CyberWire Daily

3271 Episodes

1. Australia warns of a large-scale espionage campaign. China indicts two long-detained Canadians. And the Lazarus Group may be about to undertake a widespread COVID-19-themed fraud effort.

   Published: 6/19/2020
2. Cyber support for a kinetic conflict. Cyberespionage. Spyware in Chrome extensions. Criminal phishing bypasses defenses. Proposed revisions to Section 230. Zoom and encryption.

   Published: 6/18/2020
3. Ripple20 flaws in the IoT supply chain. Operation In(ter)ception looks for intelligence, and cash, too. Sino-Indian tensions. A look at Secondary Infektion. How not to influence reviewers.

   Published: 6/17/2020
4. Cyberespionage and counterespionage. The DDoS that never was. A very strange case of cyberstalking. And leaky niche dating sites.

   Published: 6/16/2020
5. ActionSpy Android spyware deployed against Uyghurs in Tibet. Anonymous claims an action against Atlanta PD. Security vendor or malware purveyor? Spelling counts.

   Published: 6/15/2020
6. The mark of making a difference.

   Published: 6/14/2020
7. The value of the why and the who.

   Published: 6/13/2020
8. Chinese, Russian, and Turkish domestic influence campaigns. Zoom’s China troubles. Honda, Enil recover from Ekans. Ransomware attacks against a city and an M&A consultancy.

   Published: 6/12/2020
9. Gamaredon ups its crazy game. Doxing during unrest. Bogus contact-tracing apps spread spyware. Thanos in the ransomware market. Crypto Wars notes. Another 419 scam.

   Published: 6/11/2020
10. A big Patch Tuesday. Honda ransomware update. Facebook helped the FBI with a zero-day. Cloud service outages. Breach settlements. BellTroX explains itself, sort of.

    Published: 6/10/2020
11. Tracking down hackers-for-hire. SNAKE ransomware bites Honda. Anti-DDoS for criminal markets. And a menu for cyber contraband.

    Published: 6/9/2020
12. Regional rivals jostle in cyberspace. Election interference and vulnerable online voting. Phishing for a competitive advantage. Reducing dependence on foreign companies for infrastructure.

    Published: 6/8/2020
13. Ask more people to dance.

    Published: 6/7/2020
14. Due diligence cannot be done as a one-off.

    Published: 6/6/2020
15. Hurricane Panda and Charming Kitten paw at, respectively, the campaigns of Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump. Lies’ bodyguard of truth. Information warfare in the Gulf.

    Published: 6/5/2020
16. Nuisance-level hacktivism. Ongoing cyberespionage and cybercriminal campaigns. EU unhappy with Russia’s hacking the Bundestag. CISA has a new cybersecurity resource.

    Published: 6/4/2020
17. Slacktivism and vandalism in a time of unrest. Ransomware operators continue to evolve. Email voting. Looking up how-to-guides to cybercrime during social isolation.

    Published: 6/3/2020
18. Current forms of hacktivism, misinformation, and disinformation. More recommendations from the Cyberspace Solarium. Fraud accompanies Test and Trace.

    Published: 6/2/2020
19. Cyberattacks and hacktivism around Minnesota’s unrest. Amtrak breach. Port scanning. Some lessons from the pandemic.

    Published: 6/1/2020
20. Extending security tools to the at home workforce during the pandemic.

    Published: 5/31/2020