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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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Reaper botnet update, Election hacking in Kenya, Czech Republic. M&A notes. APT28's phishing. Kaspersky's offer of code review. FBI shots in the crypto wars.

Episode Date: October 24, 2017

In today's podcast, we learn that Hurricane Reaper, the big IoT botnet, remains a digital tropical depression, but plenty of people are warning everyo...

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Reaper botnet looming, but not yet landed. CyCon phishing. How to troll for influence.

Episode Date: October 23, 2017

In today's podcast, we share some notes on active malware campaigns, and a warning to be on the lookout for the Reaper botnet, which hasn't yet realiz...

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WireX BotNet with Justin Paine from Cloudflare. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: October 21, 2017

In August 2017, multiple Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and content providers were subject to significant attacks from a botnet dubbed WireX. (The b...

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IoT DDoS hurricane forming? Sofacy exploits patched Flash bug. NotPetya continues to impose costs. Snooping with mobile app ads.

Episode Date: October 20, 2017

In today's podcast we hear that an IoT botnet hurricane may be forming among IP cameras. (IP cameras are to DDoS what the West African coast is to Atl...

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Leviathan group exploits patched .NET flaw. North Korean cyber ops. Russian suspicions. Cutlet Maker ATM malware, Sockbot Minecraft malware. Ransomware and backups.

Episode Date: October 19, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about how a cyber espionage campaign exploits a recently patched .NET vulnerability as Leviathan phishes with torpedo reco...

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DPRK returns to bank robbery. Ransomware updates. Patches from Oracle, Lenovo, BlackBerry. Criminal coin miners.

Episode Date: October 18, 2017

In today's podcast we hear that the Lazarus Group is back at it with SWIFT. Maniber ransomware hits South Korea. Researchers cast the first KRACK-rela...

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Panama Papers assassination? Black Oasis exploits Flash Player. DPRK hacked TV show. Patching KRACK and ROCA. WikiLeaks prepping something? DHS BOD 18-01. SCOTUS to rule on data warrants.

Episode Date: October 17, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about the assassination of a reporter who covered the Panama Papers. The Black Oasis threat group is found distributing Fi...

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KRACK attacks. Iran's growing capability in cyberspace. Swedish and Polish targets probed by state-directed cyber ops. QR code security issues. Russia to introduce official cryptocurrency.

Episode Date: October 16, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about how KRACK attacks get past secure wi-fi protocols. Probes and distributed denial-of-service incidents in Poland and...

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Synthesized DNA Malware with Peter Ney. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: October 14, 2017

Peter Ney is a PhD candidate in the Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington where he is advised by Professor...

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Germany's BSI sees no problem in Kasperky software. Equifax, TransUnion, suffer from third-party malvertizing code. ISIS expected to change its inspiration. Notes on the dark web.

Episode Date: October 13, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that German authorities say they see nothing bad up with Kaspersky software, but they're in the Western minority on this o...

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Panama Papers pinch. North Korean spearphishing against ICS. CyberMaryland notes. Google Home Mini was tale-bearing (but now it's better).

Episode Date: October 12, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that German police raid a Panama Papers connected slush fund. North Korea spearphishes in the North American power grid. S...

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Israel said to have tipped the US off concerning Kaspersky risks. Accenture databases exposed. Deloitte breach may be worse than initially thought.

Episode Date: October 11, 2017

In today's CyberWire, we discuss why the US Intelligence Community got prickly about Kaspersky: their Israeli colleagues tipped them off that somethin...

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Cyberespionage in the Korean peninsula. Russian influence operators bought Facebook, Google ads. Forrester hacked. Kovter, OilRig get upgrades. US CYBERCOM CSM notes.

Episode Date: October 10, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that North Korea may have hacked into South Korean defense plans. Facebook and Google receive increasing scrutiny for Russ...

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GDPR: Privacy from Across the Pond [Special Edition]

Episode Date: October 9, 2017

Following major breach revelations from Equifax, Yahoo!, Deloitte and the US Securities and Exchange commission, there have been many calls in the US...

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Android Toast Overlay: Ryan Olson from Palo Alto Networks. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: October 7, 2017

Android Toast Overlay enables attackers to trick Android users into enabling permissions on infected devices by making them think they are clicking on...

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FSB got NSA with an assist (witting or unwitting) from Kaspersky? Germany calls off mass surveillance investigation. Reality Winner stays in jail.

Episode Date: October 6, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear more on what happened with NSA material at (allegedly) Russian hands. Kaspersky security software alleged to have been exp...

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NSA breach announced today (occurred in 2015, discovered in 2016) may be final nail in Kaspersky Lab's coffin.

Episode Date: October 5, 2017

In today's podcast we hear that sensitive NSA files appear to have been obtained by Russian intelligence services, and there are claims Kaspersky soft...

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No insight yet into Las Vegas gunman's motive as ISIS inspiration generally discounted. Yahoo! breach affected 3, not 1, billion user accounts. Equifax updates.

Episode Date: October 4, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that ISIS claims of responsibility for Las Vegas murders continue to lose plausibility, but the shooter's motives remain a...

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Fake news and information operations with no obvious solution. Equifax update. US Cyber Command vs. DPRK

Episode Date: October 3, 2017

In today's podcast, we consider the bogus rumors and highly questionable claims of responsibility circulating online after the Las Vegas massacre....

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Bots, sockpuppets, and trolls. Facebook talks to Congress. Some suggest China hacked Equifax. DPRK gets more Internet. ISIS inspiration. Section 702 authority in doubt.

Episode Date: October 2, 2017

In today's podcast, it's bots, sockpuppets, and trolls, oh my. Mr. Zuckerberg goes to Washington. Equifax sources suggest China hacked it. Credit bure...

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