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Symantec Cyber Security Brief Podcast

Symantec Cyber Security Brief Podcast

83 episodes

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

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Raindrop: How the additional tool was discovered in Solarwinds investigation

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 4 seconds

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The latest on the Solarwinds hack, a lot of ransomware activity, and healthcare hit hard by cyber attacks

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 2 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 58 seconds

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Sunburst: Everything we know about the supply chain attack targeting SolarWinds users

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 13 seconds

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Cyber predictions for 2021, botnets turn to ransomware, and the Gootkit infostealer reemerges

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 9 seconds

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New research about attacks on Japan-linked companies, and APT groups target COVID-19 vaccine makers

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 34 seconds

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Maze 'retires' while Ryuk ramps up activity, U.S. election, and the UK ICO hands down a historically large fine

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 1 second

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Trickbot disruption, newly released Seedworm research, and some noteworthy indictments

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 47 seconds

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Round up: Financial sector threats, North Korean actors, WastedLocker and more

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 19 seconds

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

Published: March 12, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds

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Round-up: Ransomware criminals continue to innovate, and BEC scammers hit a high-profile victim

Published: March 5, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 40 seconds

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Special Edition: The RSA Conference 2020

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 19 seconds

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Focus On: Pegasus spyware

Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds

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Spotlight On: The healthcare cyber threat landscape

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 12:33 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 55 seconds

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Round-up: Traffic jams, increasing defenses, and shortening the Google Chrome ‘patch gap’

Published: Feb. 6, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 47 seconds

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Round-up: Ransomware, vulnerabilities, and eavesdropping

Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 1:42 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 33 seconds

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Spotlight On: Software vulnerabilities and patch management

Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 1:55 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 7 seconds

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Spotlight On: Living off the land

Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 38 seconds

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Spotlight On: Iranian cyber espionage activity

Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 2 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 52 seconds

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Cyber Security Brief’s Review of the Year

Published: Dec. 19, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds

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Spotlight On: Targeted ransomware – a major trend in 2019

Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 55 seconds

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Attack Group of the Month: Shamoon – targeting the Middle East with disk-wiping malware

Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 12 seconds

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Spotlight On: BEC scams – an expensive threat

Published: Nov. 28, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 25 seconds

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Holiday shopping special: Scams to watch out for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 36 seconds

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Privacy concerns, election campaign worries, and phish-y meeting invites

Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 1 second

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Lasers, Bluekeep, and BEC scammers continue to cash in

Published: Nov. 7, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 8 seconds

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Fancy Bear attack campaign, ransomware hits Johannesburg again, and malware hijacks Discord client

Published: Oct. 31, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 52 seconds

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A second supply chain attack attempt against CCleaner, voice-controlled home assistants spying on owners, and dodgy mobile biometric authentication

Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 11:03 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 43 seconds

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An iTunes and iCloud zero-day, ATM malware, and the Sudo vulnerability

Published: Oct. 17, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 40 seconds

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A controversial Apple app, a far-reaching ruling from the ECJ, and many, many data breaches

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 53 seconds

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Deepfakes, disinformation, and the former NATO bunker housing a bulletproof hosting service

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 19 seconds

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Tortoiseshell APT group, vBulletin zero-day, and Facebook suspends thousands of apps

Published: Sept. 26, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 13 seconds

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Cloud security, telecoms companies compromised, and can someone else access your Nest camera?

Published: June 27, 2019, 9:50 a.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 51 seconds

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Waterbug, “smart” TVs, and BEC scam hits Canadian city

Published: June 20, 2019, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 26 seconds

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Bug bounties, bad passwords, and Radiohead

Published: June 13, 2019, 10:52 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 39 seconds

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Twitterbots, ransomware retirements, and email mishaps

Published: June 6, 2019, 1:08 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 7 seconds

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Tube users’ data to be collected, Baltimore ransomware attack continues to cause problems, and the latest on the BlueKeep vulnerability

Published: May 30, 2019, 10:26 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 25 seconds

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BlueKeep bug, ransomware “recovery”, and the dismantling of the GozNym network

Published: May 23, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 5 seconds

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GDPR Special: The Impact of the Regulation One Year On

Published: May 15, 2019, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 27 seconds

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Buckeye’s use of Equation group tools pre Shadow Brokers leak, IoT security, and targeted ransomware

Published: May 9, 2019, 11:22 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 51 seconds

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Beapy cryptojacking worm, Emotet’s new hiding technique, and set-top box dangers

Published: May 2, 2019, 1:22 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 2 seconds

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Interview: Martijn Grooten, Editor, Virus Bulletin

Published: April 24, 2019, 2:13 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 26 seconds

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Symantec’s role in Bayrob convictions, Silk Road 2.0 founder jailed, and who’s listening to your Alexa recordings?

