Yesterday

A new AI benchmark tests whether chatbots protect human wellbeing

Plus, US banks scramble to assess data theft after hackers breach financial tech firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

6m 39s

Nov 22

SpaceX’s upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing

Plus, despite Chinese hacks, Trump’s FCC votes to scrap cybersecurity rules for phone and internet companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7m 7s

Nov 21

Google releases Nano Banana Pro

Plus - YouTube tests an in-app private messaging feature again; Spotify’s latest feature lets you transfer playlists from other services Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8m 45s

Jan 2021

The FSB warns Russian businesses to up their security game--the Americans are coming. SonicWall’s investigation of a possible cyberattack. DIA and commercial data brokers. OPC issues. Robota.

Russia’s FSB warns businesses to be on the lookout for American cyberattacks after the White House says it’s reserving its right to respond to the Solorigate cyberespionage campaign. SonicWall investigates an apparent compromise of its systems. Senator asks the US DNI for an expl ... Show More

25m 58s

May 2017

OilRig hires the Russian cyber-mob. WannaCry updates. Other EternalBlue exploits surface in the wild. Pending legislation in the US Congress. NIST issues guidelines for Executive Order compliance.

In today's podcast, we hear that Iran's OilRig cyberespionage campaign seems to employing Russian hoods, and BlackEnergy. WannaCry recovery continues, but there may be worse to come. Still talking funny, the ShadowBrokers say you'll be able to subscribe to an Equation Group leak ... Show More

15m 44s

Mar 2022

Tech News: Tech Strikes Back at Russia

The tech world has clamped down on Russia in the wake of the country's invasion of Ukraine. A cryptocurrency exchange founder is going to stand trial on charges of wire fraud and money laundering. And we say farewell to a man who co-developed Ethernet technology. Learn more about ... Show More

32 m

Feb 2023

FBI Investigates a network incident. Developments in cybercrime. DDoS against German airports. US forms a Disruptive Technology Strike Force. CISA releases 15 ICS advisories.

The FBI is investigating incidents on its networks. Frebniis backdoors Microsoft servers. ProxyShell vulnerabilities are used to install a cryptominer. Havoc's post-exploitation framework. Atlassian discloses a data breach. German airports sustain a cyber incident. An Aspen Insti ... Show More

31m 47s

Jun 2023

Hackers like to move it, move it. Skimmers observed targeting Americas and Europe. Hybrid war activity.

MOVEit Transfer software sees exploitation. A website skimmer has been employed against targets in the Americas and Europe. A look into XeGroup's recent criminal activity. Apple denies the FSB’s allegations of collusion with NSA. Kaspersky investigates compromised devices. Johann ... Show More

30m 16s

Oct 2017

FSB got NSA with an assist (witting or unwitting) from Kaspersky? Germany calls off mass surveillance investigation. Reality Winner stays in jail.

In today's podcast, we hear more on what happened with NSA material at (allegedly) Russian hands. Kaspersky security software alleged to have been exploited for intelligence service reconnaissance of contractor machine. Germany cancels post-Snowden surveillance investigation. Rea ... Show More

20m 12s

May 2020

Bear hunt in the Bundestag. Kaiji botnet described. Cryptojacking. Joint US-UK warning against attacks on COVID-19 response. Contact tracing. Puppy scams.

A pretty Fancy Bear hunt in Germany. A new IoT botnet surfaces. Cryptojackers exploit a Salt bug. Bribing an insider as a way to get personal data. The UK’s NCSC and the US CISA issue a joint warning about campaigns directed against institutions working on a response to COVID-19. ... Show More

21m 51s

Feb 2023

GoDaddy's compromise. Twitter disables SMS authentication for all but blue-checked users. Deutsche DDoS. Is Bing channeling Tay?

GoDaddy has discovered a compromise of its systems. Twitter disables SMS authentication for those not subscribed to Twitter Blue. Last week’s cyber incident impacting German airports was confirmed to be DDoS. The consequences of cyber irregular participation in cyber wars. Semico ... Show More

28m 2s

Feb 2023

How the C2C market sustains ransomware gangs. In Russia’s war, intelligence services deploy wipers, and hacktivist auxiliaries handle the DDoS. And a look into other corners of the cyber underworld.

Microsoft tallies more than a hundred ransomware gangs. Sandworm's NikoWiper hits Ukraine's energy sector. Mobilizing cybercriminals in a hybrid war. Firebrick Ostrich and business email compromise. Telegram is used for sharing stolen data and selling malware. Crypto scams find t ... Show More

31m 34s

Apr 2016

Daily: Snowden advanced crypto by 7 years." Proofread your way to security.

In today's podcast we hear more about possible other instances of fraudulent messaging in the SWIFT financial transfer network. We discuss an active Android ransomware campaign that appears to be using old Hacking Team exploits. US DNI Clapper thinks the acceleration of encryptio ... Show More

13m 1s

NSA is buying Americans' internet browsi...