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123. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber Apr 19, 2024

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Chinese hackers are stepping up their game, according to Nigel Inkster, the former director of operations for Britain’s MI6. He says they are taking on a new swagger in cyberspace and borrowing things from a familiar playbook: a Russian one.

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122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims Apr 16, 2024

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The US and UK made a splashy coordinated announcement last month about a years-long cyber espionage campaign by Chinese state-backed hackers. The US indicted seven, the UK leveled sanctions. They just neglected to do one thing --- let some of the victims know.

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121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab Apr 12, 2024

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North Korea has a unique way of testing malware — they are less concerned about getting it right than getting it out… a kind of “smash-and-grab” approach to cyber attacks. Sentinel One’s Tom Hegel explains.

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120. North Korea’s ScarCruft gang is behind some very crafty phishin’ campaigns Apr 09, 2024

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North Korea may be best known for the Lazarus group’s epic cryptocurrency heists. But there’s another special unit of state-backed hackers who have a different specialty: spying on journalists, dissidents, and cybersecurity experts. We look at the ScarCruft gang and their very crafty phishing campaigns.

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119. Mic Drop: Could an analysis of sound help save the jaguar in Costa Rica? Apr 05, 2024

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Everyone is talking about the power of AI in conservation, but a professor at Arizona State University has found an even simpler, more elegant solution – and all you have to do is listen.

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118. AI and the Holy Grail of conservation: Real-time monitoring Apr 02, 2024

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Cornell University’s Elephant Listening Project has been trying to get real-time monitoring of the Central African Republic’s forest elephants for years. FruitPunch AI and a roster of other AI researchers are closer than ever to making that a reality.

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117. Mic Drop: The Big Chill: Nigeria, Binance battle likely to add to economic crisis Mar 29, 2024

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Matthew Page from the London-based think tank Chatham House pulls back to look at the potential economic fallout between Nigerian government and Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

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116. Detained execs, a bold escape, and tax evasion charges: Nigeria takes aim at Binance Mar 26, 2024

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This week, Nigeria charged Binance and two of its executives with tax evasion in the latest twist in a month-long dispute between the cryptocurrency giant and the Nigerian government. Nigeria detained Binance’s regional manager and a former US federal agent for nearly a month after they flew to Abuja at the end of February to meet with officials there. Now, one executive has slipped away and the other has become a pawn.

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115. Mic Drop: Hear ye, Hear ye, the Hacker’s Court is in session Mar 22, 2024

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We talk to Analyst1 senior researcher Jon DiMaggio about how hackers settle their disputes – think People’s Court without all the robes.

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114. Exclusive: LockBit ransomware leader says, ‘I felt like I was being hunted’ but they ‘can’t stop me’ Mar 19, 2024

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We speak with the leader of one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service gangs the world has ever known — LockBit. Just weeks after Operation Cronos, a global police action against the group, LockBitSupp tells us about the takedown, his attempt to rebuild, and his plans for the future.

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