CyberWire Daily

In today's podcast, we hear that spies like Apache Struts exploits. Server vulnerabilities described. A new cryptojacker steals at least four varieties of cryptocurrency. North Korea may have hacked UN sanctions enforcers. Dutch Intelligence (and Microsoft) warn of cyberwar, but it's not a declared war, which makes response harder. Update to the pack rat defense, with considerations of mens rea. ISIS terror inspiration. And a possible assassination attempt. Chris Poulin from BAH on next generation IoT devices, like security robots. Guest is Sylvain Gil from Exabeam on business by design, and the importance of the design process in security solutions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that Fancy Bear sightings continue—Fancy seems to have settled down in Montenegro, and Germany is seeing bears and snakes. Cyber deterrence is much desired but difficult to achieve. Notes from a Russian jail. Reddit purges influence ops trolls. What criminals can learn from your browser. CFIUS puts hold on Broadcom's bid for Qualcomm. The US FDA wants to block its people from looking at adult content at work. Daniel Prince, Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security at Lancaster University, introduces himself as our newest academic research partner. Guest is Jeremy Wittkop from InteliSecure with a call for participants in their Critical Data Protection Benchmark Survey.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear about a new campaign that targets humanitarian organizations with North Korean phishbait. Memcrash is now being exploited by criminal extortionists. Equifax losses from last year's breach are said to mount. Germany says it detected the compromise of a secure government network before too much damage was done. They don't offer official attribution, but everyone else says it was the Russians. The Russians say they didn't do it. President Putin deplores "yelling and hollering" in the US Congress. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on section 702 reauthorization.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers at Comodo Security Solutions have been tracking a recently discovered strain of malware named Lebal. The malware uses several clever techniques to attempt to hide itself, and once installed targets credentials and cryptocurrency wallets. Fatih Orhan is VP of Threat Labs at Comodo, and he takes us through their research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that a Memcrash amplification attack took GitHub offline, but only briefly, thanks to Akamai mitigation. Germany continues to fight off ongoing attacks on sensitive government networks. Germany hasn't said so, but everyone else sees Fancy Bears pawprints over this one. Fancy Bear is also said to be snuffling around embassies and other diplomatic targets. Capitol Hill mulls cyber deterrence. Equifax breach looks worse. Robert M. Lee from Dragos on ICS in advanced manufacturing. Guest is Marcus Harris from Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, discussing the decision by companies like McAfee and Symantec to allow the Russians to look at their source code. Two high-profile fraud victims.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Fancy Bear has been busy in a sensitive German government network. RedDrop Android malware is built for blackmail. Another exposed AWS S3 bucket is disclosed. Intel issues another Spectre fix. The FTC reaches a settlement with Venmo over privacy, security, and availability of funds. The SEC is investigating a number of initial coin offerings. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the ICS Stormcast podcast, with information on the Memcache DOS issue. Guest is Rami Sass from WhiteSource on open source software.  And Mr. Gates is no fan of cryptocurrencies (and it seems cryptocurrency mavens are no fan of Mr. Gates).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Memcrash threatens big DDoS events. Problems with single-sign-on solutions. Thanatos ransomware looks like its masters botched it, but that's not necessarily good news. The Marcher banking Trojan is back and bigger than ever. A new variant of Petya ransomware may be in circulation. What's the point of a false flag if no one's fooled? Dale Drew from CenturyLink on collaboration trends. Guest is Eric Cole, author of Online Danger. And the US Senate asks, how do you solve a problem like Vladimir?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that CoinHive was installed via a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket. Unintentional password collection. Threat and risk trends for 2018. Avalanche phisher king rearrested in Kiev. Huawei says it's being picked on. Apple makes nice with Beijing. Industry notes—controlling interests and an ICS security Series B round. Reality Winner wants her confession suppressed. Hal Martin's packrat defense may have received an unexpected boost. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the Internet Stormcast podcast, on hacked third-party cables. Guest is Terry Dunlap from Refirm Labs on firmware vulnerabilities. And could alien signals be alien hacks?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that anonymous US Intelligence sources call the Olympic hacks a Russian false flag operation. More cyberattacks are expected from the infrastructure set up to hit the Games. Calls for international norms for cyber conflict rise. CrowdStrike's Global Threat Report sees proliferation and commodification of attack tools. Ad network serves cryptojacker. Malicious smartphones or just a trade war?  Joe Carrigan from JHU on securing AWS buckets. Guest is Randall Murch from VA Tech on cyber bio security. And a scorecard for hacking heraldry.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Or Katz is principal lead security researcher for Akamai's Enterprise Security Business Unit, and the research he’s sharing today is a widespread phishing campaign targeting users using an advertising tactic. The research is titled, “Gone Phishing for the Holidays." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices