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167. Mic Drop: TikTok’s day in Appeals Court
TikTok’s lawyers were in a U.S. Court of Appeals this week trying to push back against a law that requires the popular video app to sell its American…
2 years ago
166. The curious case of Esma Memtimin’s disappearing TikTok videos
TikTok took down Esma Memtimin’s posts for allegedly violating the platform’s community rules even though her videos were about stickers and current …
2 years ago
165. Mic Drop: FIN7 is hiring
The Russian-speaking cyber gang, FIN7, has fooled red team hackers into doing their dirty work by masquerading as legitimate cybersecurity companies …
2 years ago
164. The Hunt for FIN7: Hot on the trail of a notorious cyber gang
Investigators have been chasing the Russian-speaking cyber gang for years — and they’ve stayed just one step ahead. Threat researcher Zach Edwards la…
2 years ago
163. Mic Drop: From banned to beloved, the Taliban’s unexpected embrace of the Internet
Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership may have smashed TVs in the 1990s, but these days they are embracing slickly-produced videos and social media influe…
2 years ago
162. Ehtesab in Afghanistan: an app’s struggle to survive under the Taliban
Technology has changed the way countries wage war, and today, we look at an app in Afghanistan that wanted to change the way people on the ground exp…
2 years ago
161. Mic Drop: Can ransomware be an act of terror?
New legislation is seeking to designate some ransomware attacks as acts of terror. Former FBI agent John Riggi talks about the proposal and how it mi…
2 years ago
160. Anatomy of a fall: One rural hospital’s ransomware story
Sky Lakes Medical Center in south central Oregon never imagined it could be on the receiving end of a ransomware attack. Then Ryuk put them in the cr…
2 years ago
159. Mic Drop: The NSA’s Cryptologic Museum - a spycatcher’s dream
Just a stone’s throw from the NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, the National Cryptologic Museum displays dozens of rarely seen code breaking machines t…
2 years, 1 month ago
158. The antidote to our disinformation woes? Just a dash of fun
For years now, the Internet has trafficked in things that are more mean than fun. Disinformation, online bullying, and a general malaise are all over…
2 years, 1 month ago