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Podcast: Inside the ‘NEWSCASTER’ Cyber Espionage Campaign

Adam Meyers Discusses Crowdstrike's Global Threat Report

Adam Meyers Discusses Crowdstrike's Global Threat Report

In this edition of the Security Conversations podcast, John Hultquist, Manager of Cyber Espionage Threat Intelligence at ISIGHT Partners, talks about “NEWSCASTER,” a cyber espionage operation that uses fictitious social media accounts to launch attacks. Hultquist says the targeting, professional operational schedule and complexity suggest this activity is carried out by Iranian actors.

Related Reading: Iranian Hackers Targeted US Officials in Elaborate Social Media Attack Operation

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Ryan Naraine is Editor-at-Large at SecurityWeek and host of the popular Security Conversations podcast series. He is a security community engagement expert who has built programs at major global brands, including Intel Corp., Bishop Fox and GReAT. Ryan is a founding-director of the Security Tinkerers non-profit, an advisor to early-stage entrepreneurs, and a regular speaker at security conferences around the world.

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