079. Month In Review: Nation State Hacks and Zero-days

This month there has been a lot going on in the world of cybersecurity. With major IT firm Sopra Steria getting hit by a cyberattack, Apple paying out over $250,000 to a team of bug hunters for finding 55 vulnerabilities in Apple systems, as well as the USA indicting 6 Russian Intelligence Officers for a range of attacks such as attacks against the Ukrainian Power Grid and the 2017 NotPetya attack. Key Points: 0'20m Google Project Zero, Zero Days and Chrome Vulns 3'14m Fifty-five Apple Bugs and over $250,000 in bounty pay-outs 6'15m Hackney Council Hit by "Hack Attack" 8'06m Six GRU Officers indicted for major hacks 11'00m Sopra Steria hit by cyberattack Useful links: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/ https://samcurry.net/ Listen Time: 14 minutes Host: Holly Grace Williams, MD at Secarma