Symantec Cyber Security Brief Podcast

On this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast, money is a big theme! We discuss a series of heists on banks in Eastern Europe that sound like something out of a Hollywood movie, a rise in the money lost to so-called “grandparent scams”, a crackdown by cops on money mules operating throughout Europe, and a new twist to the sextortion email scams we have previously discussed on this podcast. Also this week, we chat about new research Symantec has just published into the Seedworm group (aka Muddywater), which has hit more than 130 victims in 30 organisations since September 2018.

On this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast, money is a big theme! We discuss a series of heists on banks in Eastern Europe that sound like something out of a Hollywood movie, a rise in the money lost to so-called “grandparent scams”, a crackdown by cops on money mules operating throughout Europe, and a new twist to the sextortion email scams we have previously discussed on this podcast. Also this week, we chat about new research Symantec has just published into the Seedworm group (aka Muddywater), which has hit more than 130 victims in 30 organisations since September 2018.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief, we discuss the latest developments in the SamSam ransomware, with two of the people reportedly behind the ransomware having been recently indicted. Dick O’Brien, Candid Wueest and Brigid O Gorman also discuss the recent huge data breach at the Marriot-owned Starwood chain of hotels, as well as a large breach at Q & A website Quora. The hacker who hijacked 50,000 printers to spam people to support infamous YouTuber PewDiePie, a gaffe by an AI jaywalking detection system in a city in China, and malicious fitness apps on the Apple App Store are also up for discussion.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief, we discuss the latest developments in the SamSam ransomware, with two of the people reportedly behind the ransomware having been recently indicted. Dick O’Brien, Candid Wueest and Brigid O Gorman also discuss the recent huge data breach at the Marriot-owned Starwood chain of hotels, as well as a large breach at Q & A website Quora. The hacker who hijacked 50,000 printers to spam people to support infamous YouTuber PewDiePie, a gaffe by an AI jaywalking detection system in a city in China, and malicious fitness apps on the Apple App Store are also up for discussion.

On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, we discuss Symantec’s role in an FBI takedown of ad-fraud infrastructure dubbed Operation Eversion. We also discuss the latest developments in the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, as well as the most recent activity from Magecart. Also, the dangers of most phishing sites having the padlock sign beside their address, and the curious incident of a security researcher who responsibly reported a vulnerability but was still subsequently reported to the police.

On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, we discuss Symantec’s role in an FBI takedown of ad-fraud infrastructure dubbed Operation Eversion. We also discuss the latest developments in the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, as well as the most recent activity from Magecart. Also, the dangers of most phishing sites having the padlock sign beside their address, and the curious incident of a security researcher who responsibly reported a vulnerability but was still subsequently reported to the police.

On this week’s episode of the Cyber Security Brief, Brigid O Gorman is joined by Candid Wueest to discuss the infamous Conficker worm, which marks its 10th anniversary this week. This worm first appeared on November 21, 2008, and despite the many changes that have occurred in the cyber security landscape since then we still see hundreds and thousands of detections of Conficker in the wild today. As well as Conficker, we also discuss some of the other old threats that are still around today – and speculate as to whether any of today’s threats are likely to have similar longevity.

On this week’s episode of the Cyber Security Brief, Brigid O Gorman is joined by Candid Wueest to discuss the infamous Conficker worm, which marks its 10th anniversary this week. This worm first appeared on November 21, 2008, and despite the many changes that have occurred in the cyber security landscape since then we still see hundreds and thousands of detections of Conficker in the wild today. As well as Conficker, we also discuss some of the other old threats that are still around today – and speculate as to whether any of today’s threats are likely to have similar longevity.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast, Dick O’Brien, Candid Wueest and Brigid O Gorman discuss new research into formjacking and the Megecart group; a subsidiary of French movie chain Pathe loses more than $20 million in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam, and a whole slew of vulnerabilities get patched.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast, Dick O’Brien, Candid Wueest and Brigid O Gorman discuss new research into formjacking and the Megecart group; a subsidiary of French movie chain Pathe loses more than $20 million in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam, and a whole slew of vulnerabilities get patched.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast we discuss the FASTCash attacks, in which the Lazarus group has been emptying ATMs, and highlight the research we have published into this activity. We also discuss a new report highlighting small businesses’ cyber risk, the Inception Framework using a new backdoor, and a vulnerability in a building management software.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast we discuss the FASTCash attacks, in which the Lazarus group has been emptying ATMs, and highlight the research we have published into this activity. We also discuss a new report highlighting small businesses’ cyber risk, the Inception Framework using a new backdoor, and a vulnerability in a building management software.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast we discuss our newly-published research into the SamSam ransomware, exposed Docker APIs being used for cryptojacking, and some new activity from the Emotet botnet. With the midterm elections in the U.S. fast approaching we also take a look at some of the election security stories that have come up in the last week. Finally, we discuss a cautionary tale underlining why you shouldn’t use your work laptop to visit “adult” websites.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast we discuss our newly-published research into the SamSam ransomware, exposed Docker APIs being used for cryptojacking, and some new activity from the Emotet botnet. With the midterm elections in the U.S. fast approaching we also take a look at some of the election security stories that have come up in the last week. Finally, we discuss a cautionary tale underlining why you shouldn’t use your work laptop to visit “adult” websites.

In this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast, we discuss the claims and counter claims related to the Bloomberg Businessweek story published at the start of October that alleged Chinese spies had infiltrated U.S. companies by implanting secret chips on Super Micro motherboards – a story that has been rebutted by almost all the companies mentioned in it, including Super Micro itself, Apple and Amazon. With calls from those companies now for Bloomberg to retract the story, we discuss this ongoing saga. Also in the last week, a Russian woman was indicted in the U.S. on charges of playing a role in a conspiracy to interfere in the U.S. political system, meanwhile, Twitter released a huge trove of tweets it had identified that were attempting to influence political campaigns in the last couple of years. We consider the significance of that move from the social media giant.