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Jun 2018
21m 5s

Romania, UK, warn of Russian cyber ops. ...

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In today's podcast, we hear warnings of Russian cyber operations from Romania and the UK. Recent attempts at developing international rules of conduct (and conflict) in cyberspace. Bronze Butler's naughty USB drives—not as scary as they sound, but a useful reminder of some sound precautions. FireEye says it never hacked back. Smart batteries may be too smart for their users' good. A new venture fund lends credibility to cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. Overwatch hacker gets jail time in Inchon. Daniel Prince from Lancaster University on cascading failures in complex systems. Guest is Vikram Thakur from Symantec on the VPNfilter router infestation. 

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