CyberWire Daily

Episodes

• 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.

  May 1, 2020

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• The persistence of ransomware. Exposure notifications and contact tracing. Doxing and conspiracy theories. More notes on the underworld.

  Apr 30, 2020

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• Content farmers and disinformation tactics. PhantomLance: quiet, selective, and apparently effective. Lawful intercept and contact-tracing apps. A look at the black market.

  Apr 29, 2020

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• Shade shuts down. CLOP hits pharma. Medical research firm breached. The pain caused by disinformation. Mr. Kim goes downy ocean?

  Apr 28, 2020

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• Where’s Kim Jong-un? Disinformation campaigns against European targets. Cyberattack against wastewater treatment plants. Hupigon RAT is back.

  Apr 27, 2020

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• Contact tracing as COVID-19 aid. [Research Saturday]

  Apr 25, 2020

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• 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.

  Apr 24, 2020

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• 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.

  Apr 23, 2020

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• COVID-19 relief. Data exposure at the SBA. Ransomware gangland. The CTL-League’s volunteer defenders. Active measures, disinformation, and cyber deterrence.

  Apr 22, 2020

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• DPRK leadership crisis? Probably not. Economic espionage in the oil patch. COVID-19 relief fraud. US Supreme Court will take up CFAA. Virtual proctoring.

  Apr 21, 2020

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• Update on threats to Czech infrastructure. Relief funds looted. PoetRAT vs. ICS. CISA updates essential workforce guidelines. Data breaches. Zoom-bombing.

  Apr 20, 2020

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• Complementary colors: teaming tactics in cybersecurity. [Research Saturday]

  Apr 19, 2020

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• How low can they go? A spike in Coronavirus phishing. [Research Saturday]

  Apr 18, 2020

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• Warnings on healthcare attacks and espionage campaigns. Post-patching issues in VPNs. COVID-19 phishing. Contact tracing, for lungs and minds. Telework notes.

  Apr 17, 2020

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• US warns of DPRK cyber activity. Replacing Huawei. COVID-19-themed cybercrime and state-directed activity. Telework notes.

  Apr 16, 2020

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• Energetic Bear lands at SFO. Windpower utility hit with RagnarLocker ransomware. COVID-19-themed threats. Telework advice. Zooming.

  Apr 15, 2020

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• The online stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic. APT41’s backdoor campaign. Contact-tracking and privacy. Virtual court is now in online session. Zoom’s fortunes. And tax-season online fraud.

  Apr 14, 2020

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• Ill-received pranks. SFO breach. Silicon Valley cooperates on contact tracking. COVID-19 disinformation and scams. Notes on ransomware and booter services.

  Apr 13, 2020

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• Profiling an audacious Nigerian cybercriminal. [Research Saturday]

  Apr 11, 2020

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• That odd and bogus 5G meme. Malvertising. Data breach hits Pakistani mobile users. xHelper update. Data privacy and data utility. COVID-19 and cybersecurity.

  Apr 10, 2020

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