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Spearphishing from “Luhansk.” Pro-Assange hacktivism. Another undercover private eye? Pirated Game of Thrones episodes carry malware. Apr 17, 2019

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Spearphishing campaign against Ukraine traced to the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic.” Anonymice threaten to rain chaos on Yorkshire if Julian Assange isn’t freed--actually, more chaos since the initial chaos was perhaps too easily overlooked. An implausible venture capitalist is asking people if they’re being paid to bad-mouth a security firm. Pirated Game of Thrones episodes carry malware. David Dufour from Webroot with survey results on AI and ML. Guest is Derek Vadala from Moody’s Investor Service on Moody’s framework for assessing cyber risk.

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Fraud will follow fire, alas. Wipro compromise. DDoS in Ecuador. Brazil’s hacker underground. Selling a keylogger. Facebook and data. EU copyright law. Huawei’s prospects. Fact-checkin’, fer real. Apr 16, 2019

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Condolences to the city of Paris and the people of France. And, alas, expect fraud to follow fire. A compromise may have turned a company’s networks against its customers. Denial-of-service in Ecuador. A look at Brazil’s cyber criminals. Selling a keylogger, complete with terms of service. Facebook’s attitude toward data. The EU finalizes its controversial copyright law. Huawei’s prospects. And what did the algorithm know, and when did the algorithm know it? Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs with their Fraud Guides 101 report. Guest is Ed Bellis from Kenna Security on their latest research report focused on vulnerability remediation.

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ISIS inspiration in exile. Facebook’s Sunday outage. A Microsoft IE bug, and a web-mail breach. Issues with VPNs. Last minute tax scams. Oculus Easter eggs. Apr 15, 2019

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An ISIS hard drive suggests the Caliphate’s plans for inspiration as it enters exile. Facebook’s Sunday outage remains unexplained. Microsoft deals with a breach in its consumer web mail products. A researcher drops an Internet Explorer zero-day that may affect you even if you don’t use IE. CISA warns of bugs in widely used VPNs. Last minute Tax Day online scams. Security pros advocate poor restroom hygiene. Easter eggs in Oculus. Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI on research from Tenable on Verizon FIOS router vulnerabilities.

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The ghost and the mole; Eric O'Neill's Gray Day. [Special Editions] Apr 14, 2019

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Eric O’Neill is a former FBI counterintelligence and counterterrorism operative, and founder of the Georgetown Group, a security and investigative firm, as well as national security strategist for Carbon Black. In his book Gray Day, My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy, Eric O’Neil shares the fascinating and sometimes harrowing tale of his experience being assigned to help expose Robert Hanssen, the FBI’s most notorious mole. In 2001 Hanssen pleaded guilty to multiple charges of espionage for sharing classified information with the Soviet Union and Russia over the course of over two decades.

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Establishing software root of trust unconditionally. [Research Saturday] Apr 13, 2019

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's CyLab Security and Privacy Institute claim to have made an important breakthrough in establishing root of trust (RoT) to detect malware in computing devices. Virgil Gligor is one of the authors of the research, and he joins us to share their findings.

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https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/establishing-software-root-of-trust-unconditionally/

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Mr. Assange’s courthouse future(s). Dragonblood Wi-Fi vulnerabilities. Tax fraud and identity theft dark web souks. Apr 12, 2019

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Julian Assange remains in British custody. Hearings on the US extradition warrant are expected to begin next month. The US indictment revives discussion of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act under which Mr. Assange was charged. Some notes on why Ecuador decided to revoke the WikiLeaks leader’s asylum. Notes on Dragonblood. And we’re at the end of tax season, but the dark web souks are still hawking 1040s and W-2s. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on pending state legislation restricting law enforcement use of DNA data. Guest is Eric O’Neill, former FBI operative and author of Gray Day, My Undercover Mission to Expose America’s First Cyber Spy. This is a preview of the full interview that will run on Sunday.

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Julian Assange is out of the embassy and in custody. Pyongyang’s HOPLIGHT. Operations SneakyPastes. Incident response planning blues. High school jam. Apr 11, 2019

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Julian Assange is out of the Ecuadoran embassy and in British custody. He’s been found guilty of bail jumping, and will face extradition to the US on charges related to conspiracy to release classified material. Hidden Cobra is back with a new Trojan: “HOPLIGHT.” Kaspersky describes Operation SneakyPastes. IBM Security finds organizations don’t exercise incident response plans. Two New Jersey high school boys are in trouble for jamming Secaucus High’s wi-fi. Jonathan Katz from UMD with his response to a skeptical critique of quantum computing. Guest is Maurice Singleton from Vidsys on the convergence of IoT security devices and IT security.

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The Triton actor seems to be back. Project TajMahal is after diplomatic secrets. California’s motor-voter program and a DMV hack. Apr 10, 2019

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FireEye says that the Triton actor is back. There’s some ICS malware staged in an unnamed “critical infrastructure” facility, and it looks as if the people who went after a petrochemical plant in 2017 are back for battlespace preparation. Kaspersky describes Project TajMahal, a cyberespionage effort against a Central Asian embassy. And California’s motor-voter program hits a hacker-induced bump in the road. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the ISC Stormcast podcast on protecting yourself from hidden cameras when vacationing. Guest is Dr. Ratinder Ahuja from ShieldX on Elastic Microsegmentation.

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GossipGirl, the supra threat actor. LockerGoga’s destructive functionality. More hacking allegations out of Caracas. Revolutionary Guard now a designated terrorist group. Creepy crime. Apr 09, 2019

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In today’s podcast, we hear about GossipGirl, potentially a “supra threat actor” Chronicle sees linking Stuxnet, Flame, and Duqu. LockerGoga’s destructive functionality may be a feature, not a bug. Venezuela now says its power grid is being hacked by Chile and Colombia. The US designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. What’s up with New Zealand and hidden, networked cameras? And second thoughts about what counts as a “preliminary forensic investigation.” Joe Carrigan from JHU ISI on minding permissions on mobile devices. Guest is Mike O’Malley from Radware on the true costs of cyber attacks.

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US DHS Secretary Nielsen resigns. Credential stuffing campaigns. Cryptojacking disrupts a business. A duty of care, online. Tax season scams. Apr 08, 2019

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In today’s podcast, we hear about leadership changes at the US Department of Homeland Security. A look at credential stuffing. Cryptojacking disrupts production at an optical equipment manufacturer. The British Government moves toward establishing a duty of care that would impose new legal responsibilities on search engines, social media, and others. Tax season scams grow more plausible, and some of them are aimed at rounding up money mules. Rick Howard from Palo Alto networks reflects on the accomplishments of the Cyber Threat Alliance.

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https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2019/April/CyberWire_2019_04_08.html

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