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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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WikiLeaks dumps alleged CIA obfuscation code. Attribution skeptics speculate about Russian ops (or the lack thereof). ISIS information operations manual revealed. RATs in the wild.

Episode Date: April 3, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that WikiLeaks has dumped what it claims are CIA source code files. The leak seems to aim at raising suspicion that attack...

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Fancy Bear's phishing expeditions. Cryptowars and privacy regs in the EU. Is that really you, Dr. Niebuhr? 

Episode Date: March 31, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about how Fancy Bear left tracks in Bitly, and Fancy Bear did an awful lot of phishing going back to March 2015. Experts t...

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Apple patched this week—how are your systems? Lastpass working on a patch for an undescribed bug (said to be complex). What IT staff actually work on. And a long talk about emerging Administration cyber policy.

Episode Date: March 30, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about Apple's patches issued this week—how are your systems? Lastpass is working on a patch for an undescribed bug (said t...

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Hybrid warfare objectives and tactics. Physical threats, lost and found. Vulnerability and threat recap.

Episode Date: March 29, 2017

In today's podcast, we pass on what we've heard at ITSEF about Russian hybrid warfare: it aims, experts say, at redressing the loss of the Cold War. M...

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Updates on Cozy Bear and Shamoon tradecraft. Crypto wars flare in the UK. FBI warns of attacks against FTP servers. Typosquatting, scareware, and other problems.

Episode Date: March 28, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear how Cozy Bear slips through with domain fronting. Shamoon's infection methods are revealed. The crypto wars flare over not...

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Lone wolves howl to each other over WhatsApp? Industry yawns at WikiLeaks zero-days. How online gamers cheat. America's JobLink breach update. Ukrainian artillery hack notes. April 7 deadlines.

Episode Date: March 27, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that British police think ISIS not-so-lone wolves may have been howling over WhatsApp. WikiLeaks still disgruntled over it...

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WikiLeaks' Vault 7 "Dark Matter" docs. Information operations, Russian style and ISIS style. Job database exposed.

Episode Date: March 24, 2017

In today's podcast we hear assessments of WikiLeaks' latest Vault 7 files—compromised supply chain or damp squib? NATO worries about Russian informati...

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Newly disclosed threats and vulnerabilities, mostly criminal. Catphishing peer review. The US may indict North Korea for the Bangladesh Bank heist.  

Episode Date: March 23, 2017

In today's podcast we offer a rundown of recently announced threats and vulnerabilities in stores and documents: Play Store, App Store, and MS Office....

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Laptop restrictions are for physical, not cyber reasons. Necurs is back, pumping and dumping. MajikPOS notes.

Episode Date: March 22, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that laptop flight restrictions spread as security services continue to grapple with ISIS inspiration operations. The Necu...

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Extortion claims. Election influence operations seem likely to continue. A Russian bank claims it's being framed by DNS spoofing. "Cyber Pearl Harbor" fears may be a distraction.

Episode Date: March 21, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about the claim that "the Turkish Crime Family" is holding iPhones hostage. WikiLeaks grumbles that it has few takers for...

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Careless criminals, Cisco mitigations, and Vault 7 disclosure conditions. A look at the Atlantic Council's Cyber 9/12. Cabin fever and malware infections. Kirk ransomware.

Episode Date: March 20, 2017

In today's podcast we ask whether careless cyber criminals working for the FSB blew the gaffe on the Yahoo! hack. WikiLeaks offers to share Vault 7 vu...

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Cyberspace and "Cold War Two." Who's leaking to WikiLeaks? Wishbone breached—warn the kids. Crimeware-as-a-service. The Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act.

Episode Date: March 17, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about observers who look around and think they may be seeing Cold War Two in cyberspace. (But this is no bipolar conflict....

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Lazarus Group is back. Dun & Bradstreet loses data; so does ABTA. Patriotic cyber rioting or state influence operations. US indicts four in the Yahoo! breach.

Episode Date: March 16, 2017

In today's podcast we hear about the return of the the Lazarus Group (or maybe it never really left). A Dun & Bradstreet database is compromised—more...

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Influence ops, third-party apps with an appetite for permissions, and criminal competition. Google purges malicious apps from the Play Store. Advice for whistleblowers. Farewell to Becky Bace.

Episode Date: March 15, 2017

In today's podcast, we look as influence operations in the UK and in Europe: the former emanate from Russia, the latter from Turkey. Third-party socia...

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Canadian government sites recover from the Apache Struts vulnerability. FireEye's M-Trends report is out, calling out greater sophistication in financial cybercrime. USAF accidentally exposes SF86s. Vault 7 update.

Episode Date: March 14, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about how the Apache Struts bug has bitten in Canada. FireEye sees financial cybercrime approaching state espionage exploi...

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Vault 7 updates—observers speculate about an inside leaker. Pre-loaded Android malware raises supply chain concerns. Ransomware in Japan. Convincing Chrome-spoofing malware. GCHQ warns UK parties to expect Russian influence operations.

Episode Date: March 13, 2017

In today's podcast, we review some speculation about Vault 7 that holds the leaker was an insider. (But there's no specific insider named, yet—the inv...

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WikiLeaks, responsible disclosure, and insider threats. Playstation credentials rumored to have been compromised. Apache Struts bug being actively exploited. DPRK missile cyber security. A look at West African cybergangs.

Episode Date: March 10, 2017

In today's podcast, WikiLeaks offers to enter the responsible disclosure game, but be warned: there are legal problems should you accept classified in...

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Vault 7 doesn't show much evidence of false flag operations. The most interesting question the WikiLeaks dump raises is, where did the material come from? RAND studies the zero-day market. The Near Abroad wishes for more US soft power.

Episode Date: March 9, 2017

In today's podcast, we follow the Vault 7 story and the false flags that really aren't there. A call for more stress-testing of software. RAND reports...

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WikiLeaks and Vault 7

Episode Date: March 8, 2017

In today's podcast we talk over the latest news, rumors, gossip, and common sense surrounding WikiLeaks and its Vault 7 dump of hacking tools and othe...

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StoneDrill succeeds Shamoon. Trojanized Android Facebook Lite. Progressive groups threatened with doxing, blackmail. WikiLeaks' Vault 7. Hacking back? Wiretapping?

Episode Date: March 7, 2017

In today's podcast we hear about how StoneDrill maybe succeeding Shamoon—it's more evasive and at least as destructive. Malwarebytes advises sticking...

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