In today's podcast, we note that RSA has opened with ten rising stars in its annual Innovation Sandbox. US, British, and French coordinated strikes against Syrian chemical warfare targets prompt Russian information ops and warnings from Britain that the UK will retaliate against any cyberattacks against infrastructure. Charges are filed against an alleged Reveton ransomware money launderer. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs with tips for conference-goers. Guest is Paul Martini from iBoss with thoughts on growing cyber security companies in a crowded marketplace.  

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Researchers at Cylance recently uncovered the malicious use of a core router in a campaign aimed at critical infrastructure around the world. 

Kevin Levelli is Director of Threat Intelligence at Cylance, and he takes us through what they've discovered. 

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In today's podcast, we hear that, while the operators behind Operation Parliament pretend to be nothing but a bunch of skids, they're anything but. EITest gets taken down. Facebook this week faced questions about privacy and ideological bias. Most observers think these questions were largely ducked. Estonia's Annual Report on security is worth reading no matter where you live. And an accused swatter seems to have learned nothing from his experience. Dr. Charles Clancy from the Hume Center at VA Tech, discussing LTE network vulnerabilities. Guest is Dinah Davis from CodeLikeaGirl.io and Arctic Wolf Networks, discussing diversity at tech conferences. 

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In today's podcast we hear that Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finished testifying on Capitol Hill, denying that Facebook sells data or that it knew what those people at Cambridge were up to with the data they obtained. Supply chain cyber threats to satellites. North Korean destructive malware may be back. Early bird code injection. GCHQ takes on ISIS in cyberspace. Germany attributes 2017 network intrusions to Russia. International body confirms British official accounts of the Salisbury nerve agent attacks. Chris Poulin from BAH on self driving car tech that monitors the driver’s gaze to make sure they are paying attention to the road. Guest is Oren Falkowitz from Area 1 Security, looking at the Atlanta ransomware incident. 

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Today we're following all things Facebook—it's four o'clock: do you know where your data are? We're betting no. Neither side of the aisle seems content with the answers Mr. Zuckerberg gave to the Senate panel. He's speaking before a House panel today. Patch Tuesday notes. Cyber tensions continue to rise as kinetic and chemical tensions rise between Russia and the West. Justin Harvey from Accenture, discussing cyber hygiene blind spots. Guest is Nahuel Sanchez from Onapsis on vulnerable password recovery systems. 

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In today's podcast, we hear that Facebook begins facing the Congressional music today.  What are the rules for online research, professors? Experts say they're worried about weaponized IoT hacks. Hoods exploiting Cisco switch vulnerability in unpatched systems. Named threat groups and bugs as insider misdirection. As relations between Russia and the West worsen, some in Moscow call an end to Peter the Great's experiment. And how do cybercriminals make, and what do they spend it on? Daniel Prince from Lancaster University on clandestine data transmission and steganography. Guest is Gabriel Bassett from Verizon, reviewing his work on the Verizon DBIR report. 

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In today's podcast we hear about the curious case of hacktivists who may be slugging for Uncle Sam. Maybe. Britain's NCSC warns of battlespace preparation for a campaign against critical infrastructure. Facebook prepares for its appearance on Capitol Hill. Facebook also cancels a plan to share anonymized medical data for research purposes. Atlanta continues to recover from SamSam. And some good news: Malwarebytes has solved LockCrypt ransomware. Robert M. Lee from Dragos with his take on why indicting foreign hackers is a bad move. 

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In their recently published paper, "Crypto Crumple Zones: Enabling Limited Access Without Mass Surveillance," coauthors Charles Wright and Mayank Varia make their case for an alternative approach to the encryption debate, one based on economics as a limiting factor on government overreach and surveillance. 

Crypto Crumple Zones: Enabling Limited Access Without Mass Surveillance

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In today's podcast we hear that a breach in several companies' consumer-facing systems is attributed to a third-party chat vendor. Crooks are tampering with chipped debit cards. Ocean Lotus is back, with a MacOS backdoor. A Mirai variant was used against banks earlier this year. Energetic Bear may be exploiting misconfigured switches. Microsoft looks into Office 360 outages. Russia warns Britain against playing with fire. And three cyber startups are DataTribe finalists. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the ISC Stormcast podcast, on API security. Guest is Jimmy Heschl, head of digital security at Red Bull, discussing the challenges of securing a global brand. 

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In today's podcast we hear that Facebook's troubles are getting worse: more people's data were scraped, deleted videos were archived by Facebook, and so on. Appthority finds a more general problem with ad-supported apps: they're all hungry for data. Sino-American trade disputes are thought likely to find expression in cyber espionage. China's more interested in confidential financials than in IP. Russia and the West remain at loggerheads. One tip from Sweden on countering Moscow's info ops: don't get caught dancing in yellow rain boots. Joe Carrigan from JHU on power companies charging a premium rate for bitcoin miners. Guest is Larry Cochran from Claimatic on how driverless cars and automation is changing the landscape for insurance carriers.  

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