Episode
73: WannaCry
46:51
Published: Tue Sep 01 2020
Description
It is recommend to listen to episodes 53 “Shadow Brokers”, 71 “FDFF”, and 72 “Bangladesh Bank Heist” before listening to this one. In May 2017 the world fell victim to a major ransomware attack known as WannaCry. One of the victims was UK’s national health service. Security researchers scrambled to try to figure out how to stop it and who was behind it. Thank you to John Hultquist from FireEye and thank you to Matt Suiche founder of Comae. Sponsors Support for this episode comes from LastPass. LastPass is a great password manager but it can do so much more. It can setup 2FA for your company, or use it to monitor what your users are doing in the network. Visit LastPass.com/Darknet to start your 14 day free trial. This episode was sponsored by Linode. Linode supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and when signing up with a new account use code darknet2020 to get a $20 credit on your next project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Summary
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Episode73: WannaCry
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Summary
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Episode73: WannaCry
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The speaker discusses his experience with attempting to identify unknown attackers and trying to determine their motive behind their actions.
18:26 - 25:06 (06:39)
Summary
The speaker discusses his experience with attempting to identify unknown attackers and trying to determine their motive behind their actions.
Episode73: WannaCry
PodcastDarknet Diaries
Checkpoint, a security company, stopped the ransomware WannaCry from infecting new computers by registering a new domain name for its kill switch, which was spotted by their security team.
25:06 - 33:24 (08:17)
Summary
Checkpoint, a security company, stopped the ransomware WannaCry from infecting new computers by registering a new domain name for its kill switch, which was spotted by their security team.
Episode73: WannaCry
PodcastDarknet Diaries
North Korea has been accused of being behind the WannaCry ransomware attack and other large-scale hacks due to commonalities in IP addresses, Gmail accounts, and browser access.
33:24 - 39:16 (05:51)
Summary
North Korea has been accused of being behind the WannaCry ransomware attack and other large-scale hacks due to commonalities in IP addresses, Gmail accounts, and browser access. A man named Park has been charged with being responsible for the attacks, despite using 30 different email addresses and connecting his real name to his fake persona.
Episode73: WannaCry
PodcastDarknet Diaries
The article talks about the activities of North Korean hackers called the Lazarus group who have attempted to steal billions of dollars by attacking computer networks and cryptocurrency exchanges.
39:16 - 45:32 (06:16)
Summary
The article talks about the activities of North Korean hackers called the Lazarus group who have attempted to steal billions of dollars by attacking computer networks and cryptocurrency exchanges. The hope is that these attacks raise awareness and security measures among companies doing business online.
Episode73: WannaCry
PodcastDarknet Diaries
An invitation to donate to the show through Patreon, subscribe to bonus episodes, join the Darknet Diaries Discord group and credits for the show creators.
45:32 - 46:52 (01:19)
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An invitation to donate to the show through Patreon, subscribe to bonus episodes, join the Darknet Diaries Discord group and credits for the show creators. No specific episode content.