Episodes

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

    128. Taking aim at Democracy: Russia’s Doppelgänger gang isn’t just targeting elections anymore
    May 7 2024
    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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    29 mins
  • 127. Mic Drop: NSC’s Neuberger on mitigating cyber attacks: ‘We should be using an operational approach’

    127. Mic Drop: NSC’s Neuberger on mitigating cyber attacks: ‘We should be using an operational approach’
    May 3 2024
    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.
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    14 mins
  • 126. The future of robotics from MIT’s "Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs Alliances" podcast

    126. The future of robotics from MIT’s "Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs Alliances" podcast
    Apr 30 2024
    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."
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    28 mins
  • 125. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto

    125. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto
    Apr 26 2024
    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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    14 mins
  • 124. The company man: US response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents

    124. The company man: US response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents
    Apr 23 2024
    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.
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    34 mins
  • 123. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber

    123. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber
    Apr 19 2024
    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.
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    14 mins
  • 122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims

    122. The UK-US unmasked a giant Chinese cyber operation but forgot one thing: to tell many of its victims
    Apr 16 2024
    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.
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    29 mins
  • 121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab

    121. Mic Drop: A unusual peek inside a North Korean malware lab
    Apr 12 2024
    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.
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    11 mins