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Round-up: A whole host of vulnerabilities, and the hackers hacking other hackers

Round-up: A whole host of vulnerabilities, and the hackers hacking other hackers

FromSymantec Cyber Security Brief Podcast


Round-up: A whole host of vulnerabilities, and the hackers hacking other hackers

FromSymantec Cyber Security Brief Podcast

ratings:
Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Mar 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this week's Cyber Security Brief podcast, Brigid O'Gorman and Dick O'Brien discuss some of the biggest infosec news stories of the last week, including, new vulnerabilities in Intel chips, and the Microsoft SMB protocol, as well as the Rowhammer vulnerability being back in the headlines. As well as this, there is an intricate phishing scam targeting Russian speakers that uses a chatbot to help you hand over your information, a mysterious Vietnam-based group is releasing Trojanized hacking tools to try and hack other hackers, the chief suspect thought to be behind the Deer[.]io online marketplace is arrested, and BEC scammers make the headlines once again.
Released:
Mar 12, 2020
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.