CyberWire Daily

2656 Episodes

1. Fake news tweets (from hijackers, not opinion-makers). Ransomware. New Android Trojans. Closing in on Mirai's master?

   Published: 1/23/2017
2. Carbanak gets trickier and more ambitious. Ransomware updates. It's beginning to look a lot like 1949 (at least from Moscow).

   Published: 1/20/2017
3. France braces for election hacking. Ukrainian utility says December blackouts were hacker-induced. Finding "Fruitfly." Tracking Mirai's master.

   Published: 1/19/2017
4. Carbanak gang is back. GhostAdmin works on data theft. Trolling security researchers. M&A notes. Pardons, commutations, and extraditions.

   Published: 1/18/2017
5. Election influence and election security. Threats to power grids. Ransomware and phishing updates. Loyalty program risks.

   Published: 1/17/2017
6. Grid hacking in Ukraine. Cellebrite breached. WhatsApp encryption issue. EyePyramid notes. Sharing SIGINT. IG looks at FBI. Guccifer 2.0 and the ShadowBrokers take their bows.

   Published: 1/13/2017
7. Grid hacks and influence operations. Propaganda sauce spread liberally over geese and ganders. Peace sign hacks? Hamas catphishes the IDF.

   Published: 1/12/2017
8. Shamoon is back, now with credentials for virtual desktops. Ukraine believes it was hacked again. Ransomware updates. Elections, investigations, and influence operations. The Pokemon threat?

   Published: 1/11/2017
9. Witch hunts and yard sales. See relationships, not dox. Rebrandings, mergers, acquisitions, and executive moves. Building anti-witch capabilities.

   Published: 1/10/2017
10. Election hacking, influence operations, and official reports. EU hacking concerns. Lawsuit over email's invention. Twitter frowns on unrequited love. Billy Bass, meet Alexa.  

    Published: 1/9/2017
11. Spearphishing in industrial espionage. Ransomware gets more widespread, ruthless, and perfidious. The US Intelligence Community assures the Senate that the Russians hacked the DNC.

    Published: 1/6/2017
12. Indiscriminate IOCs erode confidence in attributions. Official leaks erode trust in information sharing. Exploit updates.

    Published: 1/5/2017
13. Hacktivists claim to perform a public service. Once and Recorded Future ransomware. Attribution controversies. Disturbing toys.

    Published: 1/4/2017
14. Attribution issues: one story fizzles; another looks disappointingly circumstantial. Great powers jostle in cyberspace. Hacktivists resurface online. So, alas, do terrorists.

    Published: 1/3/2017
15. Best of: Daniel Ennis

    Published: 12/30/2016
16. Buying Cyber Security - A CyberWire Special Edition

    Published: 12/30/2016
17. Best of: Tom Coale

    Published: 12/29/2016
18. Best of: Tom Wingfield

    Published: 12/28/2016
19. Best of: Abby Smith Rumsey

    Published: 12/27/2016
20. Daily & Week in Review: Gunnery hacking. Influence operations and a proportionate response thereto? Yahoo breach post mortems. NIST issues Special Publication 800-184: "Guide for Cybersecurity Event Recovery."

    Published: 12/23/2016