CyberWire Daily

In today's podcast, we look at the ways in which election hacking have driven increased tension between Russia and the US. (And Wikileaks says it plans to release more election-related documents, before the US elections.)  GovRAT 2.0 is out in the wild. Congress reports out its investigation of the OPM hack, and we get insider perspective from Cylance's Malcolm Harkins.  Intel sells its security u...

In today's podcast we explore ongoing concerns about Russian attempts to influence US elections. The US Congress has harsh words for OPM in their data breach report. Google has a plan for countering ISIS messaging online. Ransomware may prove self-limiting for criminals, and St. Jude Medical sues Muddy Waters Capital and MedSec. We hear about next-generation SOCs from Siemplify's Amos Stern, and U...

In today's podcast we hear about cyber risks and cyber talks at the G20 summit. China may be looking to the Russian model in the Near Abroad as it thinks about its next steps in the South China Sea. The current state of Russian-American relations in cyberspace—they're dominated by election hacking and information operations. The risks of shared cryptographic keys. An Android Trojan evolves. Indust...

In today's podcast, we hear about some Pokémon-themed Linux rootkits. An evolved Linux Trojan is herding I0T botnets. Social media monitoring leads to convictions of jihadist plotters in Australia and the UK. Pegasus spyware and NSO Group's pricelist. Election hacking on four continents. Are the Shadow Brokers engaged in intelligence or influence operations? (In any case, no one's really bidding o...

In today's podcast, we discuss Apple's patches against the Trident zero-days, and review what the press is saying about the cyber arms market. Policy wonks and politicians speak in favor of cyber offense, and militaries speak up for nuance. Election hacks continue, this time in Hong Kong. How companies and governments adjust to a difficult cyber labor market, with insights from Level 3's Dale Drew...

In today's podcast we hear about a successful business email compromise caper, and some more SWIFT fraud. Vanya the RIPPER is on the lam from Thai police. iMessaging issues surface. Cerber ransomware is being spread by Word documents. Adobe's hot fix swats a Cold Fusion bug. Rowhammer attacks are shown to be a real possibility. Election hacking and influence operations. Centrify's Corey Williams w...

In today's podcast we follow the story of alleged Russian hacking of US think tanks and election databases (allegations Russia dismisses as American provocation). US Federal and state officials think about securing November's vote. Mississippi organizes a new public-private cyber security coalition. SWIFT discloses new money transfer fraud attempts. New ransomware strains are out in the wild, and...

Whether your bootstrapping your business on your own, borrowing from friends and family or going for your Series A venture capital round, raising money is something most business owners have to deal with, sooner or later. We spoke with experienced business leaders in cyber security to find out what they did to fund their companies, lessons they learned, and what advice they’d give. Learn more abou...

In today's podcast we follow concerns about US election hacking brought on by an FBI warning that someone (the Russians, IC and industry sources say) has hacked into Illinois and Arizona voter databases. Lawful intercept vendors receive more scrutiny in the wake of the Trident iPhone zero-day revelations. Analysts raise concerns about data manipulation in both elections and criminal investigations...

In today's podcast, we update the story on SCADA malware in Iran—Iran now thinks it didn't cause petrochemical industry fires. France, India, and Australia investigate theft of submarine design data. Citizen Labs' investigation of iOS spyware renews debate over cyber arms control. The Shadow Brokers haven't yet got their half-billion dollars, but their leaks chill US-Russian relations and prompt b...

In today's podcast, we hear about a spyware case connected to Pegasus, a tool that can jailbreak an iPhone (they say) with a single click. Apple issues an out-of-band patch for the three iOS zero-days Pegasus exploits. Shadow Brokers leaks remain under investigation. Phishlabs and TrapX release anti-ransomware tools. Ramnit and Dreambot are after bank accounts (and Dreambot spreads over Tor). NIST...

In today's podcast, we look at ways in which terrorist incidents have motivated France and Germany to seek ways of compelling encrypted messaging apps to open traffic to inspection. In the UK such incidents have also prompted a harsh Parliamentary report on social media companies' efforts to combat radicalization. Shadow Brokers leaked exploits continue to appear in the wild. Investigation continu...

