16 min listen
Microsoft considers acquiring TikTok. The US considers other Chinese companies as potential security threats. Charges in the Twiter hack. DDoS turns o…
FromCyberWire Daily
Microsoft considers acquiring TikTok. The US considers other Chinese companies as potential security threats. Charges in the Twiter hack. DDoS turns o…
FromCyberWire Daily
ratings:
Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok as the US hints that it may be considering action against other Chinese software companies. Three young men have been charged in the Twitter hack. An apparent distributed denial-of-service attack turns out to have been a glitch. We welcome Verizon’s Chris Novak to the show. Rick Howard talks incident response. And updates on the Garmin hack suggest shifts in the ransomware threat.
For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief:
https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/149
For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief:
https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/149
Released:
Aug 3, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
More Episodes from CyberWire Daily
Bonus Episode: 2024 Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame Inductee: Cybersecurity Myths and Misconceptions: Avoiding the Hazards and Pitfalls that Derail Us by Eugene Spafford, Leigh Metcalf, Josiah Dykstra and Illustrated by Pattie Spafford. [CSOP] by CyberWire Daily