More signal, less noise—we distill the day’s critical cyber security news into a concise daily briefing.
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OilRig fingered as Iranian state-sponsored group behind attempted hacks of Israeli targets. Shamoon still under the same management. Botnet wars in the IoT. Countermessaging, hopes of missile hacks, and more.
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2017-04-28
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Fancy Bear in France (and in Germany, too). Israel debates Cyber Authority's charter. Sudan says its using Electronic Jihad against ISIS. Verizon, Symantec threat reports out. Adware campaigns.
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2017-04-27
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Elections, influence operations, and hacking. How clever phishing succeeds. Chipotle's point-of-sale breach. Hacking in Fast and Furious 8.
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2017-04-26
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Fancy Bear spotted in France, Denmark, and maybe Bulgaria. Tensions mount around North Korean weapon programs. Power grid fragility. Milkydoor in the PlayStore. AV misunderstanding. Kelihos indictment. Ashley Madison blackmail.
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2017-04-25
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Nation-state tensions in cyberspace over North Korean threats and presumably Russian cyberespionage. Locky returns. More pharma spam. Seleznev gets 27 years for carding.
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2017-04-24
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States and gangs. Insider threats and mole hunts. The misguided vigilante behind BrikerBot. Hollywood hacks. Not a Nigerian prince this time, just the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency.
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2017-04-21
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Trojanized apps in the PlayStore. How cybergangs talk, cooperate, and improve their game. More troubles reported for Tanium. A Chicago lawsuit brings privacy issues to the fore.
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2017-04-20
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Vigilantes in the IoT. Bad actors find a friend in the ShadowBrokers. BankBot is back in the PlayStore. Pixel-tracking for target recon. A very big Oracle patch.
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2017-04-19
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Karmen in the black market. Homograph vulnerabilities. Vault 7 and ShadowBrokers updates. Hacks and missiles. Competing for botnets.
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2017-04-18
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Missiles and malware? ShadowBrokers' leaks examined. Syrian info ops. ISIS recruits women for martyrdom. Ransomware, medical device vulnerability updates. Troubled unicorn?
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2017-04-17
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ShadowBrokers frustrated with the peoples. Callisto Group was active against UK Foreign Office. US DCI denounces WikiLeaks as a hostile intelligence service. Surveillance vendors said willing to deal with pariah regimes. Weaponized memes.
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2017-04-14
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Ewind adware infesting Android third-party app stores. Influence operations. Russian state use of organized crime. Finspy a payload in Word zero-day exploits.
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2017-04-13
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Patch Tuesday notes. Cyber threats to healthcare, New Helsinki information operations center forming. Updates on WikiLeaks and the ShadowBrokers
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2017-04-12
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Women in Cybersecurity 2017: A CyberWire Special Edition
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2017-04-12
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Word zero-day spreading Dridex. Password reuse bites Amazon third-party sellers. Mirai now mines Bitcoin. WikiLeaks, the ShadowBrokers, and war in Syria. Cyber first use. Crypto wars in Europe. APT10 in India. Penn State prof takes Gödel Prize
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2017-04-11
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Information operations respond to kinetic strikes. Dallas emergency sirens hacked. Alleged spam king arrested. Okta files its IPO.
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2017-04-10
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APT10's Operation TradeSecret. BrickerBot may be vigilante PDoS. Amnesia and Sathurbot exploit known vulnerabilities in, respectively, DVRs and WordPress. Ransomware, surveillance, and info ops updates.
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2017-04-07
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Operations TradeSecret and Cloudhopper attributed to APT10. Third party risks. Lazarus Group update. US investigation of Russian influence operations and US surveillance allegations proceeds.
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2017-04-06
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Operation Cloudhopper. Chrysaor spyware. Microsoft to upgrade Office security. Notes from SeaAirSpace. High school hacking.
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2017-04-05
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Pegasus version now affects Android. UK on alert for ISIS infrastructure cyberattack. DPRK tied, again, to Bangladesh Bank heist. Fancy Bear and Turla updates. Samsung Tizen 0-day. Tax season security.
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2017-04-04
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