CyberWire Daily

3271 Episodes

1. Extra: Let's talk about Facebook's research. [Caveat]

   Published: 10/11/2021
2. Brandon Karpf: A sailor of the 21st century. [Transitioning service member] [Career Notes]

   Published: 10/10/2021
3. Taking a closer look at UNC1151. [Research Saturday]

   Published: 10/9/2021
4. Fancy Bear’s snuffling at Gmail credentials. FIN12’s threat to healthcare, and BlackMatter’s threat to agriculture. REvil tries to reestablish itself in the underworld. Twitch update. Sachkov is charg

   Published: 10/8/2021
5. Espionage, mostly cyber but also physical. DDoS in the Philippines. TSA regulations for rail and airline cybersecurity are coming. US DoJ promises civil action for cyber failures. Twitch update. And

   Published: 10/7/2021
6. Twitch is breached. MalKamak: a newly described Iranian threat actor. Chinese cyberespionage against India. SafeMoon phishbait. The ransomware threat. What counts as compromise.

   Published: 10/6/2021
7. Facebook’s back up, and the outage was due to an error, not an attack. A look at AvosLocker and Atom Silo ransomware. The case of the Kyiv ransomware gangsters. Thoughts on the Pandora Papers.

   Published: 10/5/2021
8. Privacy and the Pandora Papers. Flubot’s scare tactics. Exploiting an account recovery system. Conti warns victims not to talk to the press. An international meeting on cybercrime? A ransomware bust.

   Published: 10/4/2021
9. Cloud configuration security: Breaking the endless cycle. [CyberWire-X]

   Published: 10/3/2021
10. Pattie Dillon: Take the leap. [Anti-fraud] [Career Notes]

    Published: 10/3/2021
11. IoT security and the need for randomness. [Research Saturday]

    Published: 10/2/2021
12. Phishing for those who fear Pegasus. ChamelGang APT active against multiple countries. Problems with a ransomware decryptor. Controversial proofs-of-concept. And a death blamed on ransomware.

    Published: 10/1/2021
13. GriftHorse’s premium service scams. Facebook open sources a static analysis tool. Update on the Group-IB affair. What the Familiar Four are up to. Counting ransomware strains.

    Published: 9/30/2021
14. DDoS is on an upward trend, and it’s being used for extortion. A payroll provider recovers from an unspecified cyberattack. Russia charges Group-IB CEO with treason. NSA, CISA, advise on using VPNs.

    Published: 9/29/2021
15. Homecomings, happy and not so happy. A backdoor for espionage, a Trojan for cybercrime. DDoS techniques, those iPhone zero-days, and indictments. And one guilty plea.

    Published: 9/28/2021
16. The EU ask Russia to knock it off, and specifically to stop with the GhostWriter. Zoombombing in Cambodia. Conti is back; Colossus is a new entrant in the ransomware field. Meng returns to China.

    Published: 9/27/2021
17. Dave Bittner: From puppet shows to podcasts. [Media] [Career Notes]

    Published: 9/26/2021
18. Why it’s time for cybersecurity to go mainstream. [CyberWire-X]

    Published: 9/26/2021
19. Vulnerabilities in the public cloud. [Research Saturday]

    Published: 9/25/2021
20. Cyberattacks against a Russian rocket shop and the Port of Houston. As ransomware gangs increase activity, the US considers defenses. Pegasus found in French Ministers’ phones. Meng heads home?

    Published: 9/24/2021