CyberWire Daily

2656 Episodes

1. Ransomware versus shipping, hospitals, and schools. Cyberattacks’ growing sophistication. An interim rule enables implementation of the US Defense Department’s CMMC program.

   Published: 9/29/2020
2. Will no one rid me of this turbulent newsletter? US court delays TikTok ban. Microsoft takes down cyberespionage operation. Huawei’s CFO gets another day in court. REvil recruits.

   Published: 9/28/2020
3. Richard Torres: Getting that level of experience is going to be crucial. [Career Notes]

   Published: 9/27/2020
4. What came first, the Golden Chickens or more_eggs? [Research Saturday]

   Published: 9/26/2020
5. Lots of coordinated inauthenticity, but a small return in influence. Confidence building in cyberspace? CISA reports finding that a Federal agency was hacked. Cyberattacks on hospitals are up.

   Published: 9/25/2020
6. Not the Gremlin from the Kremlin. Zerologn exploited in the wild. Cyberespionage phishing in NATO’s pond. US Treasury announces sanctions. Four guilty pleas coming in eBay cyberstalking case.

   Published: 9/24/2020
7. Naval Gazing around the South China Sea, and other disinformation. LokiBot is back in a big way. Darknet merchants busted. Cyber rioting along the Blue Nile.

   Published: 9/23/2020
8. Bing backend exposed, for a bit. CIA thinks Russian influence ops are top-directed. TikTok Global spin-off may not be enough. Destination automation. Hacks that weren’t, and one big guilty plea.

   Published: 9/22/2020
9. Patch by midnight, and reply by endorsement. Cerberus is howling; Rampant Kitten is yowling. TikTok and WeChat both get reprieves. German police want ransomware operators for homicide.

   Published: 9/21/2020
10. The cybersecurity paradox. [CyberWire-X]

    Published: 9/20/2020
11. Monica Ruiz: Moving ahead when not many look like you. [Career Notes]

    Published: 9/20/2020
12. Election 2020: What to expect when we are electing. [Research Saturday]

    Published: 9/19/2020
13. Sunday looks like sanction day for WeChat and TikTok. Grayfly and Blackfly (and APT41). Maze hides payloads in VMs. Ransomware is implicated in a death. Google Play housecleaning. Fox, chickencoop.

    Published: 9/18/2020
14. Criminal markets and the criminals who shop there. Elections may be safe and secure, but influence operations seem here to stay. TikTok’s state of play. Indictments and extraditions.

    Published: 9/17/2020
15. VPNs in Tehran’s crosshairs. US indictments of foreign cyber threat actors. Strife exacerbated by social media. ByteDance’s plan for TikTok.

    Published: 9/16/2020
16. Zerologon: hey, patch already. CISA describes China’s cyberespionage techniques (and, hey, patch already). A data breach at the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

    Published: 9/15/2020
17. Turning good words into bad. Crooks push those exploits through aging software while they still can. A big OSINT DB out of Shenzehn. TikTok’s fate grows narrower but murkier. Wildfire misinformation.

    Published: 9/14/2020
18. Ode to Wealthy Elite.

    Published: 9/14/2020
19. Brandon Robinson: Built from the ground up. [Career Notes]

    Published: 9/13/2020
20. Leveraging legitimate tools. [Research Saturday]

    Published: 9/12/2020