hole. US-CERT warns of active campaigns against ERP applications. Ad blockers may function as spyware. Parasite HTTP RAT. Underminer EK. NSA's IG scowls.

Episode Date: July 26, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that LifeLock gets locked down—probably no harm done, maybe. US-CERT warns of active campaigns against ERP applications. Ad...

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Leafminer wants to learn from the best, and that's not good. Shipper hacked. Old malware resurfaces in improved form. Russian grid and election threats. What insurance covers.

Episode Date: July 25, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Leafminer is infesting networks in the Middle East. Red Alert, Kronos, Mirai, and Gafgyt make their reappearance in n...

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Warnings of Russian cyber threat to power grids. Phishing rises. Patch gets patched. SingHealth breach. Satori botnet. Bluetooth MitM. Evil maids?

Episode Date: July 24, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that warnings of Russian prep for an attack on power grids become more pointed. Phishing and impersonation attacks continu...

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SingHealth breach hits Singapore. Manufacturers afflicted with third-party data exposure. Aspen Security Forum takes cyber threats seriously. Ecuador may withdraw asylum from Assange.

Episode Date: July 23, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that Singapore's SingHealth has sustained a major data breach: authorities speculate it may have been the work of a nation-...

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Measuring the spearphishing threat. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: July 21, 2018

Researchers Gang Wang and Hang Hu from Virginia Tech recently conducted an end-to-end measurement on 35 popular email providers and examining user rea...

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Cyberespionage and influence operations. Big botnet assembled in less than a day. Monetizing stolen paycards through online games. Amazon nudges developers. Report on Huawei. Phishing notes.

Episode Date: July 20, 2018

In today's podcast we hear that the US Intelligence Community remains convinced the Bears are up to no good. Finland experienced elevated rates of cyb...

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Fancy Bear's Roman Holiday. RAT phishing in Ukraine. AWS S3 bucket leaks robocaller data. Bug or abuse? NIST to withdraw outdated cybersecurity publications. Content moderation.

Episode Date: July 19, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear that Fancy Bear has taken a Roman Holiday, and the Italian Navy may be taking note. A criminal espionage campaign is under...

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Magnibur ransomware spreads. LabCorp discloses suspicious incident on its networks. Spectre, Meltdown notes. Oracle patches. Helsinki summit backing and filling and backing.

Episode Date: July 18, 2018

In today's podcast, we hear about the spread of Magnibur ransomware. LabCorp discloses "suspicious activity" on its networks. The Pentagon will add cy...

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