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123. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber
Chinese hackers are stepping up their game, according to Nigel Inkster, the former director of operations for Britain’s MI6. He says they are taking …
2 years, 2 months ago
122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims
The US and UK made a splashy coordinated announcement last month about a years-long cyber espionage campaign by Chinese state-backed hackers. The US …
2 years, 2 months ago
121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab
North Korea has a unique way of testing malware — they are less concerned about getting it right than getting it out… a kind of “smash-and-grab” appr…
2 years, 2 months ago
120. North Korea’s ScarCruft gang is behind some very crafty phishin’ campaigns
North Korea may be best known for the Lazarus group’s epic cryptocurrency heists. But there’s another special unit of state-backed hackers who have a…
2 years, 2 months ago
119. Mic Drop: Could an analysis of sound help save the jaguar in Costa Rica?
Everyone is talking about the power of AI in conservation, but a professor at Arizona State University has found an even simpler, more elegant soluti…
2 years, 2 months ago
118. AI and the Holy Grail of conservation: Real-time monitoring
Cornell University’s Elephant Listening Project has been trying to get real-time monitoring of the Central African Republic’s forest elephants for ye…
2 years, 3 months ago
117. Mic Drop: The Big Chill: Nigeria, Binance battle likely to add to economic crisis
Matthew Page from the London-based think tank Chatham House pulls back to look at the potential economic fallout between Nigerian government and Bina…
2 years, 3 months ago
116. Detained execs, a bold escape, and tax evasion charges: Nigeria takes aim at Binance
This week, Nigeria charged Binance and two of its executives with tax evasion in the latest twist in a month-long dispute between the cryptocurrency …
2 years, 3 months ago
115. Mic Drop: Hear ye, Hear ye, the Hacker’s Court is in session
We talk to Analyst1 senior researcher Jon DiMaggio about how hackers settle their disputes – think People’s Court without all the robes.
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114. Exclusive: LockBit ransomware leader says, ‘I felt like I was being hunted’ but they ‘can’t stop me’
We speak with the leader of one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service gangs the world has ever known — LockBit. Just weeks after Operation Cro…
2 years, 3 months ago