The CyberWire Daily Podcast 2.15.18
Ep 537 | 2.15.18

Olympic Destroyer took its time, compromised the IT supply chain. NotPetya attribution. Coin scams. Coin miners. Botnets old and new.

Show Notes

In today's podcast we hear that Olympic Destroyer may have started with a supply-chain compromise back in December. The British Foreign Office blames Russia for NotPetya pseudoransomware, and the Russian Foreign Ministry says they didn't do anything. Trend Micro researchers find a new Monero cryptomining campaign underway. Coinherder phishes in alt-coin wallets. The Satori botnet has expanded its target list. A new IoT botnet, DoubleDoor, gets into routers with a one-two punch. Ben Yelin from UMD CHHS, on New Jersey taking on the FCC and net neutrality. Guest is Scott Register from Ixia on security issues with the coming 5G cellular rollout. And the LoopX ICO vanishes into thin air.