Alan Neville is a senior threat intelligence analyst at Symantec located in Dublin. He is responsible for leading and documenting investigations into high priority attacks.

He recently published research on the Sowbug cyber espionage group targeting South American and Southeast Asian governments.

https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/sowbug-cyber-espionage-group-targets-south-american-and-southeast-asian-governments

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Gerald Hahn is CEO of Softshell ag, a German cybersecurity company. He shares his insights into the market for cybersecurity products in the German market, and how US companies can best prepare themselves to do business, there. 

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Andrew Wild is CISO at QTS Data Centers. He shares his insights into the changing role of the Chief Information Security Officer, as businesses shift their focus toward risk.

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Cybersecurity expert and author Scott Schober shares his personal story of being hacked, and how it set him on a mission to help prevent it from happening to others.

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Jonathan is Cymmetria's General Counsel. A former trial attorney, Mr. Braverman is an expert in cyber-security law, policy and regulation. He has written policy papers on export controls over cyber technology, active defense and "hacking back."

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In this edition of the CyberWire Research Saturday, we'll take a look at a more recent intrusion PwC has uncovered, named KeyBoy and highly likely a China-based threat actor. It uses compromised Word documents to gain access.

Bart Parys is a lead researcher in PwC's cyber threat intelligence team, responsible for tracking cyber threat actors, their latest toolsets and methodologies. 

https://www.pwc.co.uk/issues/cyber-security-data-privacy/research/the-keyboys-are-back-in-town.html

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In today's podcast we hear some updates on the Triton ICS malware campaign. North Korea amplifies its denials of responsibility for WannaCry. Cryptocurrency markets undergo a strong correction. "Blockchain" remains a word to conjure with. Citing a potential risk to national security, Lithuania's government bans Kaspersky software. ESET thinks Fancy Bear is growing more cunning and evasive. Chris Poulin from BAH on the transition to self driving cars, and the problem with selling fear and uncertainty. Guest is Kim DeCarlis from Gigamon on marketing cyber security. And how does Siri handle various linguistic challenges? 

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In today's podcast, we suggest a new year's resolution all organizations should make: resolve to configure your cloud services for privacy and security. Another cryptocurrency exchange gets hacked, this one by DNS hijacking. North Korea finally says it had nothing to do with WannaCry, but few are convinced. The Lazarus Group continues to be a prime suspect in cryptocurrency theft. Section 702 nears sunset. Wassenaar seems to have become friendlier to researchers.  David DuFour from Webroot on quantum computing and AI. Guest is Joseph Carson from Thycotic on stolen passwords on the black market. And Kaspersky Lab wants redress in court. 

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In today's podcast, we talk about what the Five Eyes see. Implications of North Korean responsibility for WannaCry. Defense and deterrence go with naming and shaming. The Lazarus Group looks to cryptocurrency theft to redress North Korean financial shortfalls. Copperfield cyber espionage campaign in the Middle East. GDPR approaches, and organizations look to get their data houses in order (and buy insurance). Justin Harvey from Accenture on choosing threat intelligence. Guest is Stan Engelbrecht from D3 Security on the vulnerabilities in public transportation. And what to do if your child gets a phone from Santa. 

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In today's podcast, we hear that the Five Eyes look at WannaCry and officially see Pyongyang. New US National Security Strategy emphasizes economic power and cybersecurity (and names the adversaries). Hex Men are no super heroes. More Bitcoin theft bankrupts an alt-currency exchange. Android Monero miner can basically melt your phone, it's working so hard. Users leave Lexmark printers open to the Internet. AnubisSpy peeks at Arabic-speaking Android users. Joe Carrigan from JHU on holiday IoT devices. Guest is Chris Webber from SafeBreach, reviewing the third edition of their Hacker’s Playbook. And guess the two worst passwords of 2017. 

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