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Witch hunts and yard sales. See relationships, not dox. Rebrandings, mergers, acquisitions, and executive moves. Building anti-witch capabilities. Jan 10, 2017

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California says a nation-state was behind the Anthem hack. The ShadowBrokers hold a yard sale (we'd pass on the malware, but if they had a nice blender out we'd consider it). WikiLeaks says it's interested in relationships, not doxing. The US FDA confirms vulnerabilities in cardiac devices. Hello Kitty gets breached. Yahoo! will become Altaba, and get new leadership. Germany and the UK study ways of increasing cyber capability. The University of Maryland's Jonathan Katz reviews emerging encryption types. Uri Sternfeld from Cybereason explains their free ransomware prevention tool, RansomFree. Russia complains it's the subject of a witch hunt.

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Election hacking, influence operations, and official reports. EU hacking concerns. Lawsuit over email's invention. Twitter frowns on unrequited love. Billy Bass, meet Alexa.   Jan 09, 2017

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In today's podcast we hear about the report on Russian election hacking and influence operations the US Director of National Intelligence released Friday. Election hacking? Not really, but influence operations? You bet. Robert M. Lee from Dragos Security weighs in on the report. European authorities worry about Russia inserting itself into 2017 elections. Law, and order, torts and Twitter. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs describes the role of law enforcement on the Dark Web. And a note on she-who-must-not-be-named (our listeners in San Diego will know exactly whom we mean—heck, it's Alexa).

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Spearphishing in industrial espionage. Ransomware gets more widespread, ruthless, and perfidious. The US Intelligence Community assures the Senate that the Russians hacked the DNC. Jan 06, 2017

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In today's podcast, we hear about a worldwide spearphishing attack against industries in 50 countries. Ransomware is already proving as much of a problem as predicted: exposed data bases are hijacked in a turf-war among extortion gangs, and KillDisk has now appeared in ransomware kits. Investment analysts wonder if Verizon's bid for Yahoo!'s core assets will go through. Ben Yelin from the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security discusses the IRS demanding info on some bitcoin users. FireEye's Tony Cole reviews their latest report on what to expect in 2017. The US Intelligence Community tells the Senate that, yes indeed, the Russians were hacking during the election. A full report is promised for next week.

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Indiscriminate IOCs erode confidence in attributions. Official leaks erode trust in information sharing. Exploit updates. Jan 05, 2017

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In today's podcast we hear about how indiscriminate indicators of compromise spawn fake news about a Vermont grid hack. Meanwhile, the Mounties cautiously, tentatively, investigate some odd potential IOCs at an Ontario utility. A hacker claims he pwned the FBI, but it looks like a hoax. A quick rundown of exploits currently romping in the wild—many of them involve ransomware. Rick Howard from Palo Alto describes Security Orchestration. Marika Chauvin from Threat Connect shares research on Hacktivists vs Faketivists. And yes, your thumbprint will authenticate you to your phone even if you've dozed off, Mom.

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Hacktivists claim to perform a public service. Once and Recorded Future ransomware. Attribution controversies. Disturbing toys. Jan 04, 2017

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In today's podcast, we hear about how some hacktivists are again turning to defacement, which they claim to be doing as a public service to raise security awareness. Recorded Future takes a close look at ransomware's likely course in 2017. ISIS exposes itself online. Attribution controversies: the Vermont hack-that-wasn't, tactical hacks in eastern Ukraine, and the FBI-NCCIC Joint Analysis Report. Malek Ben Salem from Accenture Technology Labs describes how Deep Learning may be applied to cyber security. And would you hug Skynet, if it looked like Teddy Ruxpin?

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Attribution issues: one story fizzles; another looks disappointingly circumstantial. Great powers jostle in cyberspace. Hacktivists resurface online. So, alas, do terrorists. Jan 03, 2017

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In today's podcast, we follow the way in which the Vermont utility hacking story fizzled. We also hear more serious grounds for concern about electrical grid security continue from Joe Weiss of Applied Control Solutions. Observers are disappointed by the Grizzly Steppe Joint Analysis Report—its evidence strikes many as mighty circumstantial. US-Russian cyber strategies and cyber diplomacy. Anonymous greets the Bilderbergers. ISIS claims responsibility for recent massacres as part of its online inspiration. Level 3 Communications' Dale Drew provides his take on the coming year. German police believe they've stopped a Saarland bomb plot.

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Best of: Daniel Ennis Dec 30, 2016

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Our podcast team is taking a break this week for the holidays. We’re revisiting some of our favorite interviews from 2016.
Daniel Ennis is former director of the NSA Threat Operations Center, or NTOC, and is currently executive director of the University of Maryland Global Initiative on Cyber. We spoke with Daniel Ennis back in July.

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Buying Cyber Security [Special Editions] Dec 30, 2016

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Every day there seems to be a new security product on the market, with many of them claiming they provide something that you simply can’t live without. Companies appear and disappear, and businesses are faced with difficult, confusing, and often expensive choices. In this CyberWire special edition, we explore how businesses are navigating the process of choosing products and technologies in a crowded marketplace. We talk to some key stakeholders to find out what drives their purchasing decisions, and what they wished their vendors knew before they came knocking on their doors.

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Best of: Tom Coale Dec 29, 2016

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Our podcast team is taking a break this week for the holidays. We’re revisiting some of our favorite interviews from 2016.
Tom Coale is an attorney with the law firm Talkin and Oh, in Maryland, where one of his specialties is representing people who have been denied security clearances. Previously, Mr. Coale was Department Counsel for the Department of Defense, representing the government in security clearance due process hearings. We spoke to Tom Coale back in July.

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Best of: Tom Wingfield Dec 28, 2016

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Our podcast team is taking a break this week for the holidays. We’re revisiting some of our favorite interviews from 2016.
Tom Wingfield is Professor of Cyberspace law at the National Defense University, and one of the authors of the Tallin manual, an academic study of how international law applies to cyber conflicts and cyber warfare. We interviewed Tom Wingfield back in October, on location at the 2016 ASUA meeting in Washington DC.

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