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Research Saturday

Every Saturday, we sit down with cybersecurity researchers to talk shop about the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and technical discoveries.

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23:52

BlackTDS and ThreadKit offered in criminal markets.

Research Saturday ·

2018/05/05

Kevin Epstein is Vice President of Proofpoint's Threat Operations Center. We’re discussing two bits of research with him today. The first is about BlackTDS, a traffic distribution tool for sale in dark web markets. A little later in the show, he’ll tell us about ThreadKit, a document exploit builder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22:34

New MacOS backdoor linked to OceanLotus.

Research Saturday ·

2018/04/28

Researchers at Trend Micro recently discovered a backdoor targeting MacOS users that they believe is the work of the OceanLotus threat group, an organization previously thought to have launched targeted attacks against human rights organizations, media organizations, research institutes, and maritime construction firms. Mark Nunnikhoven is VP of Cloud Research at Trend Micro, and he explains what they've

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22:53

InnaputRAT exfiltrates victim data.

Research Saturday ·

2018/04/21

Researchers with Arbor Networks ASERT team have been tracking a malware campaign targeting commercial manufacturing, and have uncovered various samples dating back to at least 2016. Richard Hummel is Threat Intelligence Manager for Arbor Networks' ASERT Team, and he takes us through what they've discovered. https://www.arbornetworks.com/blog/asert/innaput-actors-utilize-remote-access-trojan-since-2016-presumably-targeting-victim-files/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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21:23

Energetic Dragonfly and DYMALLOY Bear 2.0.

Research Saturday ·

2018/04/14

Researchers at Cylance recently uncovered the malicious use of a core router in a campaign aimed at critical infrastructure around the world. Kevin Levelli is Director of Threat Intelligence at Cylance, and he takes us through what they've discovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:14

Crypto crumple zones.

Research Saturday ·

2018/04/07

In their recently published paper, "Crypto Crumple Zones: Enabling Limited Access Without Mass Surveillance," coauthors Charles Wright and Mayank Varia make their case for an alternative approach to the encryption debate, one based on economics as a limiting factor on government overreach and surveillance. Crypto Crumple Zones: Enabling Limited Access Without Mass Surveillance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:09

Chasing FlawedAMMYY.

Research Saturday ·

2018/03/31

FlawedAMMYY is a newly discovered remote access trojan (RAT) that’s been used in malicious email campaigns, as far back as 2016. Ryan Kalember is Senior Vice President of Cyber Security Strategy at Proofpoint, and he takes us through their research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:02

Code comments cause SAML conundrum.

Research Saturday ·

2018/03/24

Researchers at Duo Security recently unearthed a new vulnerability class that affects SAML-based single sign-on (SSO) systems. This vulnerability can allow an attacker with authenticated access to trick SAML systems into authenticating as a different user without knowledge of the victim user’s password. Kelby Ludwig is a Senior Application Security Engineer at Duo security, and he takes us through his discoveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:20

Cryptojacking injections heat up.

Research Saturday ·

2018/03/17

There's been an epidemic of cryptojacking code injections recently, as bad actors attempt to cash in on the cryptocurrency craze through unauthorized cryptomining operations on unsuspecting users. Marcelle Lee is a threat researcher at LookingGlass, and she takes us through her recently published research, Cryptojacking — Coming to a Server Near You. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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40:00

Dark Caracal APT steals out of Lebanon.

Research Saturday ·

2018/03/10

Researcher from Lookout and the EFF have discovered an APT group operating out of Lebanon they've named Dark Caracal. The group is running a global espionage campaign, targeting journalists, military personnel, activists, lawyers, medical professionals and educational institutions. Mike Murray is VP of Security Intelligence at Lookout, and he's our guide through their research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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17:30

Lebal malware phishes for victims.

Research Saturday ·

2018/03/03

Researchers at Comodo Security Solutions have been tracking a recently discovered strain of malware named Lebal. The malware uses several clever techniques to attempt to hide itself, and once installed targets credentials and cryptocurrency wallets. Fatih Orhan is VP of Threat Labs at Comodo, and he takes us through their research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:14

Phishing for holiday winnings.

Research Saturday ·

2018/02/24

Or Katz is principal lead security researcher for Akamai's Enterprise Security Business Unit, and the research he’s sharing today is a widespread phishing campaign targeting users using an advertising tactic. The research is titled, “Gone Phishing for the Holidays." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:23

The uncanny HEX men.

Research Saturday ·

2018/02/17

The research we’re discussing today is called, “Beware the Hex Men”, and it tracks multiple attack campaigns conducted by a Chinese threat actor. The GuardiCore Labs team identified three attack variants that they named Hex, Hanako and Taylor, targeting SQL servers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23:56

IcedID banking trojan.

Research Saturday ·

2018/02/10

IcedID is a banking trojan recently discovered and tracked by IBM's X-Force research team, targeting banks, payment card providers, mobile services providers, payroll, webmail and e-commerce sites in the U.S. Limor Kessem is an executive security advisor with IBM Security. She returns to Research Saturday to describe what she and her team found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:23

Advanced adware with nation-state tactics.

Research Saturday ·

2018/02/03

Adware is generally considered unsophisticated, and because of its low perceived threat level it's often ignored. Researchers at the Booz Allen Dark Labs' Advanced Threat Hunt Team have recently published research describing a more advanced type of adware, using infection techniques usually attributed to nation-state actors. Jay Novak is a threat hunter and tech lead at Booz Allen, and he takes us through their research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:46

Targeting Olympic organizations.

Research Saturday ·

2018/01/27

This week we’re discussing the a campaign the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team recently discovered, one that’s targeting organizations involved with the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Raj Samani is chief scientist at McAfee, and he shares the campaign's clever details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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16:44

Fancy Bear Duping Doping Domains.

Research Saturday ·

2018/01/20

Researchers at ThreatConnect have discovered evidence that Fancy Bear, a cyber espionage group generally associated with Russia's military agency GRU, may be spoofing domains belonging to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), and the Olympic Council of Asia. Kyle Ehmke is a threat intelligence researcher with ThreatConnect, and he takes us through their work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:35

Shake Your MoneyTaker.

Research Saturday ·

2018/01/13

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

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38:39

TRISIS Malware: Fail-safe fail.

Research Saturday ·

2018/01/06

Robert M. Lee. is CEO of Dragos Security, a company that specializes in the protection of industrial control systems. He’s describing his team's research on TRISIS, tailored ICS malware infecting safety instrumented systems (SIS), so far found only in the middle east. It's only the fifth known incident of malware targeting ICS systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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19:57

Hunting the Sowbug.

Research Saturday ·

2017/12/30

Alan Neville is a senior threat intelligence analyst at Symantec located in Dublin. He is responsible for leading and documenting investigations into high priority attacks. He recently published research on the Sowbug cyber espionage group targeting South American and Southeast Asian governments. https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/sowbug-cyber-espionage-group-targets-south-american-and-southeast-asian-governments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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21:05

Keyboys back in town.

Research Saturday ·

2017/12/23

In this edition of the CyberWire Research Saturday, we'll take a look at a more recent intrusion PwC has uncovered, named KeyBoy and highly likely a China-based threat actor. It uses compromised Word documents to gain access. Bart Parys is a lead researcher in PwC's cyber threat intelligence team, responsible for tracking cyber threat actors, their latest toolsets and methodologies. https://www.pwc.co.uk/issues/cyber-security-data-privacy/research/the-keyboys-are-back-in-town.html Learn more

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