War in Ukraine: the cyber frontier

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In the second of two programmes, we look at Donald Trump's record on the economy one year into his second presidential term. Today, we are asking is the United States still facing a cost of living crunch?Its economy - the largest in the world - is still growing faster than most o ...  Show more

A Chinese cyberespionage campaign is believed to be active in the Middle East. Poor quality control turns ransomware into a wiper, and a typo crashes a cryptojacker. A large DDoS attack is reported to have hit a Russian state-owned bank. Privateers compromise Western infrastructu ...  Show more

Even as Russia’s advance into Ukraine leaves cities in ruins, many Ukrainians feel they have no choice but to fight on. We speak to Maxim, a street artist from Nova Kakhovka in the Russian-controlled region of Kherson, who’s been graffitiing enemy tanks.After President Biden warn ...  Show more

Russian soldiers continue to push toward Kyiv. In cyberspace, a volunteer Ukrainian cyber army, hacktivists and cybercriminals are battling for impact in an increasingly chaotic information war. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Po ...  Show more

Russian cyber operators collect against domestic targets. More details on the Viasat hack. Ukrainian hacktivists say they can interfere with Russian geolocation. Spring4shell is another remote-code-execution problem. The Remcos Trojan is seeing a resurgence. Malicious links distr ...  Show more