Unauthorized banking transfers in Mexico? A lifeline for ZTE. Iranian cyber op-tempo rises. Russian troll farm's ad buys. Reining in apps. Cell tracking. Anonymous is back.
In today's podcast we hear that Mexican banks may have sustained unauthorized funds transfers. Presidents Trump and Xi seem willing to toss a lifeline to drowning ZTE. Some researchers report an uptic...
14 Maj 201816min
Three pillars of Artificial Intelligence. [Research Saturday]
Bobby Filar is a Principal Data Scientist at Endgame, and coauthor of the research paper, The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation. The report surveys the ...
12 Maj 201834min
Vigilantes and hacktivists. Point-of-sale malware source code leaks. Malicious extensions and apps. US Federal indictments: spying and hacking. Robo-caller gets record fine.
In today's podcast, we hear that vigilantes have visited ZooPark, and the lights go out—voluntarily—on some Georgia hacktivists. Treasure Hunter source code posted to a criminal forum. Malicious Chrom...
11 Maj 201824min
Cyber conflict between Iran and the US widely expected. ALLENITE threat group is after US, UK power grids. Jack-in-the-Box vulnerability. Signal's memory. Is ZTE going down?
In today's podcast we hear that US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal is widely taken as heralding a new round of cyber conflict. Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure are seen as an asymmetri...
10 Maj 201820min
Subborn IoT botnets. Razzle-dazzle HTML phishing lure. Fancy Bear's false flag. Busy Yahoo boys. Crooks turn from Tor to Telegram. Kaspersky and contractors. Patch notes. SB 315 vetoed.
In today's podcast we hear about Hide-and-Seek, a hard to flush botnet. A phishing technique takes advantage of an email client's rendering of HTML. Facebook death threats in 2015 are said to have bee...
9 Maj 201819min
Greek and Turkish hacktivists swap defacements. Process Doppelgänging in the wild. GDRP is coming (like winter, for you Game of Thrones fans.) Profiling infosec enthusiasts.
In today's podcast we hear that hacktivist lightning is flashing across the Aegean, hitting Greek and Turkish TV stations. Process Doppelgänging is observed in ransomware circulating in the wild. Unst...
8 Maj 201820min
2018 RSAC Outlook. [Special Editions]
Just before the RSA conference this year, we spoke with a pair of industry experts for their take on the year so far, and what they expect to see in the coming months. In this CyberWire Special Editio...
8 Maj 201819min
Winnti Umbrella covers multiple threat actors. DPRK off-shores cyber ops. ZooPark is in its fourth generation. GPON router bugs exploited in the wild. Russian Twitterbots. Block the EU?
In today's podcast we hear that Chinese intelligence services have been seen beneath the Winnti Umbrella. North Korea's off-shoring of cyber operations. ZooPark Android spyware is now in its fourth ge...
7 Maj 201817min