In today's podcast we hear about Russian hackers going after New York Times reporters (the FBI is investigating). Exploits in the Shadow Brokers' teaser are "test-driven" in the wild. Some of them may affect Huawei products. The Goznym banking Trojan moves from Poland to Germany. British universities are targeted by ransomware. Researchers give victims of Wildfire ransomware some relief in the for...

In today's podcast we discuss the Shadow Brokers' leaks, reviewing ongoing speculation and speaking with some experts who offer insight into the matter: Jason Healey, the principal investigator in Columbia University's study of NSA zero-day disclosure policy, and RedSeal's CEO and CTO discuss firewall security and vulnerability. Juniper joins Cisco and Fortinet in confirming that Shadow Brokers' z...

In today's podcast we continue to follow the Shadow Brokers, and we take a quick look into the shadowy world of hybrid warfare. No fresh leaks in this incident, but someone seems to be using seized Silk Road Bitcoin wallets to bid on leaked files. Election hacking worries persist, and concerns about secret ballots appear. Some users want a general strike against Tor. Point-of-sale malware and what...

In today's podcast, we hear about emails flooding dot gov in-boxes. A re-tooled version of Locky ransomware is out in the wild. As we look back at the week, the big news surrounds the Shadow Brokers' data dump and implausible auction—they seem to have some genuine NSA goods. The brokers themselves are thought to be either Russian spies or rogue insiders, or some mix of both. Worries about US elect...

In today's podcast we hear more about the Shadow Brokers, who are confirmed to have dropped some genuine zero-days. Most observers now think there was a compromise at NSA; some suspect Russian intelligence services. North Korea is again scrutinized for SWIFT fraud. Operation Ghoul targets industrial intellectual property in thirty countries. We see continued industry churn (including some layoffs...

In today's podcast we follow the continuing story of the Shadow Brokers and their claims of having got their hands on Equation Group attack code (as bizarre as their story is, a lot of informed observers think the code they've posted is the real deal). Many see the Shadow Brokers incident as an escalation of a cyber cold war between Russia and the United States. More banking Trojan activity in Sou...

In today's podcast we learn about claims made by hackers calling themselves "the Shadow Brokers." They say they've pwned the Equation Group, and obtained NSA attack code which they're now selling for one million Bitcoin. Guccifer 2.0 gets a lot more polished and even leakier. A bogus QuadRooter patch is serving malware in Google's Play Store. Fidelis tells us about Vawtrak's evolution. Someone's w...

In today's podcast we learn that Russian hackers went after Republicans as well as Democrats. An anti-doping whistleblower's account is illegally compromised. ISIS turns to online inspiration to recover jihadist mindshare. The MICROS point-of-sale system hack appears to underlie widespread credit card compromises. Secure Boot's "golden key" exposure is seen as a warning against backdoors. Security...

In today's podcast we learn that the US Intelligence Community discovered the DNC hack sometime last year—much earlier than its public disclosure this Spring. We hear about threats to critical infrastructure, and we follow developments in the cyber criminal markets—ransomware's getting mighty picky, if you ask us. We hear about ISIS's appeal to disaffected petty criminals. The Olympics see both cy...

In today's podcast, we hear about cyber and information operations in Eastern Europe that look disturbingly like battlespace preparation. The FBI finds that the scope of the Democratic Party hacks is much greater than initially believed. The Bureau seems ready to ask for more authority to unlock devices, but opponents point to Microsoft's inadvertent leak of Secure Boot keys as an object lesson in...

In today’s podcast we follow developments in nation-state hacking, from Hainan to Tehran. Australia’s online census is taken offline—the Bureau of Statistics cries DDoS, but observers aren’t so sure. A new strain of ransomware under development in the underworld skips encryption and goes straight for deletion. Issues with Oracle’s MICROS point-of-sale systems may be the root cause of recent store...

In today’s podcast we look at an APT group that’s been active since 2011. We hear about the Quadrooter Android vulnerability. We take a look back at Black Hat, and look for some sensible perspective on cyber risk. We also read some discussion of the differences between espionage, crime, and warfare. The US Marshalls will auction SilkRoad’s forfeited Bitcoin later this month. Dr. Charles Clancy fro...

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