Episodes

  • FCC draws the line on Chinese tech threats.

    FCC draws the line on Chinese tech threats.
    Mar 13 2025
    The FCC looks to counter Chinese cyber threats. Turmoil at CISA. Volt Typhoon infiltrated a power utility for over 300 days. Europe takes the lead at Ukraine’s annual cyber conference. Facebook discloses a critical vulnerability in FreeType. A new Android spyware infiltrated the Google Play store. Our guest is Alvaro Alonso Ruiz, Co-Founder and CCO of Leanspace, who is discussing software in space with T-Minus Space Daily host Maria Varmazis. A UK hospital finds thousands of unwelcome guests on their network. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today our guest is Alvaro Alonso Ruiz, Co-Founder and CCO of Leanspace, who is discussing software in space with T-Minus Space Daily host Maria Varmazis. Selected Reading US communications regulator to create council to counter China technology threats (Financial Times) ‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge (WIRED) CISA cuts $10 million annually from ISAC funding for states amid wider cyber cuts (The Record) Arizona Secretary of State Proposes Alternative to Defunded National Election Security Program (Democracy Docket) China's Volt Typhoon Hackers Dwelled in US Electric Grid for 300 Days (SecurityWeek) Chinese cyberspies backdoor Juniper routers for stealthy access (Bleeping Computer) At Ukraine’s major cyber conference, Europe takes center stage over US (The Record) Facebook discloses FreeType 2 flaw exploited in attacks (Bleeping Computer) New North Korean Android spyware slips onto Google Play (Bleeping Computer) NHS Trust IT head: ‘Our attack surface was much bigger than we thought’ (Computing) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • Will Plankey lead CISA to victory?

    Will Plankey lead CISA to victory?
    Mar 12 2025
    The White House names their nominee for CISA’s top spot. Patch Tuesday updates. Apple issues emergency updates for a zero-day WebKit vulnerability. Researchers highlight advanced MFA-bypassing techniques. North Korea's Lazarus Group targets cryptocurrency wallets and browser data. Our guest today is Rocco D’Amico of Brass Valley discussing hidden risks in retired devices and reducing data breach threats. Making sense of the skills gap paradox. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Joining us today is Rocco D’Amico of Brass Valley discussing hidden risks in retired devices and reducing data breach threats. Selected Reading Trump nominates Sean Plankey as new CISA director (Tech Crunch) CISA worker says 100-strong red team fired after DOGE action (The Register) March 2025 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 57 Vulnerabilities, 7 Zero-Days (Hackread) ICS Patch Tuesday: Advisories Published by CISA, Schneider Electric, Siemens (SecurityWeek) CISA Warns of Microsoft Windows Management Console (MMC) Vulnerability Exploited in Wild (Cyber Security News) Apple WebKit Zero-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploit in High Profile Cyber Attacks (Cyber Security News) Hackers Using Advanced MFA-Bypassing Techniques To Gain Access To User Account (Cyber Security News) North Korean Lazarus hackers infect hundreds via npm packages (Bleeping Computer) Welcome to the skills gap paradox (Computing) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • X marks the hack.

    X marks the hack.
    Mar 11 2025
    X-Twitter had multiple waves of outages yesterday. Signal’s president warns against agentic AI. A new lawsuit alleges DOGE bypassed critical security safeguards. Is the Five Eyes Alliance fraying? The Minja attack poisons ai memory through user interaction. Researchers report increased activity from the SideWinder APT group. A critical Veritas vulnerability enables remote code execution. A Kansas healthcare provider breach exposes 220,000 patients’ data. New York sues Allstate over data exposure in insurance websites. CISA warns of critical Ivanti and VeraCode vulnerabilities. FTC to refund $25.5 million to victims of tech support scams. On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Gerald Beuchelt, CISO at Acronis, who is discussing how threat research and intelligence matter to MSPs. The UK celebrates a record-breaking CyberFirst Girls Competition. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Gerald Beuchelt, CISO at Acronis, who is discussing how threat research and intelligence matter to MSPs. Selected Reading Hackers Take Credit for X Cyberattack (SecurityWeek) X users report login troubles as Dark Storm claims cyberattack (Malwarebytes) Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having 'profound' security and privacy issues (TechCrunch) Lawsuit Says DOGE Is Ignoring Key Social Security Data Rules (BankInfo Security) As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S. (NBC News) MINJA sneak attack poisons AI models for other chatbot users (The Register) SideWinder APT Group Attacking Military & Government Entities With New Tools (Cyber Security News) Critical Veritas Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Malicious Code (Cyber Security News) Kansas healthcare provider says more than 220,000 impacted by cyberattack (The Record) Allstate sued for exposing personal info in plaintext (The Register) CISA Urges All Organizations to Patch Exploited Critical Ivanti Vulnerabilities (Infosecurity Magazine) FTC will send $25.5 million to victims of tech support scams (Bleeping Computer) Record Number of Girls Compete in CyberFirst Contest (Infosecurity Magazine) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • PHP flaw sparks global attack wave.

