Chinese Malware, a Year in Review of Zero-day Exploits, a Ransomware Study, and Listener Questions
Episode description
This week on Hacker And The Fed the US hunts Chinese malware that could disrupt American Military operations, a year in review of zero-day exploits, a study finds no evidence that ransomware victims with cyber insurance pay up more often, there's fighting words between Tenable CEO and Microsoft, and we answer listener questions from a listener in Greece, Holland, and a new minted NSA hacker.
Links from the episode:
U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
The Ups and Downs of 0-days: A Year in Review of 0-days Exploited In-the-Wild in 2022
https://security.googleblog.com/2023/07/the-ups-and-downs-of-0-days-year-in.html
No evidence ransomware victims with cyber insurance pay up more often
https://therecord.media/ransomware-cyber-insurance-payments-uk-report
Tenable CEO accuses Microsoft of negligence in addressing security flaw
https://cyberscoop.com/tenable-microsoft-negligence-security-flaw/
https://twitter.com/MalwareJake/status/1686869818912202755
https://www.wired.com/2002/01/bill-gates-trustworthy-computing/
SMS Traffic Pumping Fraud
https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/8360406023067-SMS-Traffic-Pumping-Fraud
New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy
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