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The US and the UK warn of the possibility of false-flag provocations as Russia keeps the pressure on Ukraine. NATO members and others issue warnings of the threat of Russian cyber operations spilling over the Ukrainian border. Two US Senators want an accounting from the CIA over an alleged bulk collection operation. No charges filed in the case of a reporter who viewed a website source. Hacktivism and vigilantism. 49ers hacked...

Reports of cyberattacks against Ukrainian targets as the parties to the crisis resume negotiations. The US has been forthcoming with intelligence on Russia’s ambitions in the region; those revelations form part of an influence strategy. An apparent criminal group is targeting aviation and related sectors. BlackCat ransomware victims are having difficulty recovering. Why conditions favor romance scams. Ben Yelin looks at pending cyber breach notification laws...

US agencies warn of Russian cyberespionage against cleared defense contractors. Updates on the Russian pressure against Ukraine. ShadowPad as China’s RAT of choice. BlackCat claims to have leaked data stolen in a double-extortion ransomware attack. Follow the bouncing QR code. Dinah Davis from Arctic Wolf on Canada’s government ransomware playbook. Rick Howard chats with Bill Mann from Styra on DevSecOps...

Provocation may have begun in Ukraine, and no one but Russia can see any signs of a Russian withdrawal of troops to garrison. Recent DDoS attacks in Ukraine are seen as an influence operation. The compromise of International Red Cross data has been tentatively attributed to an unnamed state actor. Johannes Ullirch from SANs shares a fancy phish. Our guests are Mike Theis and Stacy Hadeka from Hogan Lovells to discuss the cyber aspects of the False Claims Act...

False flags and disinformation in Ukraine, as Western governments warn of the risk of both Russian escalation and the prospects of cyberattacks spreading beyond Ukraine’s borders. Log4j “Day-1” vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. Threat actors deployed a wiper in the course of hijacking Iranian television. The Kraken botnet is evolving, picking up an information-stealing capability. Our guest is Brittany Allen of Sift to discuss the DOJ seizing 3.6B worth of stolen crypto...

Russia escalates its hybrid war against Ukraine, with cyber implications for the rest of the world. Xenomorph banking Trojan hits European Android users. APT10’s months-long espionage campaign against Taiwan’s banks. Hive ransomware’s flawed encryption is good news. Trickbot’s place in the C2C market. Joe Carrigan shares the latest evolution of business email compromise. John Pescatore’s Mr. Security Answer Person returns. And there’s a right way and a wrong way to keep your teen offline...

With diplomacy at a stand and Russian troops now openly in Ukraine, Western governments impose sanctions on Russia. A fresh round of distributed denial-of-service attacks against Ukraine. Cobalt Strike continues to be misused by criminals. A cyberattack has severely disrupted a major logistics firm. My conversation with Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran of the FBI Cyber Division. Our guest Ed Amoroso from TAG Cyber explains Research as a Service...

Russia opens a general war against Ukraine, with rocket fires, heavy forces, and a not-so-veiled threat to NATO. Cyber operations are serving as combat support and strategic disruption. While the war in Ukraine dominates the news, elsewhere in the world cybercrime and cyberespionage continue at their customary levels. Carole Theriault looks to the security of your mobile devices. And our guest is Dr...

Russia’s full-scale invasion meets regular and irregular Ukrainian resistance. Public uses of intelligence products. Hybrid aggression and hybrid defense in cyberspace, as the civilized world imposed sanctions on Russia. Iran’s MuddyWater threat actor is back, with renewed cyberespionage. Good-bye to Trickbot. Carole Theriault wraps up her look at mobile device security. Rick Howard checks in with Matthew Sharp ( Logicworks) & "Rock" Lambros (RockCyber) on "The CISO Evolution"...

Ukrainian resistance may have stalled the Russian advance at key points. Cyber operations against Ukraine (and Russia). Diplomacy, now short of surrender? A SWIFT kick. Return of the privateers, now in the guise of patriotic hacktivists. Not all hacking is war-related. Josh Ray from Accenture on KillACK Backdoor Malware Continues to Evolve. Rick Howard revisits the cyber sand table. Criminals exploit Ukraine's suffering in social engineering campaigns...