CyberWire Daily

2656 Episodo

1. US attributes Taidoor RAT to China’s government. Pegasus spyware in Togo. The TikTok affair. More fallout from the Blackbaud ransomware incident.

   Publicado: 4/8/2020
2. Microsoft considers acquiring TikTok. The US considers other Chinese companies as potential security threats. Charges in the Twiter hack. DDoS turns out to be a glitch. Garmin hack update.

   Publicado: 3/8/2020
3. Rely on your strengths in the areas of the unknown. [Career Notes]

   Publicado: 2/8/2020
4. Detecting Twitter bots in real time. [Research Saturday]

   Publicado: 1/8/2020
5. Social engineering at Twitter. Phishing kits and hackers for hire. Cyberespionage. The EU sanctions actors for Cloudhopper, WannaCry, and NotPetya. And security advice from NSA and NIST.

   Publicado: 31/7/2020
6. A quick look at Big Tech’s antitrust testimony. BootHole may be tough to patch. Fake COVID contact tracers. Netwalker warning. And Chinese espionage against the Vatican and the United Kingdom.

   Publicado: 30/7/2020
7. Alleged Russian disinformation campaigns. Beijing’s cyberespionage hits the Vatican. Costly PII losses. VPNs and OT security. Big Tech’s day with Congress. Online bar exams. Snooping for the Saudis.

   Publicado: 29/7/2020
8. Data breaches and responsibility. Where do you get a decryptor for WastedLocker? Third-party risk. Misconfigured databases. Follow-up on the Twitter hack.

   Publicado: 28/7/2020
9. Vigilante action against Emotet. Third-party risks and data breaches. Cerberus is for sale. And WastedLocker ransomware and the fortunes of crime.

   Publicado: 27/7/2020
10. No matter the statistic, even if against the odds, focus on what you want. [Career Notes]

    Publicado: 26/7/2020
11. It was only a matter of time. [Research Saturday]

    Publicado: 25/7/2020
12. A warning for US critical infrastructure operators. Blackbaud extortion and data breach update. Who’s got the keys to Twitter? Sino-American cyber tensions.

    Publicado: 24/7/2020
13. Twitter: hackers got a few accounts’ DMs. French policy toward Huawei hardens. Crooks against British sport. You and your boss should talk more.

    Publicado: 23/7/2020
14. Meowing exposed databases. US indicts two Chinese nationals for hacking, and orders China to close its Houston consulate.

    Publicado: 22/7/2020
15. Parliament gets its report on Russian hacking. A look at the cyber criminal economy. Russia says it has no hackers.

    Publicado: 21/7/2020
16. Following the spoor of the Twitter hackers, a couple of whom seem to be talking to the press. Marketing databases and intelligence collection. TikTok ban? Hacking biomedical research.

    Publicado: 20/7/2020
17. Have to be able to communicate to everybody. [Career Notes]

    Publicado: 19/7/2020
18. Every time we get smarter, the bad guy changes something. [Research Saturday]

    Publicado: 18/7/2020
19. High-grade grifter. Twitter’s disinformation potential. Hacking vaccine research and doxing trade talks. What Iran’s hackers are up to. And CISA says, for heaven’s sake, patch already.

    Publicado: 17/7/2020
20. Twitter takes down verified accounts after major hack (most service now restored). Russian influence operations. Cozy Bear’s biomedical intelligence collection. Spearphishing in Hong Kong.

    Publicado: 16/7/2020