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In today's podcast, we hear that ICS experts continue to warn of grid vulnerability to hacking. AMD chip flaws called real, but not very serious. Cambridge Analytica under investigation in the UK. Facebook tries without much success so far to disentangle itself from Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data. President Putin wins reelection amid accusations of voting fraud. Former French President Sarkozy is in police custody over Libyan campaign contributions. (The Libyans want their money back, too.) Chris Poulin from BAH on malware evolution. Guest is Patrick Craven from the Center for Cyber Safety and Education, a nonprofit that has scholarships available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that tensions between Britain and Russia remain high, as the UK fears a cyberattack. US power utilities are also on alert to an ongoing Russian cyber campaign. Despite a claimed DDoS attack, President Putin is re-elected in Russia. Facebook under fire for Cambridge Analytica data incident. More political bots in Twitter. YouTube tries content moderation. FTC takes on an alt-coin Ponzi scheme. SEC has "dozens" of ICO investigations in progress. Notes on the Hal Martin alleged NSA-hoarder case. Malek Ben Salem from Accenture Labs with tips on cryptography deployment. Guest is Paul Brigner from the Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC) at Georgetown University, discussing their research on Virtual Browsers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been an epidemic of cryptojacking code injections recently, as bad actors attempt to cash in on the cryptocurrency craze through unauthorized cryptomining operations on unsuspecting users. Marcelle Lee is a threat researcher at LookingGlass, and she takes us through her recently published research, Cryptojacking — Coming to a Server Near You. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that NATO has condemned Russia for a chemical attack in England. The US sanctions Russia for NotPetya and election meddling, and warns of Russian preparations for an attack against US infrastructure. Chinese cyber operations support that country's claims to the South China Sea. Iran shows increased cyber espionage activity. Observers fear a return of Triton/Trisis ICS malware. Another unsecured AWS bucket may have been found. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the Internet Storm Center podcast, discussing credential stuffing. Guest is Rico Chandra from Arktis Radiation Detectors on securing radiation detectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that AMD continues its investigation of the backdoors and other vulnerabilities CTS Labs publicly disclosed. That disclosure remains controversial. BlackTDS offers malware distribution as-a-service on the black market. PinkKite is a small but persistent point-of-sale threat. The SEC charges a former Equifax exec with trading on non-public information of the credit bureau's data breach. Germany, France, and the United States join the United Kingdom in denouncing Russia for the Salisbury nerve agent attack. Rick Howard from Palo Alto Networks, with this year’s Cyber Cannon nominees. Guest is Ted Bardusch from Usermind on data-rich marketing and GDPR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that AMD is investigating a report of exploitable flaws in its processors. Vietnamese threat actor OceanLotus gets a look from researchers. Patch Tuesday notes. Britain expels Russian diplomats in retaliation for a nerve agent attack. Russia demands to know what these cyberattacks are that the UK is said to be threatening. A brief history of Russo-British Twenty-first Century espionage and cyber tensions. Iranian threat actor MuddyWaters threatens researchers. Justin Harvey from Accenture on the importance of the first 48 hours following a breach. Guest is Patrick Sullivan from Akamai on VPNs and the notion of “verify and never trust.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that Britain has given Russia an ultimatum: explain by midnight how your nerve agent got to Salisbury or face the consequences. Russia calls it nonsense. Cyber conflict between the two countries is widely expected. Palo Alto's Unit 42 finds HenBox Android spyware. NCC Labs describes Chinese backdoors used against UK Government and industry targets. President Trump replaces Secretary of State Tillerson with DCI Pompeo. Gina Haspel is tapped as next DCI. Awais Rashid from University of Bristol on cyber physical systems. Guest is Tom Badders from Telos on obfuscation as applied to threat intelligence. And a wrap-up of SINET ITSEF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcasts, we hear that security firms are warning of Iran's growing cyber capabilities, and Tehran's disposition to use them. Gossips and activists far outdo bots in spreading disinformation. Memcache kill-switch should be approached with legal caution. Slingshot espionage tools active quietly in the Middle East and Africa for six years. Fancy Bear sniffs at Asia. Australia is concerned about Chinese espionage and influence operations. Jonathan Katz from UMD with his thoughts on Spectre and Meltdown. Guest is Christopher Pierson from Binary Sun Cyber Risk Advisors, with an update on SEC cyber security guidance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researcher from Lookout