This week on the podcast we dig back into our archives for an episode that originally aired back in July 2020 where we discussed one of our analysts first-hand research into facial recognition biases. … [Read more...]
BGP-Powered Crypto Theft
This week on the podcast we cover a cryptocurrency heist that abused the backbone of the internet to steal millions of dollars of coins. In related news, we also cover the FBI's new Virtual Asset Exploitation Team and their focus on tracking cryptocurrency-related cybercrime as well as a recent alert on business email compromise from the same agency. … [Read more...]
Russia, Fighters of Cybercrime?
This week on the podcast we cover Russia's latest crackdown on cybercriminals within their borders and try to answer the "why now?" question. We also discuss a multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency recovery by the US Justice Department including the arrest of two New Yorkers allegedly responsible for the 2016 Bitfinex hack. … [Read more...]
Hacking Back at North Korea
This week on the podcast, we cover the heist of $322 million in cryptocurrency from the distributed exchange Wormhole, including a long discussion on the why it feels like cryptocurrency is still the wild west of technology. After that, give an update on our brief mention in last week's episode about North Korea's internet seemingly being taken offline by cyber attack. We end … [Read more...]
The Pwnkit Problem
This week on the podcast, we cover Pwnkit, a privilege escalation vulnerability impacting almost every modern Linux release worldwide. We also dive in to the world of macOS malware with DazzleSpy, a remote a remote access trojan targeting Hong Kong pro-democracy advocates. Finally, we end with an update on North Korea's Lazarus APT and their latest attack tactics targeting … [Read more...]