Podcast Episodes

China’s stealthiest spy operation yet. [Research Saturday]

Season 9 Episode 396

Assaf Dahan, Director of Threat Research, Cortex XDR, at Palo Alto Networks, discussing Phantom Taurus, a new China APT uncovered by Unit 42. Unit 42 researchers have identified Phantom Taurus, a new…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

WhatsApp worm spreads.

Season 10 Episode 240

A fast-spreading malware campaign is abusing WhatsApp as both lure and launchpad. Carmaker Renault suffers a data breach. DrayTek patches a critical router flaw. CISA alerts cover a range of vulnerab…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

CISA furlough sparks fears.

Season 10 Episode 2405

CISA furloughs most of its workforce due to the government shutdown. The U.S. Air Force confirms it is investigating a SharePoint related breach. Google warns of a large-scale extortion campaign targ…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

When politics break the firewall.

Season 10 Episode 2404

Major federal cybersecurity programs expire amidst the government shutdown. Global leaders and experts convene in Riyadh for the Global Cybersecurity Forum. NIST tackles removable media. ICE buys vas…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

One flaw to rule the root.

Season 10 Episode 2403

CISA issues an urgent warning about active exploitation of a critical vulnerability in the sudo utility. Broadcom patches two high-severity vulnerabilities in VMware NSX. South Korea raises its natio…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The November that never ended.

Season 10 Episode 2402

A Chinese state-sponsored group exploited enterprise devices in a global espionage effort. The UK Government guarantees £1.5 billion financing to help Jaguar Land Rover’s recovery efforts. A maximum-…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Joe Carrigan: Build your network. [Security engineer] [Career Notes]

Season 2 Episode 88

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes.

Senior security engineer with the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute and the Institute for Assured Autonomy, Joe Carrigan, shares what …

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sunny-side spyware. [Research Saturday]

Season 9 Episode 395

This week, we are joined by Martin Zugec, Technical Solutions Director from Bitdefender, sharing their work and findings on "EggStreme Malware: Unpacking a New APT Framework Targeting a Philippine Mi…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

CISA sounds the alarm on Cisco flaws.

Season 10 Episode 2401

CISA gives federal agencies 24 hours to patch a critical Cisco firewall bug. Researchers uncover the first known malicious MCP server used in a supply chain attack. The New York SIM card threat may h…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Critical GoAnywhere bug exposed.

Season 10 Episode 2400

Fortra flags a critical flaw in its GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution. Cisco patches a critical vulnerability in its IOS and IOS XE software. Cloudflare thwarts yet another record DDoS …

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago