CyberWire Daily

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

Feb 28, 2018 · 19 min · Season 3 · Episode 545
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In today's podcast, we hear that Memcrash threatens 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 Petya ransomware may be in circulation. What's the point of a false flag if no one's fooled? Dale Drew from CenturyLink on collaboration trends. Guest is Eric Cole, author of Online Danger. And the US Senate asks, how do you solve a problem like Vladimir?