    PHP flaw sparks global attack wave.
    Mar 10 2025
    PHP exploits are active in the wild. Security researchers discover undocumented commands in a popular Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled microcontroller. The ONCD could gain influence in this second Trump administration. The Akira ransomware gang leverages an unsecured webcam. Mission, Texas declares a state of emergency following a cyberattack. The FBI and Secret Service confirm crypto-heists are linked to the 2022 LastPass breach. A popular home appliance manufacturer suffers a cyberattack. Switzerland updates reporting requirements for critical infrastructure operators. Our guest is Errol Weiss, Chief Security Officer at the Health-ISAC, who warns “the cavalry isn’t coming—why the private sector must take the lead in critical infrastructure cybersecurity.” A termination kill switch leads to potential jail time. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today, we have Errol Weiss, Chief Security Officer at the Health-ISAC, sharing his take “the cavalry isn’t coming—why the private sector must take the lead in critical infrastructure cybersecurity.” Selected Reading Mass Exploitation of Critical PHP Vulnerability Begins (SecurityWeek) Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices (Bleeping Computer) White House cyber director’s office set for more power under Trump, experts say (The Record) Ransomware gang encrypted network from a webcam to bypass EDR (Bleeping Computer) Texas border city declares state of emergency after cyberattack on government systems (The Record) Feds Link $150M Cyberheist to 2022 LastPass Hacks (Krebs on Security) Home appliance company Presto says cyberattack causing delivery delays (The Record) Switzerland Mandates Cyber-Attack Reporting for Critical Infrastructure (Infosecurity Magazine) Developer sabotaged ex-employer IT systems with kill switch (The Register) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Peter Baumann: Adding value to data. [CEO] [Career Notes]

    Peter Baumann: Adding value to data. [CEO] [Career Notes]
    Mar 9 2025
    Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. CEO of ActiveNav, Peter Baumann, takes us on his career journey from minor home electrical experiments to the business of data discovery. He began his career as an electrical engineer, but felt an entrepreneurial spirit was part of his makeup. Following his return to college to study business and finance, Peter talks about being set on the path to shine the light on the data to provide discovery capability. To those interested in the field, he suggests having a broad familiarity of different approaches. We thank Peter for sharing his story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    8 mins
  • Botnet’s back, tell a friend. [Research Saturday]

    Botnet’s back, tell a friend. [Research Saturday]
    Mar 8 2025
    This week we are joined by Silas Cutler, Principal Security Researcher at Censys, asking the important question of "Will the Real Volt Typhoon Please Stand Up?" The FBI's disruption of the KV Botnet in December 2023, attributed to the Chinese threat group Volt Typhoon, targeted infected systems but did not affect the botnet's control infrastructure. Despite law enforcement efforts and technical exposure, the botnet's infrastructure has remained largely stable, with only changes in hosting providers, raising questions about whether another party operates the botnet. Censys scanning data from 2024 shows a shift in the botnet's control servers, indicating a response to disruption attempts, while the botnet's operators have shown limited efforts to obscure their infrastructure. The research can be found here: Will the Real Volt Typhoon Please Stand Up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • The end of the line for Garantex.

