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Patches, passwords, wipers, and pseudoransomware. New fronts in hybrid war? KONNI, OnionDog, and Israbye.

Published: Aug. 9, 2017, 8:02 p.m.

In today's podcast, we hear that\xa0Patch Tuesday\xa0saw\xa0Windows and Adobe fixes. Venezuela's civil conflict gets a hacktivist dimension. Anti-Israeli wiper malware is circulating in the wild, unpolished by nasty. Kaspersky Lab expects to see more\xa0pseudoransomware, especially when disruption and not profit is the goal. The KONNI RAT, of unknown origin sniffs at sites associated with North Korea. The HBO hack remains under investigation. Putin turns his attentions to Georgia.\xa0Johannes Ulrich from the SANS\xa0Technology Institute and the ISC\xa0Stormcast\xa0podcast on weak two-factor authentications systems.\xa0Tim\xa0Erlin\xa0from Tripwire on their\xa0Infosecurity\xa0Europe 2017\xa0survey.\xa0And\xa0familiar password advice gets jettisoned.\n \xa0\n Supported by\xa0E8 Security,\xa0Johns Hopkins University, and\xa0Domain Tools.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices