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SWIFT phishbait. DPRK hacking gets better; GRU hacking looks east. Coldroot RAT. Cryptojacking. Election cybersecurity.

Published: Feb. 21, 2018, 7 p.m.

In today's podcast, we hear that\xa0SWIFT\xa0phishbait\xa0is hitting\xa0inboxes. North Korean hackers show fresh sophistication and new ambitions. Fancy Bear seems to be snuffling east. Monero miners in Word, and why\xa0cryptojacking\xa0for Bitcoin is harder than it is for other currencies. The\xa0Coldroot\xa0RAT hides in plain sight. The US Departments of Justice and Homeland Security undertake new approaches to election security.\xa0Justin Harvey from Accenture on data-centric security. Guest is Scott Totzke from ISARA on the threat to encrypted data by quantum computing.\xa0And Facebook has a new verification mode: send in a postcard.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices