DPRK plays offense and defense. PyRoMine and EternalRomance. Russian disinformation on Syrian massacre. Alt-coin heist may be misdirection. Nakasone confirmed at NSA. Webstresser takedown.
In today's podcast, we hear that North Korea has gone big with GhostSecret. Meanwhile, Pyongyang's elite tries to cover its online tracks. PyRoMine uses EternalRomance to disable security systems enro...
25 Apr 201821min
Ransomware in Ukraine's Energy Ministry. Energetic Bear infrastructure. Anonymous Twitter accounts equal bots? Orangeworm in x-ray, MRI machines. Sanction notes. Election security.
In today's podcast, we hear that Ukraine's Energy Ministry is under ransomware attack. Kaspersky finds infrastructure belonging to Energetic Bear. Lots of anonymous Twitter accounts pop up in East Asi...
24 Apr 201820min
ISIS coordinates online inspiration campaign with terror attacks. APT10 spearphishing. IE zero day. Twitter won't sell Kaspersky ads. UK sentence in Crackas with Attitude case.
ISIS returns to its grim inspiration. China's APT10 collects against Japan. An Internet Explorer zero-day is reported undergoing exploitation in the wild. Twitter won't sell Kaspersky any more ads, bu...
23 Apr 201816min
InnaputRAT exfiltrates victim data. [Research Saturday]
Researchers with Arbor Networks ASERT team have been tracking a malware campaign targeting commercial manufacturing, and have uncovered various samples dating back to at least 2016. Richard Hummel is...
21 Apr 201822min
RSA wraps up. Staging offensive cyber operations. (Information ops, too.) Business email compromise affects maritime shipping sectors. Sanctions bit Chinese device giants.
In today's podcast, we take look back at RSA as the big security conference wraps up. Tension between Russia and the West continues to manifest itself in apparent staging attacks and information opera...
20 Apr 201820min
Dispatches from RSA 2018. Russia continues to test the Five Eyes' patience and resolve. Trustjacking, Stresspaint, and an exposed AWS bucket.
In today's podcast we have some RSA notes: an industry-led cyber Geneva Convention, threats and deterrence, and addressing a labor shortage. New Zealand joins Australia, the UK, and the US in warning ...
19 Apr 201820min
More cyber battlespace preparation. Hacking as the continuation of war by other means. Ongoing social media privacy concerns. Tech glitch extends tax deadline. Notes from RSA.
Reconnaissance and staging in cyberspace, with Five Eye warnings to Russia. Privacy class action suit complains of Facebook facial recognition. Australia joins the ranks of ZTE sceptics. Cyberwarfare ...
18 Apr 201818min
Russia versus routers. Desert Scorpion swept out of Google Play. ZTE faces sanctions. RSA notes, and a Sandbox winner.
In today's podcast we hear that Western governments attribute a large-scale campaign against poorly secured connected devices to Russia. Battlespace preparation is suspected. No new US sanctions again...
17 Apr 201822min
