FBI suspects China-linked hackers accessed officials’ call logs and SMS messages, Brazil sues Meta and TikTok, and Sony pulled the plug on Concord| Listen on Anghami

Today

Apple claims an ex-employee stole trade secrets for Oppo, Bluesky blocks Mississippi due to its new age verification law, and Google tested QR code verification for text messages

Apple is going after another one of its previous employees for allegedly sharing trade secrets with a new employer. Apple's lawsuit listed Chen Shi, a former employee who worked on the Apple Watch team, along with Oppo, as defendants, claiming they "conspired to steal Apple’s tra ... Show More

7m 32s

Aug 22

Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder

AI Mode will add agentic event and appointment finders soon, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

7m 6s

Aug 22

Trump Mobile is promoting its smartphone with terribly edited photos of other brands' products, Ecosia offered $0 for control of Chrome, and Tesla investigated over inaccurate crash reports

AppleInsider spotted the latest bizarre wrinkle to this story, which is that the actual phone still does not exist. The publication noticed that promotional images for T1 all show different smartphones that appear to be tweaked in a photo editor to look gold. While the website sh ... Show More

7m 40s

Dec 2021

Belgium’s MoD suffers Log4shell attack. A man-in-the-middle concept. APT activity. Five Russians face US charges (one’s in custody). Fortunes of coin-mining. Holiday greetings from CISA and the FBI.

Belgium’s Ministry of Defense comes under attack via Log4j vulnerabilities. A cellular handover, man-in-the-middle exploit is described by researchers. The FBI says an APT group is exploiting unpatched Zoho ManageEngine Desktop Central servers. The US charges five Russian nationa ... Show More

27m 7s

Oct 2021

A US broadcaster sustains a ransomware attack. North Korean catphis expelled from Twitter. REvil’s Tor sites are hijacked. Hacking back. Prosecution and responsible disclosure?

The Sinclair Broadcast Group discloses that it sustained a ransomware attack over the weekend. Twitter kicks out two North Korean catphish deployed in a cyberespionage campaign. REvil goes offline, again, perhaps this time for good. Hacking back, at least insofar as you let the h ... Show More

24 m

Sep 2024

TNB Tech Minute: China-Linked Hackers Breach U.S. Internet Providers

Plus, OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer resigns. And Google files a formal antitrust complaint in the EU against Microsoft over its cloud-computing business. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3m 6s

Jun 24

Iran’s digital threat after U.S. strikes.

Cybersecurity warnings about possible Iranian retaliation have surged. A potential act of sabotage disrupts the NATO Summit in The Hague. Canadian cybersecurity officials discover Salt Typhoon breached a major telecom provider. The U.S. House bans WhatsApp from all government dev ... Show More

31m 35s

Sep 2024

Telegram and X expose tech platforms’ new reality

The arrest of Pavel Durov, founder of the controversial messaging app, and the ban of X in Brazil shows state officials are not afraid to intervene in Big Tech. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate what it means and how CEOs should manage the threat. Visit t ... Show More

19m 8s

Jan 2017

Shamoon is back, now with credentials for virtual desktops. Ukraine believes it was hacked again. Ransomware updates. Elections, investigations, and influence operations. The Pokemon threat?

In today's podcast we learn that Shamoon is back, and still a nasty piece of work. Ukraine's grid was hacked again last month, probably by the same people who did it at the end of 2015. A new strain of ransomware offers a tiered extortion model (and unfortunately pretty solid enc ... Show More

16m 30s

Jan 2025

When retaliation turns digital.

New details emerge about Chinese hackers breaching the US Treasury Department. The Supreme Court considers the TikTok ban. Chinese hackers exploit a zero-day flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN. A new credit card skimmer malware targets WordPress checkout pages. The Banshee macOS i ... Show More

33m 29s

Feb 2025

The masterminds behind a $1.5 billion heist.

FBI attributes $1.5 billion Bybit hack to DPRK hackers. Cellebrite suspends services in Serbia following allegations of misuse. A Belgium spy agency is hacked. New groups, bigger attacks. Sticky Werewolf strikes again. US DNI orders legal review of UK's request for iCloud backdoo ... Show More

33m 8s

FBI suspects China-linked hackers access...