CyberWire Daily

2656 Episodes

1. Cyberwar looms in the Middle East? Hidden Cobra’s fangs described. Evasive Astaroth. Ransomware in Texas courts. COVID-19 espionage. Content moderation.

   Published: 5/12/2020
2. Cyberattacks with kinetic consequences. Thunderspy and evil maids. Developing background to the US bulk power security executive order. Conspiracy theories and the culture of social media.

   Published: 5/11/2020
3. Cybersecurity First Principles

   Published: 5/11/2020
4. The U.S. campaign trail is actually quite secure.

   Published: 5/9/2020
5. PLA cyber espionage, and training WeChat censorship algorithms against the Chinese diaspora. Snake is back, and so is Charming Kitten. Election security. Recruiting money mules.

   Published: 5/8/2020
6. Mining Monero. A RAT in a 2FA app. The decline of the Cereal botnet. Markets during the pandemic. Ransomware in Taiwan. Twitter appeals to reason.

   Published: 5/7/2020
7. Taking down coordinated inauthenticity. Contact tracing and other COVID-19 notes. BlackInfinity taken down.

   Published: 5/6/2020
8. Bear hunt in the Bundestag. Kaiji botnet described. Cryptojacking. Joint US-UK warning against attacks on COVID-19 response. Contact tracing. Puppy scams.

   Published: 5/5/2020
9. A state of emergency over bulk power in the States. Beijing’s disinformation about COVID-19, and its motivation for a coverup. Hacking biomedical research. Curious Xiaomi phones.

   Published: 5/4/2020
10. Fingerprint authentication is not completely secure.

    Published: 5/2/2020
11. China hacks at Vietnam over a territorial dispute. Kim’s still in charge, but could Hidden Cobra get loose if his grip slackens? COVID-19 and cybersecurity.

    Published: 5/1/2020
12. The persistence of ransomware. Exposure notifications and contact tracing. Doxing and conspiracy theories. More notes on the underworld.

    Published: 4/30/2020
13. Content farmers and disinformation tactics. PhantomLance: quiet, selective, and apparently effective. Lawful intercept and contact-tracing apps. A look at the black market.

    Published: 4/29/2020
14. Shade shuts down. CLOP hits pharma. Medical research firm breached. The pain caused by disinformation. Mr. Kim goes downy ocean?

    Published: 4/28/2020
15. Where’s Kim Jong-un? Disinformation campaigns against European targets. Cyberattack against wastewater treatment plants. Hupigon RAT is back.

    Published: 4/27/2020
16. Contact tracing as COVID-19 aid.

    Published: 4/25/2020
17. iOS zero-days, reconsidered. Hacking during a pandemic. An old campaign connected with the ShadowBrokers comes to light. Advice on web shells. Astroturfing and influence.

    Published: 4/24/2020
18. APT32 activity reported. Florentine Banker’s patient BEC. iOS zero-days exploited in the wild. Sinkholing a cryptomining botnet. Intelligence services and gangs follow the news.

    Published: 4/23/2020
19. COVID-19 relief. Data exposure at the SBA. Ransomware gangland. The CTL-League’s volunteer defenders. Active measures, disinformation, and cyber deterrence.

    Published: 4/22/2020
20. DPRK leadership crisis? Probably not. Economic espionage in the oil patch. COVID-19 relief fraud. US Supreme Court will take up CFAA. Virtual proctoring.

    Published: 4/21/2020