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episode 1031: Cloud Snooper is out and about. US states’ contracts with Chinese vendors. Voatz receives more scrutiny. Facebook’s troll hunt--no joy this time. Notes from RSAC 2020.
Cloud Snooper is infesting cloud infrastructure servers. A China-skeptical advocacy group draws attention to US states’ contracts with Chinese vendors that aren’t named “Huawei.” Senator Wyden would like the security company that audited the...
episode 1032: Chrome zero-day patched. Ransomware against infrastructure. Notes from RSAC 2020. Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
Google patches a Chrome zero-day. Ransomware attacks against infrastructure. DoppelPaymer prepares to dox its victims. How CISA and NSA cooperate. Dallas County, Iowa, finally drops charges against pentesters. Mr. Assange’s evolving defense against...
episode 1033: RSAC 2020. Naming and shaming. Kitty espionage update. Wi-Fi crypto flaw. Impersonating the DNC. Ransomware gets more aggressive. When is removing a GPS tracker theft?
Naming and shaming seems to work, at least against China’s Ministry of State Security. Iranian cyberespionage continues its regional focus. Wi-Fi chip flaws could expose encrypted traffic to snoopers. Someone, maybe from abroad, is pretending to be...
episode 1034: South Carolina primary affords the next test of US election security. Cerberus evolves. Bot-driven fraud. FCC to fine wireless carriers for location data handling. FISA changes.
South Carolina prepares for tomorrow’s primary, confident that it will be able to conduct the vote securely and without disruption. An evolved version of the Cerberus Trojan has been spotted. Bots are making fraudulent appeals for brushfire aid to...
episode 1035: Super Tuesday eve primary jitters. DoppelPaymer hits an aerospace supplier. WordPress plugins exploited in the wild. Vote for the catphish.
It’s Super Tuesday eve, and people worry about influence operations, both foreign and domestic. DoppelPaymer hits a precision manufacturer, and moves surprisingly quickly to expose stolen files. Vulnerable WordPress plugins are being exploited in...
episode 1036: Vault 7, again, as Beijing names and shames. Schulte case goes to jury. Maersk to cut incident response jobs. The Cyberspace Solarium’s election security preview. Advice for intel collection.
Chinese security firm calls out the US CIA for Vault 7 campaigns against civil aviation. Meanwhile, the jury’s out in the Joshua Shulte Vault 7 case. Incident responders in the UK may be reentering the labor market. US agencies issue a joint warning...
episode 1037: Election security--a look back at Super Tuesday. Cyberspace Solarium preview. Rapid Alert System engaged in EU. Cyber capability building in Ukraine. Cloud backups as attack surface.
A quick security retrospective on Super Tuesday, a day on which no dogs barked (or bears growled, or kittens yowled, or pandas did whatever it is that pandas do). The Cyberspace Solarium previewed the good-government framework it intends to recommend...
episode 1038: Credential stuffing attacks and data breaches. Coronavirus-themed phishbait is an international problem. Super Tuesday security post mortems. Huawei agonistes.
Credential stuffing affects J. Crew and Tesco customers. T-Mobile discloses a data breach. Emcor works to recover from a ransomware infestation. Coronavirus-themed emails remain common phishbait--it’s an international problem. US authorities are...
episode 1039: Misconfigured databases, again. Vulnerable subdomains. Dark web search engines. Troll farming. An update on the crypto wars.
Virgin Media discloses a data exposure incident, another misconfigured database. Microsoft subdomains are reported vulnerable to takeover. A dark web search engine is gaining popularity, and black market share. Researchers find that Russian...
episode 1040: Coronavirus misinformation, phishbait, and disinformation. Ransomware’s growing reach. How criminals’ desire for glory works against their desire to escape apprehension.
Coronavirus misinformation, coronavirus online scams, and coronavirus disinformation. Ransomware hits a steel plant, local government, and a defense contractor. And how criminals’ desire for glory betrays them in social media. Zulfikar Ramzan from...