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Mid-year review: Some of the biggest stories of 2018 so far, including VPNFilter, Orangeworm, and Meltdown and Spectre

Mid-year review: Some of the biggest stories of 2018 so far, including VPNFilter, Orangeworm, and Meltdown and Spectre

FromSymantec Cyber Security Brief Podcast


Mid-year review: Some of the biggest stories of 2018 so far, including VPNFilter, Orangeworm, and Meltdown and Spectre

FromSymantec Cyber Security Brief Podcast

ratings:
Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Jul 5, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this week’s podcast we take a look back at the first six months of the year, and review some of the biggest cyber security stories. We discuss VPNFilter, a router malware that, unusually, is able to survive the router being rebooted, as well as highlighting the tool that Symantec has released to tell users whether or not their router is infected with VPNFilter. We also look back at investigations into the Orangeworm and Inception Framework attack groups, as well as reviewing the impact of the Meltdown and Spectre bugs. Finally we look to the world of IoT and discuss smart locks, and if they’re really as smart as they claim to be…
Released:
Jul 5, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Our regular podcast series features threat research and security news, hosted by threat researchers from the Threat Hunter Team.