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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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Big big DDoS. Evolving malware families. (More) privacy by default. A superseding indictment in the US case against Julian Assange. The EU reviews two years of GDPR.

Episode Date: June 25, 2020

Akamai’s report on the record-setting DDoS attack it stopped this week. Glupteba GLOOP-tib-yeh and Lucifer malware strains described. Apple and Google...

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BlueLeaks updates and fallout. Hidden Cobra hunt. Hacking leads to trade wars. What the crooks are watching, from their home and yours.

Episode Date: June 24, 2020

Twitter permanently suspends DDoSecrets for violating its policy with respect to hacked material. DDoSecrets explains its thinking with respect to Blu...

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Hacking attends international conflicts and disputes in India, Australia, and Ethiopia. US designates four Chinese media outlets foreign missions. Sodinokibi evolves; Evil Corps rises from its virtual grave.

Episode Date: June 23, 2020

International conflicts and disputes are attended by hacking in South Asia, Australia, and Africa. The US designates four Chinese media outlets as for...

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BlueLeaks hacktivists dump police files online. NSO Group back in the news. COVID-19 apps and databases versus privacy. Cyber conflict: China versus India and Australia. An alt-coin baron’s story.

Episode Date: June 22, 2020

BlueLeaks dumps stolen police files online. A report of spyware delivered via network injection. COVID-19 apps and databases are reported to have indi...

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Superhero origin stories and lessons that last. [Career Notes]

Episode Date: June 21, 2020

Dean of Research, Johannes Ullrich, relays his experiences from studying the hard sciences to his career shift to cybersecurity. Basic principles, sup...

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Click here to update your webhook. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: June 20, 2020

Slack is a cloud-based messaging platform that is commonly used in workplace communications. Slack Incoming Webhooks allow you to post messages from y...

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Australia warns of a large-scale espionage campaign. China indicts two long-detained Canadians. And the Lazarus Group may be about to undertake a widespread COVID-19-themed fraud effort.

Episode Date: June 19, 2020

A look at the “state-based cyber actor” the Australian government is concerned about. Some signs of Chinese retaliation for Five Eyes’ skepticism of H...

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Cyber support for a kinetic conflict. Cyberespionage. Spyware in Chrome extensions. Criminal phishing bypasses defenses. Proposed revisions to Section 230. Zoom and encryption.

Episode Date: June 18, 2020

Sino-Indian conflict extends to cyberspace. InvisiMole connected to Gamaredon. Spyware found in Chrome extensions. Phishing around technical defenses...

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Ripple20 flaws in the IoT supply chain. Operation In(ter)ception looks for intelligence, and cash, too. Sino-Indian tensions. A look at Secondary Infektion. How not to influence reviewers.

Episode Date: June 17, 2020

Ripple20 vulnerabilities are reported in the IoT software supply chain. North Korean operators go for intelligence, but also for cash, and they’re phi...

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Cyberespionage and counterespionage. The DDoS that never was. A very strange case of cyberstalking. And leaky niche dating sites.

Episode Date: June 16, 2020

What does Beijing want to know about US Presidential campaigns? Position papers, mostly. A redacted version of the CIA’s inquiry into the WikiLeaks Va...

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ActionSpy Android spyware deployed against Uyghurs in Tibet. Anonymous claims an action against Atlanta PD. Security vendor or malware purveyor? Spelling counts.

Episode Date: June 15, 2020

A new Android spyware tool is deployed against China’s Uyghur minority. Anonymous claims it disrupted the Atlanta Police Department’s website yesterda...

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The mark of making a difference. [Career Notes]

Episode Date: June 14, 2020

Financial firm CISO, Tom Quinn, takes us from his first experience with modern computers in the military to his current role as a Chief Information Se...

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The value of the why and the who. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: June 13, 2020

Proactive, efficient threat mitigation and risk management require understanding adversaries’ fundamental thought processes, not just their tools and...

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Chinese, Russian, and Turkish domestic influence campaigns. Zoom’s China troubles. Honda, Enil recover from Ekans. Ransomware attacks against a city and an M&A consultancy.

Episode Date: June 12, 2020

Twitter’s transparency efforts see through accounts being run by Chinese, Russian, and Turkish actors. Zoom is working to both comply with Chinese law...

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Gamaredon ups its crazy game. Doxing during unrest. Bogus contact-tracing apps spread spyware. Thanos in the ransomware market. Crypto Wars notes. Another 419 scam.

Episode Date: June 11, 2020

The Gamaredon Group is back, and what’s their secret? Like Crazy Eddie’s, it’s volume! Doxing during times of unrest. Phoney contact-tracing apps are...

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A big Patch Tuesday. Honda ransomware update. Facebook helped the FBI with a zero-day. Cloud service outages. Breach settlements. BellTroX explains itself, sort of.

Episode Date: June 10, 2020

Notes on Patch Tuesday--it was a fairly big one this time. Honda continues its investigation of the incident it sustained over the weekend, and outsid...

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Tracking down hackers-for-hire. SNAKE ransomware bites Honda. Anti-DDoS for criminal markets. And a menu for cyber contraband.

Episode Date: June 9, 2020

Commercialized hacking-for-hire is traced to an Indian firm, but it’s probably not an isolated problem. Ransomware shuts down Honda production lines i...

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Regional rivals jostle in cyberspace. Election interference and vulnerable online voting. Phishing for a competitive advantage. Reducing dependence on foreign companies for infrastructure.

Episode Date: June 8, 2020

South and Southwest Asian regional rivalries play out in cyberspace. Election interference could move from disruptive influence operations to actual v...

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Ask more people to dance. [Career Notes]

Episode Date: June 7, 2020

Cyber analyst, Tracy Maleeff, shares her unexpected journey from the library to cybersecurity and offers advice for those both seeking to make a chang...

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Due diligence cannot be done as a one-off. [Research Saturday]

Episode Date: June 6, 2020

Earlier this year, a Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was discovered to be unsecured and accessible online for...

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