    The end of the line for Garantex.
    Mar 7 2025
    Law enforcement shutters Garantex crypto exchange. NTT discloses breach affecting corporate customers. Malvertising campaign hits nearly a million devices. AI’s role in Canada’s next election. Scammers target Singapore’s PM in AI fraud. Botnets exploit critical IP camera vulnerability. In our International Women's Day and Women’s History Month special, join Liz Stokes as she shares the inspiring stories of women shaping the future of cybersecurity. And how did Insider threats turn a glitch into a goldmine? Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest In this special International Women’s Day edition, we shine a spotlight on the incredible women in and around our network who are shaping the future of cybersecurity. Join Liz Stokes as we celebrate Selena Larson, Threat Researcher at Proofpoint, and co-host of Only Malware in the Building, Gianna Whitver, CEO & Co-Founder of the Cybersecurity Marketing Society and co-host of the Breaking Through in Cybersecurity Marketing podcast, Maria Velasquez, Chief Growth Officer & Co-Founder of the Cybersecurity Marketing Society and co-host of the Breaking Through in Cybersecurity Marketing podcast, Chris Hare, Project Management Specialist and Content Developer at N2K Networks, and host of CertByte, Ann Lang, Project Manager at N2K Networks, Jennifer Eiben, Executive Producer at N2K Networks, and Maria Varmazis, host of the T-Minus Space Daily show at N2K Networks for their achievements, resilience, and the invaluable contributions they make to keeping our digital world secure. Selected Reading Russian crypto exchange Garantex’s website taken down in apparent law enforcement operation (The Record) Data breach at Japanese telecom giant NTT hits 18,000 companies (BleepingComputer) Malvertising campaign leads to info stealers hosted on GitHub (Microsoft) Canadian intelligence agency warns of threat AI poses to upcoming elections (The Record) Deepfakes of Singapore PM Used to Sell Crypto, Residency Program (Bloomberg) Edimax Camera Zero-Day Disclosed by CISA Exploited by Botnets (SecurityWeek) Magecart: How Akamai Protected a Global Retailer Against a Live Attack (Akamai) Cybercrime 'crew' stole $635,000 in Taylor Swift concert tickets (BleepingComputer) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 mins
  • From China with love (and Malware).

    From China with love (and Malware).
    Mar 6 2025
    US Justice Department charges employees of Chinese IT contractor i-Soon. Silk Typhoon targets the IT supply chain for initial access. Chrome extensions that change shape. Attackers target airflow misconfigurations. LibreOffice vulnerability opens the door to script-based attacks. NSO group leaders face charges in spyware case. Today, our own Dave Bittner is our guest as he appeared on the Adopting Zero Trust podcast at ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust World 2025 event with hosts Elliot Volkman and Neal Dennis and guest Dr. Chase Cunningham. And turning $1B into thin air. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today, our own Dave Bittner is in our guest spot as he appeared on the Adopting Zero Trust podcast at ThreatLocker’s Zero Trust World 2025 event with hosts Elliot Volkman and Neal Dennis and guest Dr. Chase Cunningham aka Dr. Zero Trust. Adopting Zero Trust is an ongoing conversation about the people and organizations adopting Zero Trust. You can catch the full episode here where Dave and Dr. Zero Trust weigh the difference between delivering refined news and raw perspective, hitting critical mass for AI, and the current political environment. Selected Reading US charges Chinese nationals in cyberattacks on Treasury, dissidents and more (The Record) Silk Typhoon targeting IT supply chain (Microsoft) Malicious Chrome extensions can spoof password managers in new attack (Bleeping Computer) Apache Airflow Misconfigurations Leak Login Credentials to Hackers (GB Hackers) LibreOffice Flaw Allows Attackers to Run Arbitrary Scripts via Macro URL (GB Hackers) Exploited VMware ESXi Flaws Put Many at Risk of Ransomware, Other Attacks (SecurityWeek) Catalan court says NSO Group executives can be charged in spyware investigation (TechCrunch) Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security (CyberScoop) Financial Organizations Urge CISA to Revise Proposed CIRCIA Implementation (SecurityWeek) North Koreans finish initial laundering stage after more than $1 billion stolen from Bybit (The Record) Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 mins