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Sleeper malware. Hakai botnet spreads. SamSam is still with us. US DNI warns of election threats. Congressional panels interrogate Facebook and Twitter, but not Google.

Sleeper malware. Hakai botnet spreads. SamSam is still with us. US DNI warns of election threats. Congressional panels interrogate Facebook and Twitte…

FromCyberWire Daily


Sleeper malware. Hakai botnet spreads. SamSam is still with us. US DNI warns of election threats. Congressional panels interrogate Facebook and Twitte…

FromCyberWire Daily

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Sep 5, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In today's podcast, we hear that German security authorities warn about the possibility of sleeper sabotage malware. A botnet to rival Satori, this one called Hakai, continues to spread to new classes of router. SamSam ransomware remains dishearteningly successful. The US Director of National Intelligence warns against foreign influence in elections. Facebook's former security chief says the midterms could be the World Cup of information Warfare. Silicon Valley comes to Capitol Hill, but without Google. Craig Williams from Talos at Cisco with an update on the Remcos RAT. Guest is Robert Holmes from Proofpoint on the DHS’s Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 18-01 mandate to secure their email systems. 
For links to all of today's stories check our our CyberWire daily news brief: https://thecyberwire.com/issues/issues2018/September/CyberWire_2018_09_05.html
Released:
Sep 5, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode