CyberWire Daily

Submit Podcast

News

CyberWire Daily

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.

3205 episodes transcribed

0 comments

News

Power grid risks. Update on the Mandiant employee hack. "Mr. Smith" holds HBO for ransom. Shipping industry looks for GPS backup. DHL sees a NotPetya windfall. Google patches ten Android remote-code execution vulnerabilities. NIST issues a Cybersecurity W

Episode Date: August 8, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about a security incident at EirGrid, a misconfigured server in Texas, and a demonstration of photovoltaic system hacking...

0 comments

News

US Army bans DJI COTS drones. Amazon will scan AWS customers' S3 buckets for public accessibility. Recommendations for election security. Marcus Huchins pleads not guilty to Kronos-related charges.

Episode Date: August 7, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that the US Army bans, immediately, all use of DJI commercial-off-the-shelf drones. We discuss two known unknowns and offe...

0 comments

News

MalwareTech arrested over Kronos banking Trojan. "Bateleur" in the wild. Long DDoS hits Chinese telco. Russian influence operations no longer novel? FBI investigates HBO hack.

Episode Date: August 4, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that security researcher MalwareTech has been arrested as the alleged author of the Kronos banking Trojan. Carbanak hoods...

0 comments

News

WikiLeaks dumps Dumbo dox. HBO's hack gets bigger. Group IB outs the United Islamic Cyber Force. Cerber goes after Bitcoin. Lawsuits over NotPetya; more companies warn. Election fraud in Venezuela.

Episode Date: August 3, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that WikiLeaks has dumped "Dumbo" project documents. Separation of agencies as a way of rendering leaks less likely. HBO's...

0 comments

News

Following up on security scrambles in Sweden and Ukraine. #LeakTheAnalyst. Blu Product phones booted by Amazon. BitCoin's hard fork. The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017.

Episode Date: August 2, 2017

In today's podcast we following up on some of the stories we've been tracking: the latest on Operation #LeakTheAnalyst, firmware spyware in down-marke...

0 comments

News

HBO hacked. Operation #LeakTheAnalyst targets individual security researchers. Election hacking notes. UK's Home Secretary opposes strong encryption. Russia bans VPNs. Bitcoin, crime, and punishment.

Episode Date: August 1, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about the HBO hack, and the exposure of episodes and scripts Operation #LeakTheAnalyst targets individual security researc...

0 comments

News

Black Hat 2017 - Research and Investment [Special Edition]

Episode Date: August 1, 2017

Black Hat 2017 has wrapped up, and by all accounts it was another successful conference, with an active trade show floor, exciting keynotes and engagi...

0 comments

News

Investigation into ShadowBrokers focuses on former insiders. Threat analyst doxed. Trickbot and NotPetya updates. Sweden's big breach. DPRK hacks online gaming for revenue.

Episode Date: July 31, 2017

In today's podcast we hear that US investigators are looking for a disgruntled former insider in the ShadowBrokers case. Operation #HackTheAnalyst cla...

0 comments

News

WikiLeaks and the ShadowBrokers are both back. Catphishing the French elections. Pyongyang's Bitcoin miners. Malware notes, industry news, and a rundown of the Pwnie Awards.

Episode Date: July 28, 2017

In today's podcast, we learn that WikiLeaks has dumped Vault7 documents attributed to the CIA. Russian catphish are said to have nibbled at French Pre...

0 comments

News

"Mia Ash" is an Iranian catphish. WikiLeaks dumps UMBRAGE from Vault7. Germany braces for hacking by Russia, China, and Iran. Google kicks unwelcome intercept tool Lipizzan out of the PlayStore. WhatsApp scammers phish for banking credentials. Anti-drone

Episode Date: July 27, 2017

In today's podcast we hear there's a new catphish out in the wild: meet Mia Ash. WikiLeaks throws shade by dumping UMBRAGE from Vault7. Germany braces...

0 comments

News

Counterattackers' advantage? Juche no competition for cat videos, next-day delivery. CopyKitten crude but effective. FBI investigated Fruitfly Mac malware. Adobe will retire Flash in 2020. BSides notes.

Episode Date: July 26, 2017

In today's podcast we hear about a Symantec study that shows APTs use some pretty buggy tools. Juche may not extend to the Internet, at least for Pyon...

0 comments

News

Google Groups oversharing. E-discovery don'ts. Energetic Bear may be back. The CopyKittens seem to be Persian cats. Ethereum hacks (and white hats).

Episode Date: July 25, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that hundreds of enterprises may be oversharing on Google Groups. Wells Fargo works to recover from botched e-discovery. E...

0 comments

News

Buckets leak, but so do CDs. NotPetya and Sandworm. Fruitfly versus Macs. ISIS strained in cyberspace. A look at dark web souks. Hacked fish tank.

Episode Date: July 24, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about the wisdom of attending to your AWS Access Control Lists. Wells Fargo data leaked in the course of e-discovery. NotP...

0 comments

News

Hansa Market takedown. Recovery from EternalBlue exploits is a long slog. Banking malware rising. Power grid vulnerabilities. Devil's Ivy and the IoT. A look at criminal markets.

Episode Date: July 21, 2017

In today's podcast we hear about an international raid that took down the illicit Hansa Market—which, it turns out, the Dutch National Police had cove...

0 comments

News

Configuring AWS buckets. New threats and vulnerabilities. Apple and Oracle patch.

Episode Date: July 20, 2017

In today's podcast, we discuss a reminder from Amazon Web Services is timely: check your cloud's configuration. Hacks now seem to affect revenue for y...

0 comments

News

Dow Jones AWS S3 bucket exposed. FedEx 10-K and NotPetya. Game of Thrones torrent virus. Securing voting. Botnet defense research. M&A and VC notes. Initial coin offering hacked.

Episode Date: July 19, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about how another tippy AWS S3 bucket spills its contents over the Web. The FedEx 10-K report indicates it may never fully...

0 comments

News

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates at loggerheads over hacking. Commonly used gSOAP IoT code vulnerable to exploitation. A data exposure risk in connected toys. And what could be in that EULA.

Episode Date: July 18, 2017

In today's podcast we hear more on how Qatar has accused the UAE of hacking, and vows legal retribution—all on the strength of a Washington Post story...

0 comments

News

Qatar accuses UAE of disinformation, hacking campaign. Other international cyberconflict. Ransomware and clickfraud in one campaign. Banking credential-stealing malware vs. Macs.

Episode Date: July 17, 2017

In today's podcast we hear that Qatar has accused the United Arab Emirates of a hacking and disinformation campaign—the UAE deny it. Russia's Foreign...

0 comments

News

More from WikiLeaks' Vault7. Cyber ops and national policy. NotPetya's costs. Clouds of misconfiguration. Chasing innovation. AlphaBay takedown. Phishbait.

Episode Date: July 14, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear that WikiLeaks dumps another alleged CIA cyber manual from Vault7. Cyberwar is the continuation of war (and therefore poli...

0 comments

News

Motives behind NotPetya, other operations. Verizon customer data exposed. Industry notes. Licensing hackers in Singapore.

Episode Date: July 13, 2017

In today's podcast, we hear about signs that NotPetya was covering up a broad espionage campaign. State-sponsored hacking seems, when not simple spyin...

1 ... 138 139 140 141 142 ... 161