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045| The Most Frightening Thing About Stalkerware, with Eva Galperin
You know about malware, ransomware, spyware. But there's an increasing concern about stalkerware, a creepy breed of apps that allow someone else to digitally monitor you. What is stalkerware all about and how can you recognize it? Who plants it and...
044| 2020 in Cyber Threats, So Far: COVID-19's Effects, Ransomware's Latest Tricks
It's a year like none we've ever experienced. COVID-19's effects have reverberated around the world, and around cyberspace. What's been happening in the threat landscape while we were all preoccupied with the pandemic? How have cyber attackers adapted...
043| Paths to Infosec: Military Vs. Psychology
There is no one set path to a cybersecurity career, and today's guests have arrived in the field in very different ways. Logan Whitmire comes from a military background and Derek Stoeckenius has a degree in psychology. In this episode, they share what...
042| The Encryption Debate Rages On
Encryption plays a critical role in protecting our data from hackers and theft. But at the same time, it presents a challenge for law enforcement when it comes to their work catching dangerous criminals and terrorists. What are the possible options at...
041| The Ethics of Red Teaming
Red team testing is somewhat intrusive by nature, as it involves breaking into companies - albeit at their request - to help them improve their security. Red teamers must bluff their way past receptionists and hack into employee computers, things that...
040| Can Contact Tracing Apps Preserve Your Privacy?
Contact tracing is a key strategy for preventing the spread of COVID-19, and smartphone-assisted contract tracing automates a laborious process. But contact tracing technologies face criticism from privacy advocates concerned about the potential for...
039| Deconstructing the Dukes: A Researcher's Retrospective of APT29
APT29, aka Cozy Bear or the Dukes, is a cyber espionage group whose misdeeds include famously hacking into the DNC servers in the run-up to the 2016 US election. Now, as the subject of MITRE's latest ATT&CK Evaluation, the group is in focus again....
038| Mikko Hypponen on Zoom, COVID-19 Threats, and Working During a Pandemic
It's the topic on everyone's minds: The new state of our world amid and after a global pandemic. , F-Secure's Chief Research Officer, joins Janne to discuss a host of COVID-19-related security topics. In this episode: Avoiding Zoom bombers, new...
037| COVID-19 and Your Company's Security: The CISO Speaks
In infosec we're used to news about digital virus infections and outbreaks. But the new coronavirus is turning the real world upside down. In many countries, it's changing the way of life for the foreseeable future, and it's already...
036| From Stuxnet to WannaCry to Coinhive, The Past Decade Was All Over The Place
2020 marks the start of a new decade. But it's also worth taking a look back at where we've come from and what has changed in infosec. F-Secure's joins the show to review the highlights of the last ten years - from nation state malware to ransomware...