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CyberWire DailyUpdate on Chinese cyberespionage incident. ICS vulnerabilities. USB attacks. New KEVs. Updates from Russia's hybrid war, as hacktivists swap DDoS attacks and observers draw lessons learned.Developments in the case of China's cyberespionage against government Exchange users. Industrial controller vulnerabilities pose a risk to critical infrastructure. USB attacks have risen three-fold in the first half of 2023. CISA adds two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Ghostwriter's continued activity focuses on Poland and Ukraine. Hacktivist auxiliaries swap DDoS attacks. Awais Rashid from University of Bristol shares insights on threat modeling. Our guest is Chris Cochran from Huntress on the challenges small and medium sized businesses face with cyber security. And lessons learned from cyber warfare in Russia's war.For links...2023-07-1430 minCyberWire DailyPowerDrop’s capabilities are up in the air. A Russian cyberespionage campaign channels their inner 007. A disconnect between law firms and cybersecurity protections.A new PowerShell remote access tool targets a US defense contractor. Current Russian cyber operations against Ukraine are honing in on espionage. CISA and its partners have released a Joint Guide to Securing Remote Access Software. A bug has been reported in Visual Studio’s UI. Awais Rashid from University of Bristol discussing Privacy in health apps. Our guest is Jim Lippie of SaaS Alerts with insights on software as a service Application Security. And are there disconnects between cybersecurity and the legal profession?For links to all of today's stories check out our Cy...2023-06-0726 minCyberWire DailyDaggerfly swarms African telco. EvilExtractor described. Patriotic hacktivism in East Asia. Updates on Russia's hybrid war suggest that cyber warfare has some distinctive challenges.Daggerfly APT targets an African telecommunications provider. EvilExtractor is an alleged teaching tool apparently gone bad. A Chinese speaking threat group is active against Taiwan and South Korea. Europe’s air traffic control is under attack. Cecilia Marinier from RSAC and Barmak Meftah, a judge of ISB, discuss the RSA innovation sandbox. Awais Rashid from University of Bristol on the cybersecurity of smart farming. Forget about those evil maids. What about these evil sys admins? For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:https://thecyberwire.com/new...2023-04-2130 min
Proving the Negative (PTNPod): Swanning About in Cyber SecurityValue & BenefitsSPECIAL CONFERENCE EPISODE getting the inside scoop on UK Cyber Strategy. We were invited to the annual Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR) conference. This week is a deep dive into how collaboration between research, industry and government supports wider national objectives. We look at how exactly cutting edge research is done, and drawn into the wider UK ecosystem in support of the National Cyber Strategy (to be confident, capable and resilient).
We were fortunate to be able to meet with a lot of people over the course of the conference. As a result, this week's incredible...2022-07-0453 minProving the Negative (PTNPod): Swanning About in Cyber SecurityValue & BenefitsSPECIAL CONFERENCE EPISODE getting the inside scoop on UK Cyber Strategy. We were invited to the annual Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR) conference. This week is a deep dive into how collaboration between research, industry and government supports wider national objectives. We look at how exactly cutting edge research is done, and drawn into the wider UK ecosystem in support of the National Cyber Strategy (to be confident, capable and resilient).
We were fortunate to be able to meet with a lot of people over the course of the conference. As a result, this week's incredible...2022-07-0453 min
CyBOK — The Cybersecurity Body of KnowledgeCyBOK - Human Factors with Awais RashidThe Human Factors chapter presents a foundational understanding of the role of human factors in cyber security. One key aspect of this is how to design security that is usable and acceptable to a range of human actors, for instance, end-users, administrators and developers. This knowledge area also introduces a broader organisational and societal perspective on security that has emerged over the past decade.We speak with CyBOK Human Factors co-author Awais Rashid for an introductory overview of the topic.2020-07-1721 min
CyBOK — The Cybersecurity Body of KnowledgeWelcome to CyBOK with Awais RashidWelcome to CyBOK, the Cybersecurity Body of Knowledge.A comprehensive Body of Knowledge to inform and underpin education and professional training for the cyber security sector.The CyBOK project aims to bring cyber security into line with the more established sciences by distilling knowledge from major internationally-recognised experts to form a Cyber Security Body of Knowledge that will provide much-needed foundations for this emerging topic.The project, funded by the National Cyber Security Programme, is led by the University of Bristol's Professor Awais Rashid, along with other leading cyber security expert...2019-09-2309 min
Research SaturdayDetecting dating profile fraud.Researchers from King’s College London, University of Bristol, Boston University, and University of Melbourne recently collaborated to publish a report titled, "Automatically Dismantling Online Dating Fraud." The research outlines techniques to analyze and identify fraudulent online dating profiles with a high degree of accuracy.Professor Awais Rashid is one of the report's authors, and he joins us to share their findings.The original research can be found here:https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.12593.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-08-1727 min