CyberWire Daily

3271 Episodes

1. Elizabeth Wharton: Strong shoulders for someone else to stand on. [Career Notes]

   Published: 9/6/2020
2. Going after the most valuable data. [Research Saturday]

   Published: 9/5/2020
3. Ransom DDoS is now a widespread problem. Phishing campaign stages malicious payloads in legitimate file-sharing services. Back to school? Back with a new cyber risk.

   Published: 9/4/2020
4. Cyberattacks in Norway under investigation. Developments in the criminal marketplace. Scammers do TikTok. Disrupting school, from Florida to Northumberland.

   Published: 9/3/2020
5. Facebook’s latest takedowns reach Pakistan, Russia, and the US. Election meddling. Chinese espionage looks inward, again. New alt-coin stealer. NZX DDoS update. That Twitter hack.

   Published: 9/2/2020
6. The difference between a breach and, well, a public record. Pioneer Kitten’s lucrative bycatch. Malware gets past Gatekeeper. A gamer’s bandit economy. And happy birthday, Cyber Branch.

   Published: 9/1/2020
7. DDoS continues to trouble New Zealand’s stock exchange. A glitch, not an attack. New Chinese export controls. Oversharing agencies? Who’s the bank robber? A botnet serving ad fraud.

   Published: 8/31/2020
8. Jack Rhysider: Get your experience points in everything. [Career Notes]

   Published: 8/30/2020
9. They fooled a lot of people. [Research Saturday]

   Published: 8/29/2020
10. Stock exchange DDoS continues. Another criminal market exits. Pyongyang cybercrooks face criminal forfeiture. Instagram hijacking. Old malware returns. Treason’s motives. An attempt to hack Tesla.

    Published: 8/28/2020
11. Cybercrime pays, criminal tools are commodities, and some cyber gangs get sophisticated. The skid market for booters. Pyongyang unleashes the BeagleBoyz.

    Published: 8/27/2020
12. New Zealand stock exchange sustains DDoS attacks. Flash alert on GoldenSpy. Cyber mercenaries and industrial espionage. Lèse-majesté online. Offering $1 million to a potential co-conspirator?

    Published: 8/26/2020
13. The pandemic and trends in cybersecurity. The secret to the handset’s low, low price? Fleeceware and adware. TikTok’s lawsuit. Influence ops. Bogus Bitcoin exchange.

    Published: 8/25/2020
14. Crooks and spies, together again? Hiding ad-fraud malware in an SDK. A turn to the DarkSide.

    Published: 8/24/2020
15. Kiersten Todt: Problem solving and building solutions. [Career Notes]

    Published: 8/23/2020
16. Using global events as lures. [Research Saturday]

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

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

    Published: 8/20/2020
19. 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
20. Patriotic hacktivism? Cryptomining worm steals AWS credentials. Carnival discloses data incident.

    Published: 8/18/2020