Jan 13

MFA prompt bombing (noun) [Word Notes]

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. Hackers bypass, multifactor authentication schemes by sending a blizzard of spamming login attempts until the accounts owner accepts the MFA prompt out of desperation to make the spamming stop. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire ... Show More

6m 47s

Jan 8

It's just too good to be true.

This week, our hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave Bittner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joe Carrigan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Maria Varmazis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (also host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠T-Minus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ... Show More

53m 5s

Jan 6

Apple Lockdown Mode (noun) [Word Notes]

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. An optional security mode for macOS and iOS that reduces the attack surface of the operating system by disabling certain commonly attacked features. CyberWire Glossary link: ⁠https://thecyberwire.com/glossary/apple-lockdown-mode⁠ Audio refe ... Show More

6m 29s

Feb 2025

Live from Orlando, it's Hacking Humans! [Hacking Humans]

In this special live episode of Hacking Humans, recorded at ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust World 2025 conference in Orlando, Florida, Dave Bittner is joined by T-Minus host Maria Varmazis. Together, they explore the latest in social engineering scams, phishing schemes, and cybercrimin ... Show More

30m 51s

Aug 2025

Workday’s bad day.

HR software giant Workday discloses a data breach. Researchers uncover a zero-day in Elastic’s EDR software. Ghost-tapping is an emerging fraud technique where cybercriminals use NFC relay attacks to exploit stolen payment card data. Germany may be on a path to ban ad blockers. A ... Show More

26m 56s

Oct 16

The $25M Zoom Call: How Deepfakes Are Rewriting the Rules of Trust, Featuring KnowBe4's Erich Kron

<p>A Hong Kong employee sits through what seems like a routine video call with colleagues and the CFO. Everything looks normal. Then comes the urgent wire transfer request. $25 million later, the horrifying truth emerges: every face on that call was fake, generated by AI.</p> <p> ... Show More

38m 18s

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

27m 8s

Sep 2025

Blizzard warning: Amazon freezes midnight hack.

Researchers disrupt a cyber campaign by Russia’s Midnight Blizzard. The Salesloft Drift breach continues to ripple outward. WhatsApp patches a critical flaw in its iOS and Mac apps. A fake PDF editing tool delivers the TamperChef infostealer. A hacker finds crash data Tesla claim ... Show More

32m 11s

Feb 2025

Pay the ransom or risk data carnage.

Qilin ransomware gang claims responsibility for attack against Lee Enterprises. Thai police arrest suspected hacker behind more than 90 data leaks. JavaGhost uses compromised AWS environments to launch phishing campaigns. LotusBlossum cyberespionage campaigns target Southeast Asi ... Show More

25m 19s

Feb 2025

PAN-ic mode: The race to secure PAN-OS.

Palo Alto Networks confirms a recently patched firewall vulnerability is being actively exploited. CISA warns of an actively exploited iOS vulnerability. Juniper Networks has issued a critical security advisory for an API authentication bypass vulnerability. The acting commission ... Show More

29m 23s

When a scammer meets the Force.