Published: April 18, 2019, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 32 seconds

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Hotel booking privacy, dark marketplace selling your digital fingerprint, and Mar-a-Lago intruder update

Published: April 11, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 22 seconds

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Malware sneaked onto Trump property, Albany ransomware attack, and Tesla tricked

Published: April 4, 2019, 11:41 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 54 seconds

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Elfin research, ASUS software supply chain attack, insider threats, and mobile security

Published: March 28, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 44 seconds

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Interview: Neil Jenkins, Chief Analytic Officer, Cyber Threat Alliance

Published: March 21, 2019, 12:59 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 16 seconds

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Highlights from RSA Conference 2019

Published: March 14, 2019, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 58 seconds

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ISTR Special: Enterprise

Published: March 7, 2019, 2:43 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 19 seconds

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ISTR Special: Consumers

Published: Feb. 28, 2019, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 38 seconds

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Google backtracks, Apple gets sued, and Australia a victim of state-sponsored cyber attack

Published: Feb. 21, 2019, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 22 seconds

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Stolen data for sale, Mac malware, and container vulnerabilities

Published: Feb. 14, 2019, 11:27 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 38 seconds

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Insecure IoT devices, password breach checks, and misleading phone apps

Published: Feb. 7, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 56 seconds

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Japan to hack civilians’ IoT devices, Apple Facetime bug, and an evolution in BEC scams

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 1:59 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 17 seconds

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Attacks on financial institutions in Africa, dodgy free mobile VPN apps, and Facebook shutters multiple “inauthentic” accounts

Published: Jan. 24, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 49 seconds

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Ukrainians indicted, cash for Tesla hacks, and cryptocurrency exchanges breached

Published: Jan. 17, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 5 seconds

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German data leak, untrustworthy IoT devices, and PewDiePie hackers go quiet

Published: Jan. 10, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 29 seconds

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What Were the Top 5 Cyber Security Stories of 2018?

Published: Dec. 20, 2018, 2:58 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 34 seconds

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Money mule arrests, grandparent scams, and new research into the Seedworm group

Published: Dec. 13, 2018, 1:31 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 41 seconds

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SamSam developments, an AI gaffe, and some massive data breaches

Published: Dec. 6, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 38 seconds

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Operation Eversion, Magecart, and the UK parliament takes on Facebook

Published: Nov. 29, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 28 seconds

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Special Report: Conficker’s 10th anniversary

Published: Nov. 22, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 31 seconds

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Formjacking, lots of vulnerabilities get patched, and a BEC scam costs a cinema company millions

Published: Nov. 15, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds

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Lazarus ATM attacks, Inception Framework uses new backdoor, and small businesses’ cyber risk

Published: Nov. 8, 2018, 2:14 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 52 seconds

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SamSam ransomware, Midterms 2018, new Emotet activity, and Docker APIs exploited for cryptojacking

Published: Nov. 1, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 29 seconds

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Super Micro spy chip story contradictions, Russian woman indicted in U.S. for conspiring to interfere in U.S. elections, and Twitter tackles disinformation campaigns

Published: Oct. 25, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 43 seconds

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Special Report: What is it Really Like to Work in Cyber Security?

Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 14 seconds

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Gallmaker research, Navionics breach, and Fitbit data used by cops in murder investigation

Published: Oct. 11, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 50 seconds

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APT28 activity, cryptojacking research, and Face ID used to access criminal suspect’s phone

Published: Oct. 4, 2018, 2 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds

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Formjacking research, WordPress plugins cause problems, the dangers of plaintext password storage, and the Mojave zero day

Published: Sept. 27, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 54 seconds

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Xbash threat, TripAdvisor fake review clampdown, blockchain casinos targeted, and who is behind DDoS attacks on UK unis?

Published: Sept. 20, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 22 seconds

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Deep Dive: Symantec Takes on Software Supply Chain Attacks

Published: Sept. 13, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 12 seconds

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One billion dollars in Bitcoin on the move, data breaches, Mastercard and Google’s info-sharing deal, and MikroTik developments

Published: Sept. 6, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 50 seconds

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Andromeda botnet, DNC “hack”, a new Windows zero day, and dark web developments

Published: Aug. 30, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 42 seconds

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How much do your mobile apps really know about you? Is your charging cable safe? And is end-to-end encryption under threat?

Published: Aug. 23, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 14 seconds

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Special Report: Financial Threats

Published: Aug. 16, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 24 seconds

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“Security through obscurity”, Snapchat's source code leak, MikroTik coin mining campaign, and Symantec talks machine learning at Black Hat

Published: Aug. 9, 2018, 2:42 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds

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Coin mining in games, SIM hijacking, connected car vulnerabilities, and attacks on the software supply chain within the supply chain

Published: Aug. 2, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds

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Leafminer research, data breaches, credential stuffing, and IoT security fails

Published: July 26, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 39 seconds

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Powershell risks, extortion scams that threaten embarrassment, Twitter clamps down on dodgy accounts, and the financial impact of data breaches

Published: July 19, 2018, 1:34 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 29 seconds

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Special Report: Software Update Supply Chain Attacks

Published: July 12, 2018, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 58 seconds

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

Published: July 5, 2018, 11:19 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 7 seconds

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Ticketmaster breach, insider attacks, the issue of legacy systems in businesses, and is encrypted ransomware a new trend?

Published: June 28, 2018, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 17 seconds

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New Symantec research on the Thrip cyber espionage group, BEC scammers, and coinminers in court in Japan

Published: June 21, 2018, 3:29 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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