Podcast Episodes

Spinning the web of tangled tactics. [Research Saturday]

Season 8 Episode 340

This week, we are joined by Jason Baker, Senior Threat Consultant at GuidePoint Security, and he is discussing their work on "Worldwide Web: An Analysis of Tactics and Techniques Attributed to Scatte…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

A high-stakes swap.

Season 8 Episode 2121

Notorious Russian cybercriminals head home after an historic prisoner exchange. An Israeli hacktivist group claims responsibility for a cyberattack that disrupted internet access in Iran. The U.S. Co…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Ransomware strikes a nerve.

Season 8 Episode 2120

The U.S. blood supply is under pressure from a ransomware attack. CrowdStrike shareholders sue the company. There’s a critical vulnerability in Bitdefender’s GravityZone Update Server. BingoMod RAT t…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

When DDoS and defense collide.

Season 8 Episode 2119

A global Microsoft outage takes down Outlook and Minecraft. The US Senate passes The Kids Online Safety and Privacy Act. Lame Duck domain names are targets for takeovers. A GeoServer vulnerability ex…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Breaking Bad (records).

Season 8 Episode 2118

ZScaler uncovers the largest ransomware payment to date. IBM says the average cost of a breach is closing in on five million dollars. Hackers exploited Proofpoint's email protection platform to send …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Are North Korean hackers going 'Seoul' searching?

Season 8 Episode 2117

South Korea investigates a substantial leak of military intelligence to the north. Google fixes a Workspace authentication weakness. Wiz identifies an API authentication vulnerability in Selenium Gri…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

The current state of the zero trust.

Season 10 Episode 94

Rick Howard, N2K CyberWire’s Chief Analyst and Senior Fellow, discusses the current state of zero trust with CyberWire Hash Table guest John Kindervag, the originator of the zero trust idea.

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Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Encore: Camille Stewart: Technology becomes more of an equalizer. [Legal] [Career Notes]

Season 1 Episode 24

Cybersecurity attorney Camille Stewart shares how her childhood affinity for making contracts pointed to her eventual career as an attorney. Having a computer scientist father contributed to Camille'…

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Streamlining the US Navy's innovation process: A conversation with Acting CTO Justin Fanelli. [Special Edition]

Season 9 Episode 68

N2K’s Brandon Karpf speaks with guest Justin Fanelli, Acting CTO of the US Navy, about the US Navy streamlining the innovation process. For some background, you can refer to this article. 

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The Black Basta ransomware riddle. [Research Saturday]

Season 8 Episode 339

Dick O'Brien from Symantec Threat Hunter team is talking about their work on "Ransomware Attackers May Have Used Privilege Escalation Vulnerability as Zero-day." Also going to provide some background…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago