In today's podcast we hear about the report on Russian election hacking and influence operations the US Director of National Intelligence released Friday. Election hacking? Not really, but influence operations? You bet. Robert M. Lee from Dragos Security weighs in on the report. European authorities worry about Russia inserting itself into 2017 elections. La ... Show More
Aug 23
Building a secure space internet. [T-Minus: Space-Cyber Briefing]
As space infrastructure has continued to expand, developing secure space systems has become just as important as launching the spacecraft themselves. In this week's episode, host Maria Varmazis sits down with Filip Rezabek, co-founder and CTO of Space Computer, to talk about some ... Show More
24m 52s
Aug 22
A RAT in the spreadsheet. [Research Saturday]
Today we are joined by Aaron Beardslee, Manager of Threat Research at Securonix, discussing "Analyzing SHEET#CREEP: SHEETCREEP is up again with different config obfuscation." Securonix researchers have identified an evolved version of the SHEETCREEP espionage campaign, using a di ... Show More
29m 47s
Oct 2020
United Security Sample - Politics Infecting Intelligence
In this sample from the United Security podcast, Lisa Monaco and Ken Wainstein weigh in on DNI John Ratcliffe’s selective declassification of intelligence, including “unverified intelligence” regarding Hillary Clinton.
In the full episode, Lisa and Ken offer an update on ongoing ... Show More
13m 32s
Apr 2021
A CIA Spy in Syria, and US Responses to Russian, Chinese and Other Adversary Hacking
This week, in the debut edition of the SpyTalk podcast, co-host Jeff Stein talks to the Washington Post’s Joby Warrick about an extraordinary CIA operation in Syria, as told in his new book, Red Line. Jeff and co-host Jeanne Meserve also discuss the Biden administration’s recent ... Show More
54m 16s
Aug 2018
White House Lax Protocol Opens Window For More Security Breaches
Clint Watts, a former FBI special agent and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, discusses Russia’s continued hacking into U.S. elections, and eroding White House security.Win Thin, Global Head of Emerging Markets F/X for Brown Brothers Harriman, on the Turkish ... Show More
28m 54s
Dec 2020
Weekly Roundup: December 18th
A major hack of federal government computer systems appears to be state-sponsored espionage. And we talk through Joe Biden's latest cabinet picks.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, election security editor Phil Ewing, justice correspondent Ryan Lucas, politica ... Show More
27m 59s
Mar 2021
Spying in the digital age
<p>Helen Warrell, the FT’s defence and security editor, talks to cybersecurity expert Dmitri Alperovitch about the SolarWinds and Microsoft hacks. How extensive was the damage inflicted and how should the west respond to such attacks?</p><p><em>Clips: CBS, CNN, NBC</em></p><br><p ... Show More
23m 28s