and the EFF have discovered an APT group operating out of Lebanon they've named Dark Caracal. The group is running a global espionage campaign, targeting journalists, military personnel, activists, lawyers, medical professionals and educational institutions. Mike Murray is VP of Security Intelligence at Lookout, and he's our guide through their research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear reports of cyber reconnaissance of Turkish financial institutions: Hidden Cobra is the suspect. The Chinese government appears to have finagled its national vulnerability database to afford misdirection to cyber operations. Cryptomining attempts hit Windows endpoints. Other cryptojacking campaigns afflict vulnerable servers. Memcrash DDoS hits new targets. The US Administration hints at possible cyber policy changes. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs, on the issue of trying to spend our way to security. Guest is Priscilla Moriuchi from Recorded Future, with research documenting a backdating issue in the CNNVD, China’s National Vulnerability Database. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that a kill-switch for Memcrash may have been found (and Memcrash may be dangerous for other purposes than denial-of-service). Researchers in Hungary take a look at the Shadow Brokers' dumps and speculate about the purpose of the "Territorial Dispute" module. The Dutch Tax Authority sustained another DDoS attack last night. India's CERT renders a troubling report to Parliament. The FBI still wants a non-backdoor backdoor. David Dufour from Webroot on vulnerabilities in cryptocurrency markets. Guest is Richard Henderson from Absolute Software on protecting against insider threats. And some notes from SINET ITSEF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that spies like Apache Struts exploits. Server vulnerabilities described. A new cryptojacker steals at least four varieties of cryptocurrency. North Korea may have hacked UN sanctions enforcers. Dutch Intelligence (and Microsoft) warn of cyberwar, but it's not a declared war, which makes response harder. Update to the pack rat defense, with considerations of mens rea. ISIS terror inspiration. And a possible assassination attempt. Chris Poulin from BAH on next generation IoT devices, like security robots. Guest is Sylvain Gil from Exabeam on business by design, and the importance of the design process in security solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that Fancy Bear sightings continue—Fancy seems to have settled down in Montenegro, and Germany is seeing bears and snakes. Cyber deterrence is much desired but difficult to achieve. Notes from a Russian jail. Reddit purges influence ops trolls. What criminals can learn from your browser. CFIUS puts hold on Broadcom's bid for Qualcomm. The US FDA wants to block its people from looking at adult content at work. Daniel Prince, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at Lancaster University, introduces himself as our newest academic research partner. Guest is Jeremy Wittkop from InteliSecure with a call for participants in their Critical Data Protection Benchmark Survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear about a new campaign that targets humanitarian organizations with North Korean phishbait. Memcrash is now being exploited by criminal extortionists. Equifax losses from last year's breach are said to mount. Germany says it detected the compromise of a secure government network before too much damage was done. They don't offer official attribution, but everyone else says it was the Russians. The Russians say they didn't do it. President Putin deplores "yelling and hollering" in the US Congress. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on section 702 reauthorization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers at Comodo Security Solutions have been tracking a recently discovered strain of malware named Lebal. The malware uses several clever techniques to attempt to hide itself, and once installed targets credentials and cryptocurrency wallets. Fatih Orhan is VP of Threat Labs at Comodo, and he takes us through their research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that a Memcrash amplification attack took GitHub offline, but only briefly, thanks to Akamai mitigation. Germany continues to fight off ongoing attacks on sensitive government networks. Germany hasn't said so, but everyone else sees Fancy Bears pawprints over this one. Fancy Bear is also said to be snuffling around embassies and other diplomatic targets. Capitol Hill mulls cyber deterrence. Equifax breach looks worse. Robert M. Lee from Dragos on ICS in advanced manufacturing. Guest is Marcus Harris from Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, discussing the decision by companies like McAfee and Symantec to allow the Russians to look at their source code. Two high-profile fraud victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Fancy Bear has been busy in a sensitive German government network. RedDrop Android malware is built for blackmail. Another exposed AWS S3 bucket is disclosed. Intel issues another Spectre fix. The FTC reaches a settlement with Venmo over privacy, security, and availability of funds. The SEC is investigating a number of initial coin offerings. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the ICS Stormcast podcast, with information on the Memcache DOS issue. Guest is Rami Sass from WhiteSource on open source software. And Mr. Gates is no fan of cryptocurrencies (and it seems cryptocurrency mavens are no fan of Mr. Gates). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Memcrash threatens big DDoS events. Problems with single-sign-on solutions. Thanatos ransomware looks like its masters botched it, but that's not necessarily good news. The Marcher banking Trojan is back and bigger than ever. A new variant of Petya ransomware may be in circulation. What's the point of a false flag if no one's fooled? Dale Drew from CenturyLink on collaboration trends. Guest is Eric Cole, author of Online Danger. And the US Senate asks, how do you solve a problem like Vladimir? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that CoinHive was installed via a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket. Unintentional password collection. Threat and risk trends for 2018. Avalanche phisher king rearrested in Kiev. Huawei says it's being picked on. Apple makes nice with Beijing. Industry notes—controlling interests and an ICS security Series B round. Reality Winner wants her confession suppressed. Hal Martin's packrat defense may have received an unexpected boost. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the Internet Stormcast podcast, on hacked third-party cables. Guest is Terry Dunlap from Refirm Labs on firmware vulnerabilities. And could alien signals be alien hacks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that anonymous US Intelligence sources call the Olympic hacks a Russian false flag operation. More cyberattacks are expected from the infrastructure set up to hit the Games. Calls for international norms for cyber conflict rise. CrowdStrike's Global Threat Report sees proliferation and commodification of attack tools. Ad network serves cryptojacker. Malicious smartphones or just a trade war? Joe Carrigan from JHU on securing AWS buckets. Guest is Randall Murch from VA Tech on cyber bio security. And a scorecard for hacking heraldry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Or Katz is principal lead security researcher for Akamai's Enterprise Security Business Unit, and the research he’s sharing today is a widespread phishing campaign targeting users using an advertising tactic. The research is titled, “Gone Phishing for the Holidays." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear, OMG, that Mirai is out in a new and improved form. Researchers find buggy smart contracts on Ethereum. A Chase glitch briefly exposed banking customers' information to other banking customers. Hacktivists continue to hit spyware companies. Verizon's Mobile Index warns that mobile security is being traded for business efficiencies. Thales looks at data security and finds that data breaches seem to have risen with cloud migration. The FTC doesn't like credential stuffing. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs with an update on Dark Web markets after last year’s Alpha Bay takedown. Guest is Andrea Little Limbago from Endgame, discussing her blog post, “The March Toward Data Localization.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that counterfeit certificates are on sale in criminal souks. Cybercrime is said to cost $600 billion globally every year. Russia objects to being called a bad actor in cyberspace. North Korea's Reaper threat actor steps out from the shadow of its big brother, the Lazarus Group. Catphish from Lebanon spread spyware through Facebook. Israel says it gave Australia a cyber assist against ISIS terror last summer. Ransomware notes. Prof. Awais Rashid from University of Bristol on what students should be learning about cyber security. Guest is Martijn Grooten from Virus Bulletin on security product testing and the changes they’ve seen over time in the products they test. Harper's was hacked, and so was Allentown, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that SWIFT phishbait is hitting inboxes. North Korean hackers show fresh sophistication and new ambitions. Fancy Bear seems to be snuffling east. Monero miners in Word, and why cryptojacking for Bitcoin is harder than it is for other currencies. The Coldroot RAT hides in plain sight. The US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security undertake new approaches to election security. Justin Harvey from Accenture on data-centric security. Guest is Scott Totzke from ISARA on the threat to encrypted data by quantum computing. And Facebook has a new verification mode: send in a postcard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that SWIFT fraud has hit an Indian lender. North Korean hacking continues, even during the DPRK's Winter Olympics charm offensive. US indicts Russian influence operators—the Internet Research Agency is the leading defendant. Russian trolling continues, exploiting the Florida school shooting. (And the alleged shooter apparently expressed his intentions online.) Rick Howard from Palo Alto Networks, on the importance of partnering with universities to improve the quantity and diversity of people coming through the STEM pipeline. All Five Eyes see Fancy Bear behind NotPetya. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The research we’re discussing today is called, “Beware the Hex Men”, and it tracks multiple attack campaigns conducted by a Chinese threat actor. The GuardiCore Labs team identified three attack variants that they named Hex, Hanako and Taylor, targeting SQL servers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear more about Olympic Destroyer: its relationship status with known threat actors is "complicated." The US joins the UK in blaming Russia for NotPetya, and seems to be considering sanctions. The US Congress considers election security, and considers a state-level option: let governors call in the National Guard. New York cyber law reaches its second milestone. Zulfikar Ramzan from RSA, discussing the hype around blockchain technology. Guest is Jack Rhysider, producer and host of the Darknet Diaries podcast. And no, Edward Snowden has not moved in down the block and bought a two-terabyte iCloud storage plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that Olympic Destroyer may have started with a supply-chain compromise back in December. The British Foreign Office blames Russia for NotPetya pseudoransomware, and the Russian Foreign Ministry says they didn't do anything. Trend Micro researchers find a new Monero cryptomining campaign underway. Coinherder phishes in alt-coin wallets. The Satori botnet has expanded its target list. A new IoT botnet, DoubleDoor, gets into routers with a one-two punch. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS, on New Jersey taking on the FCC and net neutrality. Guest is Scott Register from Ixia on security issues with the coming 5G cellular rollout. And the LoopX ICO vanishes into thin air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Olympic Destroyer exploits EternalRomance and morphs as it moves from machine to machine. Other Olympic hacks are out there, too. The US Intelligence Community tells Congress to expect a more assertive Iran, Russia, and North Korea in cyberspace. They also forecast more election influence operations. General Nakasone has been nominated to succeed Admiral Rogers at NSA and US Cyber Command. Yossi Oren from BGU on two-factor authentication for the disabled. Guest is John Kuhn from IBM X-Force Iris on the uptick in spam around the Valentine’s Day holiday.Coin mining continues to make a nuisance of itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Patch Tuesday will not include a Skype fix—that one will take some time and attention. Olympic Destroyer is the malware thought to be infesting the Winter Games. Attribution remains unclear, but a lot of suspicious eyes are looking at you, Mr. Putin. The Lazarus Group is stepping up its cryptocurrency stealing game. Questions swirl around the alleged BitGrail cryptocurrency exchange losses. David Dufour from Webroot on Mac vulnerabilities. Guest is Mark Loveless from Duo security, looking at IoT personal safety devices. And, hey—Valentine's Day is tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that the the Winter Olympics report ongoing hacking. Cryptojacker hits government websites in the UK, Australia, and the US. Engineers use a research institute's supercomputer to mine Bitcoin in Sarov, Russia. The Equifax breach may be bigger and worse than hitherto believed. The Sacramento Bee deletes encrypted database rather than pay ransom. IBM patches Spectre and Meltdown. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs offers a dark web scorecard on the 2018 Olympics and the 2018 elections, specifically addressing how matters stand in comparison with the last round of games and voting. The CIA says it was no way bilked by a proffered sale of kompromat. And bots scalp airline seats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IcedID is a banking trojan recently discovered and tracked by IBM's X-Force research team, targeting banks, payment card providers, mobile services providers, payroll, webmail and e-commerce sites in the U.S. Limor Kessem is an executive security advisor with IBM Security. She returns to Research Saturday to describe what she and her team found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that phishing has gotten more personal with conversation hijacking and attempts on direct deposit instructions. The Olympics have opened: do you know where your hackers are? Apple finds leaked iOS source code on Github. Cryptominers found in hospital systems. Litecoin picks up black market share. Notes on recent patches. Concerns about Russian influence operations continue as US midterm elections approach. Dale Drew from CenturyLink on victim notification. Guest is Deidre Diamond from #brainbabe. They are a nonprofit working to replace “booth babes” at trade shows with students. And are bicycle thieves going online? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that Operation Shadow Web has tken down the Infraud criminal carding gang. Two more Fancy Bear sightings—one in voter databases, one in Defense contractor emails. North Korea may have purchased its Flash Player zero-day from a third-party. Cryptojacking hits a European water utility. US Senate considers banning Huawei and ZTE from Federal use. Johannes Ullrich on cryptocurrency theft, and advice for protecting your virtual currency. Guest is Christopher Doman from AlienVault on their discovery of a Monero cryptocurrency miner linked to North Korea. And no, Messrs. McAfee and Musk aren't Nigerian princes, and they're not giving away Bitcoin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that Dutch police have made an arrest in last week's financial sector DDoS case: it's a teenager. North Korean interest in stealing cryptocurrency remains high. Adobe patches the zero-day Pyongyang had exploited against Seoul. Hardware wallets found vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Crytpojacking trends. US regulators take a hard look at alt-coins and how they're traded. Uber says it regrets not coming clean sooner about its breach. Justin Harvey from Accenture on ransomware, to pay or not to pay. Guest is Yassir Abousselham from Okta on their 2018 Business at Work report. New trends in an old help desk scam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that the Shadow Broker exploits have now been found to be more exploitable. Cryptocurrency miners are recognized as a problem: MacUpdate sustained a brief infestation late last week, and a new Android mining campaign takes a page from Mirai's playbook. Smominru botnet rakes in $3.6 million. T-Mobile warns of SIM-hijacking. Comment period extended for NIST Special Publication 800-171. New paycard skimmer found in Pennsylvania stores. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs on tax fraud issues. Guest is Woody Shea from Covata on S3 bucket leaks. And a tsunami false alarm on the US East Coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Flash Player is being exploited by DPRK's TEMP.Reaper, also known as Group 123. ISIS may have a hacker help-wanted sign out. JenX botnet update. Scareby ransomware tells victims it will shred their files if they don't pay up. The Nunes Memo remains a political Rohrschach Test. A Japanese teenager is arrested for writing cryptocurrency-stealing code. Lauri Love will not be extradited to the US. Peter Levashov is not so lucky. Joe Carrigan from JHU responds to listener mail on passwords. And the FBI is not emailing you to say you may be entitled to compensation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adware is generally considered unsophisticated, and because of its low perceived threat level it's often ignored. Researchers at the Booz Allen Dark Labs' Advanced Threat Hunt Team have recently published research describing a more advanced type of adware, using infection techniques usually attributed to nation-state actors. Jay Novak is a threat hunter and tech lead at Booz Allen, and he takes us through their research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that the JenX botnet will conduct DDoS-for-hire, if you've got twenty bucks. South Korea's CERT warns of an Adobe Flash Player zero-day being exploited in the wild. Bitcoin's price drops below $9000, but miners and scammers are still after this and other cryptocurrencies. BeeToken's ICO is used to phish for Ethereum. ICS security reflections in the wake of the Triton/Trisis attack. The 9th Circuit rules that Twitter didn't provide material support to ISIS killers. Rob Lee from Dragos on the security of wind power systems. Guest is Dana Simberkoff from AvePoint, with a discussion on women working in privacy, and why it’s one area where we are doing well at getting and equal number of women engaged. And the Nunes Memo is out, declassified and unredacted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that ISIS inspiration is increasingly directed at children. Cryptomining botnets use same EternalBlue exploit as WannaCry. Criminals experiment to weaponize Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Phishing campaigns exploit well-known services including Google Docs and Outlook. Patch notes. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopting a model data cyber security law. Guest is Shashi Kiran from Quali on cyber ranges and cloud sandboxes. Geolocation and other app-collected info raise OPSEC concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear about a possible Charming Kitten sighting. Phishing in Tibet shows just how successful cheap skid labor can be. Cisco patches a serious flaw in VPN products. Fitness app Strava says it will work to close privacy holes. Experts say you're just a tap away from giving yourself away, and it's not just Strava, not by a long shot. South Korea considers how cryptocurrency might be regulated. The US SEC shuts down an allegedly fraudulent ICO. Yossi Oren from BGU on insecure mobile device cases. Guest is JT Keating from Zimperium on the effects of Meltdown and Spectre on mobile devices. And what do you call an ICO that steals the price of a cheap seat? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that the Dutch financial sector is well on its way to recovering from the recent DDoS wave, which could be the work of anyone from teenaged skids to some nation's intelligence service. Lizard Squad may have a connection to Mirai. The reptiles are also getting into the coin mining business. Patient phishing relieves IOTA cryptocurrency users of the contents of their wallets. UK's Snooper's Charter smacked down by High Court. US House Intelligence Committee votes to release classified memo on surveillance. Jonathan Katz from UMD on the “fuzzing” of private healthcare information. Guest is Michael Simon from Cryptonite with results from their 2018 Health Care Cyber Report. US military personnel get an OPSEC lesson on Strava. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that hackers have looted cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck to the tune of about $530 million. Experty's ICO speculators get phished by crooks. Jackpotting hits American ATMs. The Dridex banking Trojan apparently has a ransomware sibling: FriedEx. Transduction attacks could hit IoT sensors. Steganographic app "Muslim Crypt" is designed for jihadist communication. North Korea tells Britain to mind its own business about WannaCry. Zulfikar Ramzan from RSA with his perspective on Spectre and Meltdown. Strava fitness app reveals locations of user activity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re discussing the a campaign the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team recently discovered, one that’s targeting organizations involved with the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Raj Samani is chief scientist at McAfee, and he shares the campaign's clever details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear how Lebal malware steps its way through layered defenses. Cryptocurrency mining campaigns go after Monero with XMRig, WannaMine, and other toolkits. It's not a victimless crime, either—CPUs can be rendered effectively unusable. Influence operations are tracked in Twitter and Facebook. Dutch intelligence services penetrated Cozy Bear and shared warnings with allied services. Russia demanded, and got, source code access as a condition of doing business. Dale Drew from CenturyLink shares his outlook on 2018. Stacey Higginbotham, host of the Internet of Things Podcast, chats about IoT security. A creep exploits password recovery utilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s fair to say that 2017 was a busy year when it came to cyber security, and as we head into 2018 there’s certainly no sign of things slowing down. Days into the new year the news of serious vulnerabilities like Meltdown and Spectre, the ongoing threat of ransomware, major data and privacy breaches, and political unrest around the world, well, hold onto your hats, it looks like we may be in for a bumpy ride. In this CyberWire special edition, we’ve gathered a group of seasoned cyber security experts to share their views on what we might expect over the coming year. Nate Beach-Westmoreland is Head of Strategic Threat Intelligence at Booz Allen's Cyber4Sight. https://www.linkedin.com/in/natebeachw/ Christopher Porter is Chief Intelligence Strategist at FireEye. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-porter-039620112/ Caleb Barlow is Vice President Threat Intelligence at IBM Security. https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebbarlow/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear about how patriotic hacktivists are talking turkey to high-profile Twitter accounts. The Hide 'N' Seek IoT botnet spreads swiftly through specially crafted peer-to-peer communications. Vulnerabilities found in the Electron developers framework. ICOs are heavily targeted by criminals. Bell Canada was breached, and the Mounties are on the case. Ontario transit operator Metrolinx is asked how it knows North Korea hacked it. British Prime Minister May takes a swing at secure messaging and tech companies generally. Fancy Bear doesn't like Olympic luge. David DuFour from WebRoot with his outlook on ransomware for the coming year. Guest is Malcolm Harkins from Cylance with thoughts on the Aadhaar data breach. And what's the significance of a values statement? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that new Satori variants are out. Turkish hacktivists use Twitter for social engineering. Parties unknown are conducting an espionage campaign against Turkish defense contractors. North Korea's Lazarus Group improves its cryptocurrency theft tradecraft. Dating app vulnerabilities are a cyber-stalker's dream date. Britain will combat disinformation with a national office of rumor control. Justin Harvey from Accenture addressing the cyber skills shortage. Guest is Jon Condra from Flashpoint, reviewing their Business Risk Intelligence Decision Report. Plus, say phooey to pirated copies of Fire and Fury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that ISIS is howling "we are in your home" as they lose their own home. Intel says a new patch for Spectre and Meltdown is coming to fix instability problems. Babies' social security numbers and other data are for sale on the dark web. So are email credentials from top-500 British law firms. Look closely at urls—IDN spoofing is out and about. Satori expands the reach of its botnets. New ransomware strains surface. SpriteCoin is no coin at all. Joe Carrigan from JHU responding to listener mail about disabling links in email. Chris Webber from SafeBreach on using simulations to test for Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. And Sonic the Hedgehog fans watch out: three popular games may expose you to hacking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we learn that the Evrial Trojan is interested in what's on your Windows Clipboard. The healthcare sector continues its struggle to recover from SamSam ransomware. People raise the possibility that Olympic timekeeping could be hacked. They're not saying it was, just that it might be. Russian troll farms are barking at the US House Intelligence Committee and the Czech Presidential run-off election. Some notes on crime and possible punishment. Malek Ben Salem from Accenture Labs on the challenges of deploying next-generation cryptography. And there are two new theories about Satoshi Nakamoto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices