More signal, less noise—we distill the day’s critical cyber security news into a concise daily briefing.
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Shamoon and Greenbug. HummingWhale purged from Play Store. Apple patches across its product line. Leadership changes at CIA, GCHQ. Lloyds Bank incident update. Honor among thieves? Nope.
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2017-01-24
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Fake news tweets (from hijackers, not opinion-makers). Ransomware. New Android Trojans. Closing in on Mirai's master?
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2017-01-23
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Carbanak gets trickier and more ambitious. Ransomware updates. It's beginning to look a lot like 1949 (at least from Moscow).
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2017-01-20
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France braces for election hacking. Ukrainian utility says December blackouts were hacker-induced. Finding "Fruitfly." Tracking Mirai's master.
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2017-01-19
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Carbanak gang is back. GhostAdmin works on data theft. Trolling security researchers. M&A notes. Pardons, commutations, and extraditions.
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2017-01-18
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Election influence and election security. Threats to power grids. Ransomware and phishing updates. Loyalty program risks.
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2017-01-17
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Grid hacking in Ukraine. Cellebrite breached. WhatsApp encryption issue. EyePyramid notes. Sharing SIGINT. IG looks at FBI. Guccifer 2.0 and the ShadowBrokers take their bows.
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2017-01-13
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Grid hacks and influence operations. Propaganda sauce spread liberally over geese and ganders. Peace sign hacks? Hamas catphishes the IDF.
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2017-01-12
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Shamoon is back, now with credentials for virtual desktops. Ukraine believes it was hacked again. Ransomware updates. Elections, investigations, and influence operations. The Pokemon threat?
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2017-01-11
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Witch hunts and yard sales. See relationships, not dox. Rebrandings, mergers, acquisitions, and executive moves. Building anti-witch capabilities.
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2017-01-10
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Election hacking, influence operations, and official reports. EU hacking concerns. Lawsuit over email's invention. Twitter frowns on unrequited love. Billy Bass, meet Alexa.
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2017-01-09
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Spearphishing in industrial espionage. Ransomware gets more widespread, ruthless, and perfidious. The US Intelligence Community assures the Senate that the Russians hacked the DNC.
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2017-01-06
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Indiscriminate IOCs erode confidence in attributions. Official leaks erode trust in information sharing. Exploit updates.
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2017-01-05
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Hacktivists claim to perform a public service. Once and Recorded Future ransomware. Attribution controversies. Disturbing toys.
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2017-01-04
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Attribution issues: one story fizzles; another looks disappointingly circumstantial. Great powers jostle in cyberspace. Hacktivists resurface online. So, alas, do terrorists.
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2017-01-03
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Best of: Daniel Ennis
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2016-12-30
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Buying Cyber Security - A CyberWire Special Edition
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2016-12-30
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Best of: Tom Coale
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2016-12-29
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Best of: Tom Wingfield
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2016-12-28
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Best of: Abby Smith Rumsey
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2016-12-27
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