The speaker discusses the importance of companies conducting their own root cause analyses and variant analysis in cybersecurity rather than relying on third party security researchers, and the growth of forensics research to detect and prevent attacks.
The speaker discusses the importance of risk modeling in relation to international travel and cybersecurity, specifically in regards to visiting countries that have a history of targeting US corporations and individuals. They also consider the risk of encountering individuals on the Cyber's Most Wanted list and facing potential legal consequences.
In this episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, Tim interviews his friend Sammy Kamkar, a notorious computer hacker known for creating the fastest spreading virus of all time, and his latest creation, SkyJack, a drone that can hack into other drones.
Experts at Citizen Lab worked on oscenting email addresses to identify targets of clusters in the financial sector and politics, including investigative journalists and those scrutinizing companies like Wirecard.
The newly discovered malware uses unpublicized kernel exploits to jailbreak iPhones, enabling it to run any app on the device and collect private data such as location and messaging information, bypassing the App Store's security measures.
The Gin Master malware can capture private data from an Android device and send it to an external server. The leader of Google's Android security team discusses the challenges of finding and preventing malware on devices from various manufacturers and non-Google app stores.