Memcrash and amplification attacks. SAML vulnerabilities. Thanatos ransomware. Petya returns (so does Marcher). Deterrence and election security.

Published: Feb. 28, 2018, 7:05 p.m.

In today's podcast, we hear that\xa0Memcrash\xa0threatens big DDoS events. Problems with single-sign-on solutions. Thanatos ransomware looks like its masters botched it, but that's not necessarily good news. The Marcher banking Trojan is back and bigger than ever. A new variant of\xa0Petya\xa0ransomware may be in circulation. What's the point of a false flag if no one's fooled?\xa0Dale Drew from CenturyLink on collaboration trends. Guest is Eric Cole, author of Online Danger.\xa0And the US Senate asks, how do you solve a problem like Vladimir?\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices