Facebook discloses a major breach. Botnet brute forcing ransomware. Retail domain typosquatting. ATM wiretapping. Ransomware in San Diego. SEC hits cyber deficiencies. Assange retires?
Facebook discloses a major breach. Botnet brute forcing ransomware. Retail domain typosquatting. ATM wiretapping. Ransomware in San Diego. SEC hits cyber deficiencies. Assange retires?
CyberWire Daily · N2K Networks
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Show Notes
In today's podcast, we hear that Facebook has disclosed a cyberattack that affected fifty million users. A botnet is brute-forcing credentials. Cybercriminals show signs of ramping up spoofed retail domains in preparation for holiday shopping. The US Secret Service warns of ATM wiretapping. The Port of San Diego struggles with ransomware. The US SEC fines a company for cyber deficiencies. Mr. Assange goes offline. And some guy says he'll live-stream his annihilation of a prominent Facebook page. Jonathan Katz from University of MD on Bluetooth pairing protocol vulnerabilities. Guest is Andrea Little Limbago from Endgame on the internet’s effect on global conflict.
For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief:
https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/September/CyberWire_2018_09_28.html
Extended interview with Endgame's Andrea Little Limbago:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/21704947
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