Media's portrayal of cyber events and the importance of being well-informed

This week on Hacker And The Fed the US hunts Chinese malware that could disrupt American Military operations, a year in review of zero-day exploits, a study finds no evidence that ransomware victims with cyber insurance pay up more often, there's fighting words between Tenable CEO and Microsoft, and we answer listener questions from a listener in Greece, Holland, and a new minted NSA hacker.

Links from the episode:

U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations

https://dnyuz.com/2023/07/29/u-s-hunts-chinese-malware-that-could-disrupt-american-military-operations/

The Ups and Downs of 0-days: A Year in Review of 0-days Exploited In-the-Wild in 2022

https://security.googleblog.com/2023/07/the-ups-and-downs-of-0-days-year-in.html

No evidence ransomware victims with cyber insurance pay up more often

https://therecord.media/ransomware-cyber-insurance-payments-uk-report

Tenable CEO accuses Microsoft of negligence in addressing security flaw

https://cyberscoop.com/tenable-microsoft-negligence-security-flaw/

https://twitter.com/MalwareJake/status/1686869818912202755

https://www.wired.com/2002/01/bill-gates-trustworthy-computing/

SMS Traffic Pumping Fraud

https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/8360406023067-SMS-Traffic-Pumping-Fraud

New acoustic attack steals data from keystrokes with 95% accuracy

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-acoustic-attack-steals-data-from-keystrokes-with-95-percent-accuracy/

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