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Charges in Vault 7 case. Olympic Destroyer appears to be back. Liberty Life hack. Does Tesla have a rogue insider? US Senate hits at ZTE. Guilty plea in OPM hack-related fraud. Motive: blackmail. Jun 19, 2018

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In today's podcast we hear that the US has charged a former CIA engineer in the WikiLeaks Vault 7 case. Olympic Destroyer may be back, and preparing to hit chemical weapons investigators and arms control specialists. Updates on the Liberty Life data extortion investigation. Elon Musk says Tesla Motors has an internal saboteur. The US Senate snatches the lifeline out of ZTE's hands. A guilty plea in OPM-breach-related fraud. A possible motive in the Jeopardy champ's email hacking. David Dufour from Webroot with insights on the impact they’re seeing from GDPR. Guest is Lenny Zeltser from Minerva Labs discussing his IT and security “cheat sheets.”

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Date extortion attempt against Liberty Life. Rex Mundi, Black Hand arrests. Hidden Cobra's back. Clipboard hijacking hits cryptocurrency wallets. ZTE, Huawei security fears. Pulp fiction. Jun 18, 2018

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In today's podcast we hear that Liberty Life has sustained an attempt at data extortion. In separate operations, international police agencies cooperate against Rex Mundi, Black Hand, and the remnants of Silk Road. Cyber espionage notes. North Korean hacking resumes. More clipboard hijacking afflicts cryptocurrency wallets. Security concerns tighten around ZTE and Huawei. And pulp fiction: from Russia with love, and from the Clinton Library. Malek Ben Salem from Accenture Labs on concerns over emerging technology capable of voice impersonation.

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Cyber bank heists. [Research Saturday] Jun 16, 2018

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Carbon Black's Chief Cybersecurity Officer Tom Kellerman shares the results of their recent report, Modern Bank Heists: Cyberattacks & Lateral Movement in the Financial Sector.

For the report, they interviewed CISOs at 40 major financial institutions, revealing attack and mitigation trends.

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MysteryBot developed from LokiBot. Satan rebranded as DBGer. Snooping on iOS got harder, but maybe not impossible. IG report on the FBI is out, not damning but not good, either. Jun 15, 2018

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In today's podcast we hear that MysteryBot is under development and presumably being prepared for sale on the black market. Satan ransomware gets a makeover and a new name. Apple has taken measures to make iOS traffic less accessible to snooping, but lawful snoops may already have a way around that security. Kasperky will no longer work with Europol. The US Justice Department IG reports on the FBI. And a former Jeopardy champion cops a hacking plea. Robert M. Lee from Dragos, on his efforts to educate through the use of comic strips. Guest is Scott Petry from Authentic8 discussing their FAKE booth at the RSA conference.

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Chinese espionage in Central Asia. Dixons Carphone data exposure. Lazy State speculative execution bug. Pyongyang is expected to come roaring back into cyberspace. Unlucky 13. Chinese espionage in Central Asia. Dixons Carphone data exposure. Lazy State sp Jun 14, 2018

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In today's podcast, we hear that LuckyMouse has crept into an unnamed Central Asian house. Dixons Carphone data exposure presents complex legal and regulatory issues—it's the first big incident since GDPR came into effect. "Lazy State" is another CPU speculative execution bug. The US Congress doesn't care for ZTE, Australia's government is wary of Huawei, and the EU doesn't like Kaspersky at all. If you didn't like the end of net neutrality, wait until you get a load of the proposed EU Copyright Regulation's Article 13. More hacking expected from Pyongyang. Dr. Charles Clancy from VA Tech, discussing research on antifragile communications. Guest is Stacey Smith from CAMI on MD's legislation supporting cyber security businesses.

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Cable-tapping for a new century. Lazarus Group update. BabaYaga's cannibalistic malware. Patch Tuesday notes. Cryptojacking. World Cup surveillance. Beware of strangers bearing gifts with USB connections. Jun 13, 2018

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In today's podcast we hear that old news is new news when it comes to undersea cables. The Lazarus Group is still at it, against South Korean targets. BabaYaga eats other malware so it can stage WordPress spam. Patch Tuesday notes, including some products that Redmond will no longer support. Crytpojackers are still busy. One new strain of coin-mining malware uses the Eternal Romance exploit to spread. World Cup surveillance threatens visiting fans. And don't plug gifts from strangers into your USB port. Justin Harvey from Accenture with thoughts on supply chain security. Guests are Saher Naumaan and Kirsten Ward promoting RESET, BAE Systems’ Women in cyber event.

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Don't get cozy with Cozy Bear. Code-signing issues stem from muddled documentation. Devices ship with inadvertent backdoor. Matryosha attack. Operation WireWire versus BEC scammers. Jun 12, 2018

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In today's podcast we hear that the US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against Russian entities it says were too cyber-cozy with the FSB. Code-signing issue looks like what we have here is a failure to communicate. Android devices are being shipped with ADB enabled, and cryptojackers enter by the backdoor. A layered criminal attack posing as emails from Samsung spearphishes Russian victims. Operation WireWire reels in seventy-four business email compromise suspects. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on the framing of the encryption debate. Guest is Steve Schult from LogMeIn and LastPass on best practices password security.

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SWIFT fraud (behind a wiper). Coinrail ICO robbery. Chinese espionage. G7 agrees to a coordinated response to hostile cyber operations. Malwaretech faces new charges. Jun 11, 2018

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In today's podcast, we hear about more SWIFT fraud, with a wiper attack as misdirection. Cryptocurrency exchange looted of ICO tokens. Chinese espionage in Rhode Island, and a conviction in Virginia. Dropping Elephant spearphishes in think tanks. G7 agreement suggests a coordinated response to hostile cyber operations. Net neutrality expired this morning in the US. And Marcus Hutchins faces additional charges. Jonathan Katz from UMD discussing hashing.

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Winnti Umbrella Chinese threat group. [Research Saturday] Jun 09, 2018

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Researchers from ProtectWise's 401TRG team recently published research linking a variety of new and previously reported Chinese cyber threat groups.

Tom Hegel is a Senior Threat Researcher with the 401TRG, and he joins us to share their findings.

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Adobe patches a zero-day being exploited in the wild. Chinese cyber espionage, and the risks of data-sharing. Facebook default settings glitch. Industry notes. Jun 08, 2018

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In today's podcast, we hear that Adobe has patched a Flash vulnerability. InvisiMole is a discrete, selective cyber espionage tool. A Facebook glitch inadvertently changed users' default privacy settings. Leidos exits the commercial cyber market. China is back at IP theft, and some conventional cyber espionage, too. Congress wants explanations of data-sharing with Huawei and ZTE, and it wants those companies investigated as security risks. Feds Facebook friend felons. Rick Howard from Palo Alto Networks with the winners from this year’s Cyber Security Canon gala. Guest is Cory Petty from BAH, host of the BitCoin podcast, discussing blockchain.

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