125. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto

2024-04-26

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Before Nigerian authorities detained two mid-level Binance executives back in February, they were telling anyone who would listen that the cryptocurrency platform was manipulating the value of its currency, the naira. It turns out the more likely culprit is more than a decade of economic mismanagement. We explain.

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129. LockbitSupp tells us: UK and US have got the wrong guy
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In an interview, LockbitSupp, head of the Lockbit cybercrime operation, told us that the U.S., U.K. and Australia have the wrong guy — he’s not Dmitry Khoroshev, the 31-year-old Russian national they’ve charged with hacking. What’s more, he says more attacks are coming.
128. Taking aim at Democracy: Russia’s Doppelgänger gang isn’t just targeting elections anymore
2024-05-07
29:22
In a year that could bring a perfect storm of disinformation, meet Doppelgänger, a Russian-backed group seeking not just to shake up the world’s elections, but its institutions too.
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127. Mic Drop: NSC’s Neuberger on mitigating cyber attacks: ‘We should be using an operational approach’
2024-05-03
13:42
The White House’s top cyber official is keen to set minimum cybersecurity standards for industry, put contingencies in place in case cyberattacks are successful, and start looping ordinary people into an effort to make products secure by design.
126. The future of robotics from MIT’s "Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs Alliances" podcast
2024-04-30
28:17
An episode from the ‘CSAIL Alliances Podcast’ from MIT CSAIL Alliances. Host Kara Miller talks with MIT robotics researcher and professor Daniela Rus about how we can use a new generation of robots to help humankind. Rus is the co-author of the new book, "The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots."
125. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto
2024-04-26
13:32
Before Nigerian authorities detained two mid-level Binance executives back in February, they were telling anyone who would listen that the cryptocurrency platform was manipulating the value of its currency, the naira. It turns out the more likely culprit is more than a decade of economic mismanagement. We explain.
124. The company man: US response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents
2024-04-23
33:47
A former American IRS investigator responsible for some of the earliest dark market takedowns has been in Nigerian custody since February. Neither Nigerian nor the US authorities seem to be distinguishing Tigran Gambaryan from Binance, the company where he works.
123. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber
2024-04-19
13:45
Chinese hackers are stepping up their game, according to Nigel Inkster, the former director of operations for Britain’s MI6. He says they are taking on a new swagger in cyberspace and borrowing things from a familiar playbook: a Russian one.
122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims
2024-04-16
28:51
The US and UK made a splashy coordinated announcement last month about a years-long cyber espionage campaign by Chinese state-backed hackers. The US indicted seven, the UK leveled sanctions. They just neglected to do one thing --- let some of the victims know.
121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab
2024-04-12
10:43
North Korea has a unique way of testing malware — they are less concerned about getting it right than getting it out… a kind of “smash-and-grab” approach to cyber attacks. Sentinel One’s Tom Hegel explains.
120. North Korea’s ScarCruft gang is behind some very crafty phishin’ campaigns
2024-04-09
28:00
North Korea may be best known for the Lazarus group’s epic cryptocurrency heists. But there’s another special unit of state-backed hackers who have a different specialty: spying on journalists, dissidents, and cybersecurity experts. We look at the ScarCruft gang and their very crafty phishing campaigns.

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125. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto

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129. LockbitSupp tells us: UK and US have got the wrong guy

128. Taking aim at Democracy: Russia’s Doppelgänger gang isn’t just targeting elections anymore

127. Mic Drop: NSC’s Neuberger on mitigating cyber attacks: ‘We should be using an operational approach’

126. The future of robotics from MIT’s "Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs Alliances" podcast

125. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto

124. The company man: US response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents

123. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber

122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims

121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab

120. North Korea’s ScarCruft gang is behind some very crafty phishin’ campaigns