SN 781: SpiKey - Ransomware Hits Jack Daniel's, Iranian Script-Kiddies, How Ransomware Happens

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English - August 26, 2020 01:30 - 2 hours - 1.07 GB Video - ★★★★★ - 124 ratings
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Previous Episode: SN 780: Microsoft's 0-Day Folly - Microsoft Acts Badly, Canon Ransomware, Mozilla Tries to Pivot

Next Episode: SN 782: I Know What You Did Last Summer - Russian Tries to Hack Tesla, Web Browser History Research

Ransomware hits Jack Daniel's, Iranian Script-Kiddies, how ransomware happens.

SpiKey: using the sound of a key to determine its shape
What do The University of Utah, Jack Daniel's Whiskey, and Carnival Cruise Lines all have in common? Ransomware
A Remote Code Execution in Chrome's WebGL
How ransomware happens: email phishing, remote desktop protocol compromise, and software vulnerability
Emergency Windows update!
Iranian script-kiddies using RDP to deploy Dharma ransomware
The Zero-Day Initiative turns 15

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