Podcasts News Tech News CyberWire Daily MalwareTech arrested over Kronos banking Trojan. "Bateleur" in the wild. Long DDoS hits Chinese telco. Russian influence operations no longer novel? FBI investigates HBO hack.

MalwareTech arrested over Kronos banking Trojan. "Bateleur" in the wild. Long DDoS hits Chinese telco. Russian influence operations no longer novel? FBI investigates HBO hack.

Published: Aug. 4, 2017, 7:19 p.m.

In today's podcast, we hear that security researcher\xa0MalwareTech\xa0has been\xa0arrested as the alleged author of the Kronos banking Trojan.\xa0Carbanak\xa0hoods release "Bateleur" into the wild, phishing in chain restaurant waters. A long DDoS attack in China seems aimed at extortion. German elections prepare for Russian influence operations, but the novelty may have worn off Moscow's line. US states and DHS work toward cooperative cybersecurity.\xa0Emily Wilson from Terbium Labs on\xa0dark web\xa0gun\xa0sales.\xa0William Saito on Japan\u2019s cyber security preparations for the upcoming Olympics.\xa0The FBI is investigating the HBO hack.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices