CyberWire Daily

3271 Episodes

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. The cybersecurity paradox. [CyberWire-X]

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

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

   Published: 9/19/2020
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. Ode to Wealthy Elite.

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

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

    Published: 9/12/2020
16. Elemental election meddling spooks US campaigns. CISA’s email advice. Remote workers behaving badly. Momentum Cyber’s state of the Sector. The SINET 16. And remember 9/11.

    Published: 9/11/2020
17. Ransomware hits Equinix. Tools for vandalism for sale. Stealing VoIP call data records. ByteDance negotiates for TikTok. EU clamps down on Facebook data handling. A high-profile Twitter hijacking.

    Published: 9/10/2020
18. Ransomware slows down many students’ return to school, even virtually. Hacking gamers. Patch Tuesday. Notes on election security from CISA.

    Published: 9/9/2020
19. Ransomware or wiper? Emotet’s resurgence. Updates on Services NSW breach. COVID-19 cyberespionage. BTS replaces Guy Fawkes?

    Published: 9/8/2020
20. Exploring the cultural values of personal privacy. [Caveat]

    Published: 9/7/2020