Allegations and information operations. Iridium group may have compromised Citrix. Sino-American trade and security conflicts continue. Fashions in trolling.
Venezuela sustains power outages, and the regime blames hackers and wreckers. The opposition says it’s all due to the regime’s corruption, incompetence, and neglect. Citrix loses business documents in...
11 Mars 201918min
Job-seeker exposes banking network to Lazurus Group. [Research Saturday]
Vitali Kremez is a Director of Research at Flashpoint. His team discovered that the recently disclosed intrusion suffered in December 2018 by Chilean interbank network Redbanc involved PowerRatankba, ...
9 Mars 201924min
Chinese influence campaigns. Egyptian spear phishing. Hundreds of million email records exposed.
In today’s podcast, we hear that Chinese information operations on US social media are widespread. The Egyptian government launches spear phishing attacks against activists. Hundreds of millions of em...
8 Mars 201925min
Scope of APT33 attacks revealed. GandCrab criminals shift tactics. Slub malware uses Slack.
The scope of Iran-linked APT33 cyberattacks has been revealed. GandCrab criminals are using more sophisticated tactics. A new type of malware was using Slack to communicate. Chrome gets an important u...
7 Mars 201922min
5G worries. Whitefly vs. SingHealth. Speculative execution bug.
In today’s podcast, we hear that Australia's former prime minister warns Britain about Chinese tech companies. Symantec says Whitefly was behind SingHealth's massive data breach. Iranian hackers show ...
6 Mars 201922min
India hacks back. Rob Joyce discusses cyber conflict. Chinese hackers look for maritime technologies. Google reveals a macOS vulnerability.
In today’s podcast, we hear that India went on the offensive when its government websites were attacked by hackers from Pakistan. Rob Joyce, Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity Strategy to the Director o...
5 Mars 201921min
Operation Sharpshooter. Canada begins extradition process. Huawei will sue the US. Facebook’s global lobbying practices revealed. Visitor management systems are vulnerable.
In today’s podcast, we hear that Operation Sharpshooter is linked to North Korea. Canada begins the extradition process for Meng Wanzhou. Huawei is planning to sue the US for banning its equipment fro...
4 Mars 201916min
Fake Fortnite app scams infect gamers. [Research Saturday]
Researchers at Zscaler have been tracking a variety fake versions of the popular Fortnite game on the Google Play store, along with associated scams. Deepen Desai is head of security research at Zscal...
2 Mars 201917min
