CyberWire Daily

3271 Episodes

1. Mining Monero. A RAT in a 2FA app. The decline of the Cereal botnet. Markets during the pandemic. Ransomware in Taiwan. Twitter appeals to reason.

   Published: 7/05/2020
2. Taking down coordinated inauthenticity. Contact tracing and other COVID-19 notes. BlackInfinity taken down.

   Published: 6/05/2020
3. Bear hunt in the Bundestag. Kaiji botnet described. Cryptojacking. Joint US-UK warning against attacks on COVID-19 response. Contact tracing. Puppy scams.

   Published: 5/05/2020
4. A state of emergency over bulk power in the States. Beijing’s disinformation about COVID-19, and its motivation for a coverup. Hacking biomedical research. Curious Xiaomi phones.

   Published: 4/05/2020
5. Fingerprint authentication is not completely secure.

   Published: 2/05/2020
6. China hacks at Vietnam over a territorial dispute. Kim’s still in charge, but could Hidden Cobra get loose if his grip slackens? COVID-19 and cybersecurity.

   Published: 1/05/2020
7. The persistence of ransomware. Exposure notifications and contact tracing. Doxing and conspiracy theories. More notes on the underworld.

   Published: 30/04/2020
8. Content farmers and disinformation tactics. PhantomLance: quiet, selective, and apparently effective. Lawful intercept and contact-tracing apps. A look at the black market.

   Published: 29/04/2020
9. Shade shuts down. CLOP hits pharma. Medical research firm breached. The pain caused by disinformation. Mr. Kim goes downy ocean?

   Published: 28/04/2020
10. Where’s Kim Jong-un? Disinformation campaigns against European targets. Cyberattack against wastewater treatment plants. Hupigon RAT is back.

    Published: 27/04/2020
11. Contact tracing as COVID-19 aid.

    Published: 25/04/2020
12. iOS zero-days, reconsidered. Hacking during a pandemic. An old campaign connected with the ShadowBrokers comes to light. Advice on web shells. Astroturfing and influence.

    Published: 24/04/2020
13. APT32 activity reported. Florentine Banker’s patient BEC. iOS zero-days exploited in the wild. Sinkholing a cryptomining botnet. Intelligence services and gangs follow the news.

    Published: 23/04/2020
14. COVID-19 relief. Data exposure at the SBA. Ransomware gangland. The CTL-League’s volunteer defenders. Active measures, disinformation, and cyber deterrence.

    Published: 22/04/2020
15. DPRK leadership crisis? Probably not. Economic espionage in the oil patch. COVID-19 relief fraud. US Supreme Court will take up CFAA. Virtual proctoring.

    Published: 21/04/2020
16. Update on threats to Czech infrastructure. Relief funds looted. PoetRAT vs. ICS. CISA updates essential workforce guidelines. Data breaches. Zoom-bombing.

    Published: 20/04/2020
17. Four cybersecurity novels to distract you from the current zombie apocalypse.

    Published: 20/04/2020
18. Complementary colors: teaming tactics in cybersecurity.

    Published: 19/04/2020
19. How low can they go? A spike in Coronavirus phishing.

    Published: 18/04/2020
20. Warnings on healthcare attacks and espionage campaigns. Post-patching issues in VPNs. COVID-19 phishing. Contact tracing, for lungs and minds. Telework notes.

    Published: 17/04/2020