Multibreach via chat app. OceanLotus notes. Mirai vs. Banks. Energetic Bear vs. Switches. Russia warns Britain against provocation. DataTribe finalists.
In today's podcast we hear that a breach in several companies' consumer-facing systems is attributed to a third-party chat vendor. Crooks are tampering with chipped debit cards. Ocean Lotus is back, w...
6 Apr 201822min
Facebook agonistes. Really agonizing. Ad-supported apps like them some data. Sino-US trade tensions and Chinese cyber espionage. Russian wet work and disinformation. Western reprisals.
In today's podcast we hear that Facebook's troubles are getting worse: more people's data were scraped, deleted videos were archived by Facebook, and so on. Appthority finds a more general problem wit...
5 Apr 201820min
Facebook boots Russian trolls for being trolls. Zuckerberg will testify before Congress. Different continents, different privacy protections. YouTube shootings. Pipeline hacks. Panera Bread's incident response.
In today's podcast, we hear that Facebook has kicked some Russian trolls out from under its bridge. Why? Because they're Russian trolls, that's why. Facebook CEO Zuckerberg will testify about data sec...
4 Apr 201820min
Magento brute-forcing. Android IM spyware. njRAT updated. Panera breach. Pipeline operator hacked. Cyber tensions. Cambridge Analytica named in class action suit.
In today's podcast, we hear that the Magento e-commerce platform has brute forced. A new Android Trojan steals messaging info. njRAT gets an update, and some new and trendy criminal functionality. Not...
3 Apr 201821min
Department stores suffer a paycard breach. Atlanta still working on SamSam recovery. Ransomware in India. SWIFT fraud attempt. Facebook's troubles. Kremlin doxed. Reality Winner case update.
In today's podcast we hear about Saks and hacks, Lord and Taylor and JokerStash: a department store data breach. Atlanta still can't get fully back on its feet after SamSam. An Indian power utility's ...
2 Apr 201817min
Chasing FlawedAMMYY. [Research Saturday]
FlawedAMMYY is a newly discovered remote access trojan (RAT) that’s been used in malicious email campaigns, as far back as 2016. Ryan Kalember is Senior Vice President of Cyber Security Strategy at Pr...
31 Mars 201823min
Under Armour fitness app breached. Warning shot from WannaCry. Lazarus Group update. Aadhaar security questions. Ransomware and city governments. FBI agent charged in leak case.
In today's podcast, we hear that Under Armour's MyFItnessPal app has sustained a data breach. Boeing's WannaCry incident is minor, but a timely warning that this particular threat hasn't vanished. The...
30 Mars 201821min
Russia retaliates against the US with tit-for-tat PNGs, consular closure. Assange has no more Internet (until he behaves). Fauxpersky and WannaCry seen in the wild. Facebook works on privacy.
In today's podcast, we hear that Russia has retaliated against the US with diplomatic expulsions and at least one consulate closure. Potential cyber operations remain a matter of concern. Julian Assan...
29 Mars 201820min
