CyberWire Daily

2656 Episodes

1. Phishing with a RAT in the Gulf. More on how Jeff Bezos was hacked. Microsoft discloses data exposure. Ransomware continues to dump data. Windows 7, already back from the great beyond.

   Published: 1/23/2020
2. The UN takes up a case of spyware; it’s linked to an extrajudicial killing. Glenn Greenwald indicted on hacking charges in Brazil. NetWire and StarsLord are back.

   Published: 1/22/2020
3. RATs, backdoors, and a remote code execution zero-day. Hoods breach Mitsubishi Electric. Telnet credentials dumped.

   Published: 1/21/2020
4. Clever breaches demonstrate IoT security gaps - Research Saturday

   Published: 1/18/2020
5. Hacks, and rumors of hacks. Burisma incident under investigation. SharePoint exploitation. How to spark a run on a bank. WeLinkInfo taken down. Phishbait update.

   Published: 1/17/2020
6. Curveball proofs-of-concept. CISA warns chemical industry. Military families harassed online. Phishing the UN. Fleeceware in the Play Store. Moscow says there was no Burisma hack.

   Published: 1/16/2020
7. Disclosure, patching, and warning. Norway takes on “out-of-control” data sharing by dating apps. Ransomware all-in on doxing. What to do about Huawei.

   Published: 1/15/2020
8. Microsoft patches a vulnerability NSA disclosed. Fronting for APT40 in Hainan. Fancy Bear pawed at Burisma. The NSA Pensacola shooting and the debate over encryption.

   Published: 1/14/2020
9. Cyber tensions and cyberwar. China’s influence ops against Taiwan apparently backfire. Maze gang goes for doxing. SIM swapping. FBI promises FISA Court it will do better.

   Published: 1/13/2020
10. Profiling the Linken Sphere anti-detection browser - Research Saturday

    Published: 1/11/2020
11. Updates on US-Iranian tensions, and especially on hacktivism and possible power grid battlespace preparation. Researchers complain of preinstalled malware said to be in discount Android phones.

    Published: 1/10/2020
12. Cyber alert remains high as the US-Iranian confrontation cools. Information ops, wipers, and energy sector targeting.

    Published: 1/9/2020
13. No major Iranian cyberattacks against the US so far, as both sides appear interested in cooling off. The Cyber Solarium offers a preview of its coming report on US cyber strategy.

    Published: 1/8/2020
14. No more Iranian cyberattacks since the minor weekend vandalism, but the US Government advises all to look to their defenses. Fancy Bear is the usual suspect in Austria. A guilty plea by an insider threat.

    Published: 1/7/2020
15. Sequelae of the US Reaper strike against the Quds Force commander. Warnings of Iranian retaliation, with an emphasis on cyberspace. Espionage in Austria, and a second look at an LSE outage.

    Published: 1/6/2020
16. Escalation in the Gulf as a US air strike kills Iran’s Quds commander. Travelex and RavnAir continue their recovery from cyberattacks. Taiwan’s memes against misinformation.

    Published: 1/3/2020
17. A Jira vulnerability that’s leaking data in the public cloud - Research Saturday

    Published: 1/2/2020
18. Taking down Thallium. Cloud Hopper: bigger (and worse) than thought. US tightens screws on the supply chain. The bite of winter and the scent of plums.

    Published: 1/2/2020
19. Special Edition - Daniel Garrie from Law & Forensics on eDiscovery

    Published: 12/31/2019
20. Special Edition - Ron Gula and Mike Janke - VC pitfalls and how to avoid them

    Published: 12/30/2019