Ranked #1
Spotlight On: BEC scams – an expensive threat
Spotlight On: BEC scams – an expensive threat
On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, Dick O’Brien, Candid Wueest and Brigid O’Gorman focus on business email compromise ... Read more
28 Nov 2019
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20mins
Ranked #2
Round-up: Ransomware, vulnerabilities, and eavesdropping
Round-up: Ransomware, vulnerabilities, and eavesdropping
In this week’s Cyber Security Brief, Candid Wueest and Brigid O’Gorman bring you a round-up of the biggest cyber securit... Read more
30 Jan 2020
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20mins
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A second supply chain attack attempt against CCleaner, voice-controlled home assistants spying on owners, and dodgy mobile biometric authentication
A second supply chain attack attempt against CCleaner, voice-controlled home assistants spying on owners, and dodgy mobile biometric authentication
In this week's Cyber Security Brief, Dick O'Brien and Candid Wueest discuss some of the biggest cyber security stories o... Read more
24 Oct 2019
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21mins
Ranked #4
Holiday shopping special: Scams to watch out for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Holiday shopping special: Scams to watch out for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday
On this week’s Symantec Cyber Security Brief, we bring you a holiday shopping cyber security special in advance of Black... Read more
21 Nov 2019
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22mins
Ranked #5
One billion dollars in Bitcoin on the move, data breaches, Mastercard and Google’s info-sharing deal, and MikroTik developments
One billion dollars in Bitcoin on the move, data breaches, Mastercard and Google’s info-sharing deal, and MikroTik developments
In this week’s podcast we discuss how insiders are often the ones to blame for data breaches, and how often data breache... Read more
6 Sep 2018
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27mins
Ranked #6
Gallmaker research, Navionics breach, and Fitbit data used by cops in murder investigation
Gallmaker research, Navionics breach, and Fitbit data used by cops in murder investigation
In this week’s Cyber Security Brief, Dick O’Brien is joined by Symantec threat researchers Jon DiMaggio and Candid Wuees... Read more
11 Oct 2018
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22mins
Ranked #7
Deep Dive: Symantec Takes on Software Supply Chain Attacks
Deep Dive: Symantec Takes on Software Supply Chain Attacks
Dick O’Brien is joined by Symantec product manager Arvind Rao and architect Haik Mesropian to discuss their work, and wh... Read more
13 Sep 2018
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25mins
Ranked #8
APT28 activity, cryptojacking research, and Face ID used to access criminal suspect’s phone
APT28 activity, cryptojacking research, and Face ID used to access criminal suspect’s phone
In this week’s Symantec Cyber Security Brief we discuss two of our recently-published pieces of research. First, we are ... Read more
4 Oct 2018
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29mins
Ranked #9
Xbash threat, TripAdvisor fake review clampdown, blockchain casinos targeted, and who is behind DDoS attacks on UK unis?
Xbash threat, TripAdvisor fake review clampdown, blockchain casinos targeted, and who is behind DDoS attacks on UK unis?
On this week’s podcast Dick O’Brien is joined by threat researchers Candid Wueest and Brigid O Gorman to discuss the big... Read more
20 Sep 2018
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29mins
Ranked #10
Formjacking research, WordPress plugins cause problems, the dangers of plaintext password storage, and the Mojave zero day
Formjacking research, WordPress plugins cause problems, the dangers of plaintext password storage, and the Mojave zero day
In this week’s Symantec Cyber Security Brief, we discuss recent research Symantec has published on formjacking, as well ... Read more
27 Sep 2018
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24mins
Ranked #11
Attack Group of the Month: Shamoon – targeting the Middle East with disk-wiping malware
Attack Group of the Month: Shamoon – targeting the Middle East with disk-wiping malware
On this week’s Cyber Security Brief podcast we are introducing a new feature – Attack Group of the Month. Every month we... Read more
5 Dec 2019
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26mins
Ranked #12
Spotlight On: Iranian cyber espionage activity
Spotlight On: Iranian cyber espionage activity
On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, we decide to take a look at an issue that is very topical at the moment – Iranian c... Read more
9 Jan 2020
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24mins
Ranked #13
Privacy concerns, election campaign worries, and phish-y meeting invites
Privacy concerns, election campaign worries, and phish-y meeting invites
On this week’s Symantec Cyber Security Brief, Dick O’Brien is joined by Brigid O’Gorman and Candid Wueest to discuss som... Read more
14 Nov 2019
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23mins
Ranked #14
Spotlight On: Software vulnerabilities and patch management
Spotlight On: Software vulnerabilities and patch management
On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, we discuss a timely issue – the importance of patching software vulnerabilities and... Read more
23 Jan 2020
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20mins
Ranked #15
Spotlight On: Targeted ransomware – a major trend in 2019
Spotlight On: Targeted ransomware – a major trend in 2019
On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, we turn the spotlight onto targeted ransomware – one of the most active threats we ... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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22mins
Ranked #16
Cyber Security Brief’s Review of the Year
Cyber Security Brief’s Review of the Year
This week’s episode of the Cyber Security Brief is the last one of 2019, so we are taking a look back at some of the big... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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26mins
Ranked #17
Fancy Bear attack campaign, ransomware hits Johannesburg again, and malware hijacks Discord client
Fancy Bear attack campaign, ransomware hits Johannesburg again, and malware hijacks Discord client
In this week’s Cyber Security Brief, Dick O’Brien is joined by Candid Wueest and Brigid O’Gorman to discuss the biggest ... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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21mins
Ranked #18
Spotlight On: Living off the land
Spotlight On: Living off the land
On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, we discuss “living off the land”, where attackers use legitimate tools on your devi... Read more
16 Jan 2020
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21mins
Ranked #19
Lasers, Bluekeep, and BEC scammers continue to cash in
Lasers, Bluekeep, and BEC scammers continue to cash in
On this week’s Cyber Security Brief, Dick O’Brien is joined by Candid Wueest and Brigid O’Gorman to discuss the biggest ... Read more
7 Nov 2019
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23mins
Ranked #20
Round-up: A whole host of vulnerabilities, and the hackers hacking other hackers
Round-up: A whole host of vulnerabilities, and the hackers hacking other hackers
In this week's Cyber Security Brief podcast, Brigid O'Gorman and Dick O'Brien discuss some of the biggest infosec news s... Read more
12 Mar 2020
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23mins