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Daily & Week in Review: Crypto wars update, story stocks, AI, encryption, and the usual crime. May 27, 2016

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In today's podcast, we discuss the SWIFT transfer issues now under investigation in a dozen more banks. SWIFT announces a five-point security strategy. Attacks on the private sector are seen as having national security implications. Other cyber threats to business--DDoS and ransomware--place availability of data and networks at risk. We take a look at investor interest in cyber stocks, and we talk with experts on artificial intelligence and encryption. And, as far as nation-state attacks are concerned, again, signs point to Pyongyang. (As they so often do.) Malek Ben Salem from Accenture Labs explains AI and Machine Learning, and Brent Waters, of the University of Texas at Austin, who's recently been honored with an early career award from the Association of Computing Machinery for his contributions to encryption.

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Daily: Ransomware threats. Industry (mostly good) news. US State Department IG reports on email. May 26, 2016

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In today's podcast we hear about security in international banking, some developments in the world of malware, and how presidential impersonation and a big loss cost a CEO his job. Analysts like some of the bigger cyber players (and they're waiting for Palo Alto's results tonight). VCs back three security companies with new funding. The State Department IG's report on email retention and security is out. DARPA wants to secure legacy IT systems, and US SOCOM wants innovative cyber tools. Dale Drew from Level 3 Communications walks us through the negotiations of ransomware, and Danny Rogers from Terbium Labs explains how to search for something when you don't know what that something is.

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Daily: Ransomware & DDoS combining. Malicious USB chargers. Cyber ops aren't 'bombs? May 25, 2016

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In today's podcast, we hear about the current state of ransomware, why criminals like it, and what can be done about it. Keyloggers are being distributed by malicious USB charging devices. Blue Coat may be headed for an IPO. US cyber operations have been called "cyber bombs," but they may be a lot more like battlespace preparation (and so traditional EW and intelligence). Microsoft Azure Active Directory does something about bad passwords. And Markus Rauschecker from the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security explains why the FCC and FTC are holding back on IoT regulation.

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Daily: Good guy update: SWIFT. Bad guy update: Turla, CryptXXX, DMA Locker, Flash 0-day... Bonus: Scunthorpe Problem. May 24, 2016

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In today's podcast, we hear about Turla's return, this time in an espionage campaign against Switzerland's RUAG. The Panama Papers and other hacks prompt reiteration of lots of good, if familiar advice, some of it directed at the US Congress and other small businesses. The TeslaCrypt proprietors seem less remorseful than resourceful, as they shift to CryptXXX. SWIFT plans to announce a security upgrade today. US Cyber Command announces the winners of its $460 million IDIQ. Guccifer prepares to cop a plea, and the Scunthorpe Problem surfaces in Oxfordshire. We also hear about cloud storage security from Quintessence Labs, and Protemus talks to us about medical records' privacy.

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Daily: SWIFT seeks better security, what business wants from (US, UK) government, fast exploits. May 23, 2016

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In today's podcast, we hear about attempts by SWIFT to work toward upgraded security with clients. Japan sustains a coordinated looting of ATMs (to the tune of ¥1.44 billion). Operation Ke3chang returns to snoop on Indian diplomatic missions. ISIS returns to inspiration. Business gives advice to government in the UK and the US, and investors see recent cyber stock price corrections as, maybe, a buying opportunity. We learn about monitoring your wireless attack surface from Pwnie Express' Paul Paget. And Joe Carrigan from Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute shares how they keep Mom safe online, Baltimore style.

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Daily & Week in Review: TeslaCrypt says "sorry, here's the key." 50-cent-ers troll China. May 20, 2016

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In today's podcast, we follow moves to upgrade US Cyber Command to a Unified Combatant Command. We follow developments in Operation Groundbait, Phineas Phisher's latest, and the discovery of China's 50-cent-ers. Conficker is still out and active eight years after patching We take a look at industry news, and hear about how TeslaCrypt may be closing up shop. Our expert today is Accenture Labs' Malek Ben Salem who discusses semantic technology for cyber defense. We'll also hear from historian and author Abby Smith Rumsey who'll talk about her book, “When We are No More: How Digital Memory Memory Will Shape Our Future."

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Daily: Cyber-chumming the Donbas. Cisco surprises (in a good way). May 19, 2016

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In today's podcast, we learn that the LinkedIn breach is the same old one from 2012, only now two orders of magnitude larger than thought. ESET describes a cyber surveillance campaign, Operation Groundbait, in Ukraine's Donbas region. Phineas Phisher hacks on behalf of Kurdish anti-capitalists. The SEC warns of cyber risks to the financial sector. Cisco reports better than expected results (thanks in part to its security business). Ben Yelin from the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security wonders if a case involving locked hard drive may go to the Supreme Court.

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Daily: LinkedIn may have been breached. Malicious apps, a new Skimmer, and honor among thieves. May 18, 2016

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In today's podcast we discuss a breaking story about what's potentially a very large breach at LinkedIn. Banks' interactions with SWIFT (not SWIFT itself, necessarily) concern observers. Malware and scareware appear in the Play Store. China interrogates Apple, Cisco, and Microsoft about security. We hear about ways in which participants in black markets evolve to function more like legitimate enterprises. University of Maryland professor Jonathan Katz unlocks the secrets of cracking ransomware, and Zimperium's John Michelsen says it's time to be proactive with the defense of our mobile devices.

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Daily: Current exploits and bugs, fraught China-US cyber relations, and industry notes. May 17, 2016

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Today we discuss some exploits running loose in the wild. GSA's 18F unit cleans up its Slack implementation and shares its lessons learned from a potential breach. Older Android devices are susceptible to an Accessibility exploit. A million-device clickfraud botnet drains advertising budgets. A new cyber espionage campaign prefers quality to quantity. SWIFT gets security advices. ISIS shifts recruiting focus to Central Asia. Cyber tensions rise between the US and China. Dale Drew from Level 3 shares the perspective of a backbone provider, and Yong-Gon Chon wonder if company's don't overreact to breaches.

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Daily: Social media collection suggests ISIS in trouble. Russian government cyber activities. US VA wants dark web help. May 16, 2016

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In today's podcast we discuss Germany's attribution of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign: it's Russia, says the BfV. Bank attacks continue, both related to, and unrelated to, the SWIFT funds transfer system (and some seem criminal, some hacktivist in motivation). Russia says it plans to close about 4000 sites for trafficking in extremist ideology and drugs. Markets look forward to the next cyber security bellwether stock to report. And John Leiseboer from Quintessence Labs explains random number generation.

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