CyberWire Daily

3271 Episodes

1. Patching: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Script kiddies and disinhibition (with a caution about attribution). Industry notes, RSA, and Valentine's Day.

   Published: 10/02/2017
2. The Martin NSA-contractor case. Fileless malware hits banks worldwide. DDoS tools undergo refinement. Ransomware developments. Industry notes.

   Published: 9/02/2017
3. Islamist hackers hit websites in Britain and Austria. Mac malware linked to Iran. Criminals follow the money into the cloud. M&A notes. Dendroid RAT author gets probation.

   Published: 8/02/2017
4. Brokerages in Taiwan face DDoS extortion. Polish banks hit in watering hole attack. Cyber vigilantes. Information operations. ShadowBrokers update?

   Published: 7/02/2017
5. Crime, not education. Slot machine scams. Ransomware updates. Fancy Bear in Norway? Russian treason charges. GCHQ say no to "witchcraft."

   Published: 6/02/2017
6. Jailbreaking or forensics? W-2s and business email compromise. Router vulnerabilities. Windows zero-day. Enterprise security priorities. Iranians cyber ops and Iranian dissent. US-Russian cyber tensions.

   Published: 3/02/2017
7. A black market for insider information. Cisco studies data breaches. The Internet as a threat actor's R&D infrastructure.

   Published: 2/02/2017
8. Bear prints around the Czech Foreign Ministry. Tinker, tailor, soldier, hacker, Humpty Dumpty. Gamer forum breaches. Where in the world is Phineas Phisher?

   Published: 1/02/2017
9. Ransomware updates. Netgear vulnerabilities and patches. Breaking Android pattern lock. Delegated Recovery. Information operations.

   Published: 31/01/2017
10. Special Edition: 2017 Cyber Security Forecast

    Published: 31/01/2017
11. Russian treason arrests may be tied to espionage. ANSSI director warns of cyber jihad. Symantec remediates Shamoon 2. U.S. Cellular was not breached.

    Published: 30/01/2017
12. LeakedSource is down. DoubleFlag's called out for bogus stolen goods. Fancy Bear is in UK, German networks. Shamoon alert in Saudi Arabia. Scamming tech support scammers.

    Published: 27/01/2017
13. Dark Web trading post compromised. Ransomware updates. Reactions to Risk Based Security's 2016 breach report. International cyber conflict notes, and a treason case in Russia.

    Published: 26/01/2017
14. Cleaning ransomware out of the Play Store (but snakes still get into the walled garden, so watch your apps). Vigilantes, vulnerabilities, and industry news.

    Published: 25/01/2017
15. Shamoon and Greenbug. HummingWhale purged from Play Store. Apple patches across its product line. Leadership changes at CIA, GCHQ. Lloyds Bank incident update. Honor among thieves? Nope.

    Published: 24/01/2017
16. Fake news tweets (from hijackers, not opinion-makers). Ransomware. New Android Trojans. Closing in on Mirai's master?

    Published: 23/01/2017
17. Carbanak gets trickier and more ambitious. Ransomware updates. It's beginning to look a lot like 1949 (at least from Moscow).

    Published: 20/01/2017
18. France braces for election hacking. Ukrainian utility says December blackouts were hacker-induced. Finding "Fruitfly." Tracking Mirai's master.

    Published: 19/01/2017
19. Carbanak gang is back. GhostAdmin works on data theft. Trolling security researchers. M&A notes. Pardons, commutations, and extraditions.

    Published: 18/01/2017
20. Election influence and election security. Threats to power grids. Ransomware and phishing updates. Loyalty program risks.

    Published: 17/01/2017