CyberWire Daily

2656 Episodes

1. Using global events as lures. [Research Saturday]

   Published: 8/22/2020
2. Transparent Tribe upgrades Crimson RAT. More countries interested in influencing US elections. University pays ransom.

   Published: 8/21/2020
3. Gamaredon Group is phishing ahead of Ukraine’s independence day. North Korea blamed for BLINDINGCAN RAT. Google patches Gmail flaw.

   Published: 8/20/2020
4. Phone spearphishing is catching on after the Twitter hack. Taiwan blames China for hacking government agencies. FritzFrog botnet is cryptomining, for now.

   Published: 8/19/2020
5. Patriotic hacktivism? Cryptomining worm steals AWS credentials. Carnival discloses data incident.

   Published: 8/18/2020
6. North Korea harasses defectors. Researchers exploited Emotet bug for six months. RedCurl APT conducts corporate espionage.

   Published: 8/17/2020
7. Trying for a win, win, win game. [Career Notes]

   Published: 8/16/2020
8. The ABCs of cybersecurity for the education sector. [CyberWire-X]

   Published: 8/16/2020
9. Waiting for their victims. [Research Saturday]

   Published: 8/15/2020
10. Bad Woodcutter is still bad, but not invincible. CactusPete is in Eastern European networks. Exploiting COVID-19. Celebrity endorsements (not).

    Published: 8/14/2020
11. This Woodcutter’s no Railsplitter. Operation Dream Job. COVID-19 phishing.

    Published: 8/13/2020
12. Domestic cyber squabbling in Belarus and Iran. Pakistan accuses India of a cyber offensive. More on Papua’s data center. More privacy questions for TikTok. Parental control or stalker’s tool?

    Published: 8/12/2020
13. Internet blackout in Belarus. Papua New Guinea’s insecure National Data Centre. Chrome and CSP rule bypass. Zoom gets sued in DC. Patch Tuesday. Go Spartans.

    Published: 8/11/2020
14. NMAP (noun) [Word Notes]

    Published: 8/11/2020
15. What are the adversaries’ goals in election interference? A case study in the ransomware-as-a-service market. Untangling TikTok, as the clock ticks toward September 15th.

    Published: 8/10/2020
16. The Green Goldfish and cyber threat intelligence. [Career Notes]

    Published: 8/9/2020
17. Like anything these days, you have to disinfect it first. [Research Saturday]

    Published: 8/8/2020
18. US Executive Orders against TikTok, WeChat. Chimera takes chip IP. Intel data leaked. Texting Rewards for Justice. Coordinated inauthenticity. Magecart’s homoglyph attacks.

    Published: 8/7/2020
19. US Clean Network program outlines measures against Chinese operations. $10 million reward offered for info on election interference. Australia’s cyber strategy is out. Grand larceny and petty lulz.

    Published: 8/6/2020
20. Privacy, Fort Meade style. Interpol looks at cybercrime. Oilrig gets DNSExfiltrator. Please move on from Windows 7. Updates on the Twitter hack.

    Published: 8/5/2020