CyberWire Daily

Episodes

• Norsk Hydro recovers from LockerGoga infection. Cyber conflict, cyber deterrence, and an economic case for security. EU out of compliance with GDPR? Big Tech in court. Thoughts on courtship.

  Mar 20, 2019

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• LockerGoga hits Norse Hydro. Mirai botnet malware gets an update. The DHS is concerned about cybersecurity.

  Mar 19, 2019

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• Online content and terrorism. Huawei’s shifting strategy. Venezuela’s grid failure is explicable by corruption and incompetence--no hacking or sabotage required. Gnostiplayers are back. AI and evil.

  Mar 18, 2019

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• ThinkPHP exploit from Asia-Pacific region goes global. [Research Saturday]

  Mar 16, 2019

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• Terror, announced and celebrated online. JavaScript sniffer afflicts e-commerce sites. Cryptojacking in the cloud. Perspectives on regulation, thoughts on a pervasive IoT. China’s IP protection law.

  Mar 15, 2019

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• Indonesian election security. Watering hole in Pakistani passport site. RAT hunting. “Intelligence brute-forcing.” Just-patched zero-day exploited. PoS DGA attack. Operation Sheep. BND advises “nein” to Huawei.

  Mar 14, 2019

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• Election security and influence operations. Hacking the Fleet. Undersea cable competition. 5G worries. Calls to rein in Big Tech. UN report outlines North Korean cyber crime (there’s a lot of it).

  Mar 13, 2019

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• Venezuela power blackout updates. Social media and social control. Trojanized games. Free decryptor out for ransomware strain. Ads on Facebook. A look at 30 years of the web.

  Mar 12, 2019

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• Allegations and information operations. Iridium group may have compromised Citrix. Sino-American trade and security conflicts continue. Fashions in trolling.

  Mar 11, 2019

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• Job-seeker exposes banking network to Lazurus Group. [Research Saturday]

  Mar 9, 2019

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• Chinese influence campaigns. Egyptian spear phishing. Hundreds of million email records exposed.

  Mar 8, 2019

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• Scope of APT33 attacks revealed. GandCrab criminals shift tactics. Slub malware uses Slack.

  Mar 7, 2019

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• 5G worries. Whitefly vs. SingHealth. Speculative execution bug.

  Mar 6, 2019

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• India hacks back. Rob Joyce discusses cyber conflict. Chinese hackers look for maritime technologies. Google reveals a macOS vulnerability.

  Mar 5, 2019

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• Operation Sharpshooter. Canada begins extradition process. Huawei will sue the US. Facebook’s global lobbying practices revealed. Visitor management systems are vulnerable.

  Mar 4, 2019

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• Fake Fortnite app scams infect gamers. [Research Saturday]

  Mar 2, 2019

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• Qbot spreads. Bug hunting makes a millionaire. US Cyber Command shows what “persistent engagement” looks like. Huawei agonistes. There’s no Momo, really.

  Mar 1, 2019

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• Third-parties can misconfigure, too. Coinhive goes out of business. Intel decides 5G project with Chinese partner is too hard. Bronze Union. Clearing Facebook data. Proper disposal of lawful intercept tools.

  Feb 28, 2019

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• Router vulnerabilities. Hacking around the Hanoi summit. DDoSing an election. Brushing back a troll farm. Crytpojacking an embassy.

  Feb 27, 2019

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• Sino-Australian, Sino-American cyber tensions. Threat trends. Bare-metal cloud issues addressed. USB-C and memory attacks, Credential stuffing in tax season. Twitter hijacking.

  Feb 26, 2019

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