Al Qaeda tries its hand at inspiration. MoneyTaker cyber bank robbers. Dark web database holds a billion credentials. Bitcoin speculation and Bitcoin fraud.
In today's podcast, we hear that al Qaeda is working on ISIS-style inspiration. The MoneyTaker gang has been raiding banks quietly for about a year and a half. HP fixes an inadvertent keylogger in its...
11 Dec 201714min
Stealthy Zberp Banking Trojan. {Research Saturday]
Zberp is a stealthy banking trojan with an unconventional process injection technique. A hybrid of the ZeusVM and Carberp malware, Zberp uses a variety of techniques to prevent detection while it gath...
9 Dec 201725min
Iranian reconnaissance of critical infrastructure? Leaky banking apps. Microsoft's emergency patch. Ghosts of the Caliphate threaten, but have yet to deliver. New horizons in biometrics.
In today's podcast we learn that FireEye is warning of patient reconnaissance on the part of the (probably) Iranian APT34. The Electronic Ghosts of the Caliphate have so far failed to say "boo," excep...
8 Dec 201721min
Hamas calls for intifada; hacktivism expected. Ethiopian government surveillance ops. Crime and cryptocurrency. Keylogger in the wild. Fixes to MacOS, Android app development tools. Uber hack and bug bounties.
In today's podcast we consider warnings of a hacktivist intifada as the US prepares to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. How Ethiopia's surveillance was discovered. Criminals flock to cryptocur...
7 Dec 201717min
Satori botnet is awake (and it's not engaged in enlightenment). State-sponsored spyware campaigns. ISIS threatens cyberattacks.
In today's podcast, we learn that the Satori botnet flashed into existence yesterday with 280,000 bots. Is there a router zero-day out there? Insecure cryptocurrency apps aren't deterring speculators....
6 Dec 201720min
Andromeda takedown (with an arrest in Belarus). Mirai is back; Reaper still threatens. PayPal phishing. Tech support scam evolves. Cryptowars notes. SEC goes after an ICO.
In today's podcast, we hear how an international police operation took down Andromeda, and possibly the criminal mastermind known as Ar3s. Mirai is back, and so are warnings about Reaper. There's a Pa...
5 Dec 201718min
Nghia Hoang Pho charged with mishandling classified NSA material. A review of other recent leaks. Kaspersky under fire in the UK. More Uber executives depart.
In today's podcast, we hear about an NSA employee who was charged Friday with "willful retention of national defense information." This appears to be the individual whose computer was equipped with Ka...
4 Dec 201714min
Staying ahead of Fast Flux Networks. [Research Saturday]
Bad actors are using Fast Flux Networks with quickly-changing IP addresses and domain names to help hide their activities. Or Katz, Principal Lead Security Researcher at Akamai, takes us through their...
2 Dec 201720min
