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April 28, 2016 Daily: Malware found in nuclear plant. Threat actors tracked in Asia. And who's Aquaman?
In today's Podcast, we hear about ISIS attempts at inspiration
online—their technical capabilities are low, but they continue to
hit information ops hard. A Bavarian nuclear plant finds a malware
infestation—spooky, but apparently without effect. Observers expect
more hacks like the one on the Bangladesh Bank, and the Platinum
threat group looks state-sponsored. The security industry may be
showing signs of consolidation. . The University of Maryland's
Markus Rauschecker explains why law firms are attractive hacking
targets, and Todd O'Boyle from Percipient Networks urges us to
listen to our malware.

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14 min
April 27, 2016 Daily: Paranoia -as-a-service? Cyber con jobs.
In today's Podcast,
we hear reports of success in the cyber war against ISIS. Inquiry
into the Bangladesh Bank hack continues; the threat actors behind
it may have additional capers in the works. Android malware
flourishes, and so does a vigorous underground extortion market.
The FBI says it doesn't know what vulnerability was exploited to
open the San Bernardino iPhone, and that it doesn't want a hacking
arms race with criminals and terrorists. Ferruh Matvituna from
Netsparker shares some wisdom on app security, and Jonathan Katz
from the University of Maryland explains program
obfuscation.

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14 min
April 26, 2016 Daily: Snowden advanced crypto by 7 years." Proofread your way to security.
In today's podcast we hear more about
possible other instances of fraudulent messaging in the
SWIFT financial transfer network. We
discuss an active Android ransomware campaign that appears to be
using old Hacking Team exploits. US DNI Clapper thinks the
acceleration of encryption, post-Snowden, really hasn't been a very
good thing, and calls for a balance between privacy and security.
The US continues to ramp up its cyber offensive against
ISIS. Joe Carrigan from the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute
tells the tale of a scammer strung along.

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14 min
April 25, 2016 Daily: US cyberwar vs. ISIS. IPO fizzle? (Investors want profit.)
In today's Daily Podcast we discuss reports that the Bangladesh
Bank hackers succeeded in getting into, and manipulating, some
SWIFT client software. The outlines of the US cyber campaign
against ISIS grow clearer. Updates on how the US Department of
Justice is getting into iPhones. We take a look at the
disappointing—to many analysts—SecureWorks IPO and what it means
for VCs and cyber unicorns. Plus, CyberWire Editor John Petrik
reports on last week's SINET ITSEF conference.

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14 min
April 22, 2016 Daily & Week in Review: Voter dbase compromises. How not to sell security.
In today's Daily Podcast we hear about Mexican and Philippine authorities’ investigations into voting database compromises. Ransomware continues to circulate, and we learn something about the increased sophistication of phishing. Point-of-sale crooks race against US EMV adoption. We take a look at the SecureWorks IPO and the long interest in some leading security stocks. Joseph Opacki from PhishLabs explains the growing sophistication of phishing schemes, and Benjamin Yelin from the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security tells us about mobile security and Stingrays.

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21 min
April 21, 2016 Daily: Australia's new cyber strategy, Dorkbot's old; CryptXXX is new.
In today's Daily Podcast we hear about CryptXXX—recently discovered ransomware—and about old, familiar Dorkbot. The US Congress continues to mull legislation that would mandate decryption, and the banking and tech sectors don’t care at all for what they see in those pending bills. Australia announces its cyber security strategy, and says that its national capabilities definitely include offensive ones. Jason Lewis from LookingGlass warns us about third party network access, and Dale Drew from Level 3 Communications emphasizes the importance of collaboration.

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14 min
April 20, 2016 Daily: Industry news, and some plaintiffs may wish to reconsider.
In today's Daily Podcast we gain perspective on post-Brussels ISIS-inspired hacktivism. Developers should take care using Xcode command line development tools. The Thanatos Trojan is discovered in, and booted from, a hosting service. Analysts draws some familiar lessons from last year’s Hacking Team breach. And plaintiffs may think twice about suing Ashley Madison for alleged catphishes. Plus, Jonathan Katz from the Maryland Cybersecurity Center shares his team's research into searchable encryption.

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13 min
April 19, 2016 Daily: New ransomware, along with some golden oldies. Quantifying cyber risk.
In today's Daily Podcast we hear about the latest wave of ISIS-sympathizer cyber attacks—they’re again low-level defacements of poorly defended targets. Chris Morgan from IKANOW provides tips on quantifying cyber risk. A new strain of ransomware is identified, but it seems connected to some long-familiar criminal actors. Microsoft and Apple both continue to resist US Government requests for data and assistance in criminal investigations. Markus Rauschecker reviews the Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016.

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13 min
April 18, 2016 Daily: Confidence building. Offensive cyber ops. M&A notes.
In today's Daily Podcast we follow up with corrections to last week’s reports of Russian attacks on Sweden’s air traffic control system. The US and Russia hold talks on reducing tensions in cyberspace. The US cyber offensive against ISIS picks up its pace. Older JBoss servers are at risk of ransomware. Some M&A news in the cyber sector. And there are fresh accounts of how the Hacking Team was hacked last year. Plus, Joe Carrigan from the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute warns us not to trust that free airport WiFi.

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13 min
April 15, 2016 Daily & Week in Review: Industry notes, including a look at labor markets. Cyber gangland and its neighborhoods.
In today's Daily Podcast we discuss the international response to ISIS, and the terror group's latest info ops. We cover the news from cyber gangland (and bid Paunch farewell as he enters a Russian prison) including malware developments and the latest criminal approaches to making their infrastructure resilient. We learn some things about competitions as a way of building the rising cyber labor force from Raytheon's Jack Harrington, and we hear about the challenges of cloud data security from University of Maryland's Jonathan Katz. It seems privacy is in tension not only with security, but with transparency as well. And we talk about what the metaphorical hat you wear says about you (you hacker, you).

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21 min

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