CyberWire Daily

In today's podcast we hear about ransomware afflicting a healthcare IT provider. Group 123 phishes in South Korean waters. Schneider Electric describes the zero-day Triton/Trisis exploited. The Dark Caracal spyware campaign is attributed to Lebanon's intelligence service. The US Congress will extend Section 702 surveillance authority for six years. GhostTeam-infected apps are booted from the Play Store. Jonathan Katz from the University of Maryland ponders "uncrackable" quantum encryption. Graham Cluley from the Smashing Security podcast drops by for a chat about the state of the industry. And is there ever a good reason to write down a password?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that Norway's Southern and Eastern Regional Health Authority has suffered a breach. False civil defense alerts are mistakes, not hacks, but they're worth some attention. Davos will take up international conflict and cybersecurity next week. Banking Trojan Exobot holds a going-out-of-business sale. Satori botnet rifles cryptocurrency wallets. Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs, looking at the upcoming Olympics and midterm elections. Guest is Nadav Avital from Imperva on web application vulnerabilities. And was Bitconnect's collapse a Ponzi scheme, a pump and dump, or something else?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that the US Senate is ready, after a successful cloture motion, to vote on Section 702 surveillance reauthorization. Bipartisan Congressional support for election security bill. Skygofree is an unusually capable variety of Android spyware. More evidence ties North Korea's Lazarus Group to a Bitcoin spearphishing campaign. German users lured by fake Spectre/Meltdown patch sites. Healthcare organizations hit with a variety of attacks. Zulfikar Ramzan, CTO at RSA, introduces himself as we welcome him to the show. Guest is Mark Orlando from Raytheon Cyber on the Korean Olympics phishing campaigns. Thinking of VR adult content? Think twice. No, better, think thrice.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that a new Mirai variant, Okiru, is forming botnets of ARC-based IoT devices. Meltdown and Spectre remediation continues. CIA is said to have confirmed that NotPetya was a GRU operation. Suspicions rise that the Shadow Brokers used security tools to scan for classified documents. US and Canadian officials raise alarms about election influence operations. Wichita swatter charged with involuntary manslaughter. Malicious Chrome extensions spotted. Robert M. Lee from Dragos on the security of petroleum ICS. Guest is Lance Cottrell from Ntrepid on the importance of net neutrality for security. And USB drives contain the darndest things.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A group of Russian-speaking hackers have stolen nearly $10 million from banks around the world. Group-IB, a company with expertise in computer forensics, information security and, specifically, Russian‑speaking criminal groups, have named these thieves MoneyTaker. Nicholas Palmer is the director of international business development at Group-IB, and he's joined by their head of threat intelligence, Dmitry Volkob to explain the MoneyTaker group's schemes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Spectre and Meltdown have continued to receive patches, and they may not be as performance-killing as feared. F-Secure says if you leave your laptop alone it could be pwned in 30 seconds. Mobile ICS apps seem to be getting less, not more, secure. Google boots more bad stuff from the Play Store. Monero miners afflict unpatched Oracle WebLogic servers (so patch). The US Congress considers a Huawei ban. Johannes Ullrich from SANS and the Internet Stormcast podcast on IoT gifts. Guest is Phil Reitinger from the Global Cyber Alliance, an international, non-profit organization headquartered in New York City and London that is focused on eradicating systemic cybersecurity risks. And New Jersey is considering solving one of its biggest problems: droning under the influence. Sprung from cages on Highway 9 or not, don't try that on the turnpike, kids.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that the Government of India is working on Aadhaar security, suspending many officials' access. Fancy Bear doxes the IOC. WhatsApp snooping proof-of-concept revealed. Spectre and Meltdown patching continues. The US House voted to reauthorize Section 702 surveillance (the Senate is considering its own version). On the FBI's unwanted list: jerks and evil geniuses (and they're scowling in the direction of Cupertino). Rick Howard from Palo Alto Networks on AI and ML in cyber security. Guest is Shelley Westman from EY, with the results from their Global Information Security Survey. Conflating Bitcoin with Bitcoin cash could have been an e-commerce issue.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear that Turla's back, with a depressingly nifty man-in-the-middle campaign. The US thinks it sees Russia trying to influence Mexico's national elections. Russian banks are hit with a new mobile Trojan. Iran continues its Internet crackdown, and conducts more domestic surveillance and hacking. Winter Olympics-themed cyberattacks rely on well-crafted social engineering. Patch Tuesday addressed Spectre, Meltdown, Flash, and an Office zero-day. Yossi Oren from BGU on vulnerabilities in mobile device replacement touchscreens. Stay away from flashlight apps. (And take a look at your dog-walker's app, too, while you're at it.)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast, we hear about how Spectre and Meltdown mitigations are proceeding, with many successes (but some blue-screen-of-death failures, too). Psiphon looks like the souped-up VPN of choice for Iranian dissidents, as that country's Internet crackdown continues. Pop-up ads infest mobile devices as an old tactic finds new scope for its misapplication. Olympic phishing targets South Korean companies. China moves to stop illicit cryptocurrency miners. Jonathan Katz from UMD on bitcoin mining power use. Guest is Udi Yavo from Ensilo on Process Doppelganging. Is there an alt-coin bubble? Sure looks like it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's podcast we hear that someone is phishing for hockey enthusiasts during the run-up to the Winter Olympics. Continued unrest in Iran, with more arrests. More on Meltdown and Spectre, as most experts agree you should apply the mitigations being offered. Intel receives much hostile scrutiny over the chip bugs, but other vendor's processes are affected, too. India says Aadhaar is secure, but many aren't so sure. Admiral Rogers will retire as NSA Director this spring. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS on legislation to enable hacking back, ACDC, the Active Cyber Defense Certainty act. Marcus Hutchins' attorneys want his confession to involvement with Kronos thrown out.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices