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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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OilRig fingered as Iranian state-sponsored group behind attempted hacks of Israeli targets. Shamoon still under the same management. Botnet wars in the IoT. Countermessaging, hopes of missile hacks, and more. 

Episode Date: April 28, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that researchers have named the hitherto unnamed country that attempted to hack Israeli targets. Other researchers conclud...

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Fancy Bear in France (and in Germany, too). Israel debates Cyber Authority's charter. Sudan says its using Electronic Jihad against ISIS. Verizon, Symantec threat reports out. Adware campaigns.

Episode Date: April 27, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about the bear tracks analysts are seeing in Macron's campaign for France's presidency. (They're also appearing in German...

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Elections, influence operations, and hacking. How clever phishing succeeds. Chipotle's point-of-sale breach. Hacking in Fast and Furious 8.

Episode Date: April 26, 2017

In today's podcast, we follow the story of Fancy Bear (a.k.a. Pawn Storm, a.k.a. APT28) and France's elections. Why clever phishing continues to succe...

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Fancy Bear spotted in France, Denmark, and maybe Bulgaria. Tensions mount around North Korean weapon programs. Power grid fragility. Milkydoor in the PlayStore. AV misunderstanding. Kelihos indictment. Ashley Madison blackmail.

Episode Date: April 25, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that Fancy Bear has as expected been spotted snuffling around the French Presidential election. Denmark and Bulgaria also...

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Nation-state tensions in cyberspace over North Korean threats and presumably Russian cyberespionage. Locky returns. More pharma spam. Seleznev gets 27 years for carding.

Episode Date: April 24, 2017

In today's podcast we hear that cyberattack worries mount with international tensions over North Korea. France's first-round presidential elections co...

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States and gangs. Insider threats and mole hunts. The misguided vigilante behind BrikerBot. Hollywood hacks. Not a Nigerian prince this time, just the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency.

Episode Date: April 21, 2017

In today's podcast we hear that cyber gangs are busily at work reverse-engineering the last ShadowBrokers' document dump. But the Russian ones at leas...

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Trojanized apps in the PlayStore. How cybergangs talk, cooperate, and improve their game. More troubles reported for Tanium. A Chicago lawsuit brings privacy issues to the fore.

Episode Date: April 20, 2017

In today's podcast we hear about snakes in the PlayStore's walled garden (one of them with a helpful flashlight, and another one with a plumber's cap...

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Vigilantes in the IoT. Bad actors find a friend in the ShadowBrokers. BankBot is back in the PlayStore. Pixel-tracking for target recon. A very big Oracle patch.

Episode Date: April 19, 2017

In today's podcast we hear about a new vigilante in the IoT—Hajime—and learn that the security industry doesn't think much of vigilantes. Observers po...

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Karmen in the black market. Homograph vulnerabilities. Vault 7 and ShadowBrokers updates. Hacks and missiles. Competing for botnets.

Episode Date: April 18, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about a newish ransomware strain, Karmen, hitting the low-end ransomware-as-a-service market. Homograph vulnerability proo...

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Missiles and malware? ShadowBrokers' leaks examined. Syrian info ops. ISIS recruits women for martyrdom. Ransomware, medical device vulnerability updates. Troubled unicorn?

Episode Date: April 17, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about a big missile fizzle on Pyongyang's Day of the Sun yesterday—there's hopeful but a priori speculation of a cyber op...

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ShadowBrokers frustrated with the peoples. Callisto Group was active against UK Foreign Office. US DCI denounces WikiLeaks as a hostile intelligence service. Surveillance vendors said willing to deal with pariah regimes. Weaponized memes.

Episode Date: April 14, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that the ShadowBrokers are fed up with all of you peoples. The Callisto Group spearphised the UK's Foreign Office last yea...

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Ewind adware infesting Android third-party app stores. Influence operations. Russian state use of organized crime. Finspy a payload in Word zero-day exploits.

Episode Date: April 13, 2017

In today's podcast we hear about how Ewind adware infests cloned apps in the Android ecosystem. Influence operations rise to prominence amid increased...

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Patch Tuesday notes. Cyber threats to healthcare, New Helsinki information operations center forming. Updates on WikiLeaks and the ShadowBrokers

Episode Date: April 12, 2017

In today's podcast, we discuss April's Patch Tuesday, with news and tasks for Windows, Adobe, and SAP admins. Cyber threats to healthcare include rans...

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Women in Cybersecurity 2017: A CyberWire Special Edition [Special Edition]

Episode Date: April 12, 2017

The 2017 Women in Cybersecurity conference was held in Tucson Arizona, and the CyberWire was on hand to cover the event. We spoke with a variety of cy...

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Word zero-day spreading Dridex. Password reuse bites Amazon third-party sellers. Mirai now mines Bitcoin. WikiLeaks, the ShadowBrokers, and war in Syria. Cyber first use. Crypto wars in Europe. APT10 in India. Penn State prof takes Gödel Prize

Episode Date: April 11, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about how a Word zero-day is spreading the Dridex banking Trojan. Amazon third-party sellers bitten by reused passwords. I...

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Information operations respond to kinetic strikes. Dallas emergency sirens hacked. Alleged spam king arrested. Okta files its IPO.

Episode Date: April 10, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that US strikes against Syrian targets and harsh words for Assad are followed by apparent Russian information operations a...

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APT10's Operation TradeSecret. BrickerBot may be vigilante PDoS. Amnesia and Sathurbot exploit known vulnerabilities in, respectively, DVRs and WordPress. Ransomware, surveillance, and info ops updates.

Episode Date: April 7, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about how Operation TradeSecret collected intelligence on US trade policy during the run-up to the Sino-American summit at...

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Operations TradeSecret and Cloudhopper attributed to APT10. Third party risks. Lazarus Group update. US investigation of Russian influence operations and US surveillance allegations proceeds.

Episode Date: April 6, 2017

In today's podcast we hear about Operation TradeSecret, which joins Operation Cloudhopper: both appear to be facets of a Chinese cyberespionage campai...

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Operation Cloudhopper. Chrysaor spyware. Microsoft to upgrade Office security. Notes from SeaAirSpace. High school hacking.

Episode Date: April 5, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about how Operation Cloudhopper gets to its espionage targets via their cloud and managed service providers. Details are o...

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Pegasus version now affects Android. UK on alert for ISIS infrastructure cyberattack. DPRK tied, again, to Bangladesh Bank heist. Fancy Bear and Turla updates. Samsung Tizen 0-day. Tax season security.

Episode Date: April 4, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that Pegasus is now in the Android ecosystem. British authorities warn of possible ISIS cyberattacks on infrastructure. Ru...

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