Is Kevin McCallister the Greatest Hacker in Movie History?
There may not be any computers in Home Alone, but few movie characters embody the old-school hacker ethos like Kevin McCallister does.
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Russian Targeting of Edge Devices. Cisco AsyncOS Zero Day, and React2Shell Won’t Go Away
As we ease into the holidays, the security news doesn’t stop coming. This week we discuss the research from AWS threat intelligence on Russian adversaries targeting a variety of network edge devices for opportunistic exploitation, then we break down attacks by a Chinese threat actor that target a new zero day in Cisco’s AsyncOS, and finally we discuss the […]
The Hacker Movie Canon: Die Hard
Pete Baker and Zoe Lindsey join Dennis Fisher on the roof of Nakatomi Plaza to discuss one of the great action classics* and a beloved movie in the hacker community: Die Hard. Yippee ki-yay! *Not a Christmas movie
React2Shell, Typhoon Attacks, and Why Our Infrastructure is So Vulnerable
Dennis and Lindsey react (!) to the React2Shell vulnerability disclosure and the quick exploitation of it by Chinese threat actors, then discuss the continues intrusions into critical infrastructure by the Salt Typhoon actors and this week’s congressional hearing on telecom network security. Finally, we talk about some upcoming hacker movie episodes, including Die Hard and maybe Home Alone!
DoJ Sanctions, the SEC Abandons the SolarWinds Action, and the FCC Reverses Course on Telecom Security
It’s an acronym-filled, government-only bonanza this week! We discuss the DoJ sanctioning Russian bulletproof hosting provider Media Land (0:53), the SEC dropping its enforcement action against SolarWinds and its CISO (13:25), and the FCC reversing course on a longstanding security rule for telecom providers (26:00).
Lighthouse Phishing Kit Takedown, Zero Day Mysteries, and Measuring Cyber Attack Costs
This week was a bit of a throwback to olden times, with the disclosure by Amazon threat intelligence of zero days in Cisco and Citrix products that were exploited by an unnamed APT, and Google using legal action to disrupt the Lighthouse phishing service operation. We dig into those two stories, plus we discuss the […]