Patrick Wardle of Synack and the Objective-See blog talks to Mike Mimoso about the emergence of a ransomware service targeting MacOS machines. Wardle explains why he characterizes MacRansom as “lame” and whether this could kick off a wave of copycats vying for the Apple platform.

Mike Mimoso talks to Cody Pierce, director of vulnerability research and prevention with Endgame, at RSA Conference 2017 about how attackers are changing their techniques in the face of mitigations.

Mat Gangwer, CTO, and Tom Gorup, Security Operations Lead, at Rook Security talk to Mike Mimoso about the aggressive rise in online extortion and how it threatens not only data but physical safety.

Cris Thomas of Tenable Networks, aka Space Rogue of the L0pht, talks to Mike Mimoso during RSA Conference about the rhetoric and hype surrounding cyberwar, as well as a quick trip down memory lane with the L0pht and its famous 1998 testimony before Congress.

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including a Bitcoin phishing campaign, the Kaspersky Lab ransomware report, misconfigured email servers, and a decline in Angler exploit kit traffic. Download: Threatpost_News_Wrap_June_24_2016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including a password issue at Github, the xDedic marketplace, another Flash zero day, and how the poorly the FBI is doing with facial recognition software. Download: Threatpost_News_Wrap_June_17_2016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves

Mike Mimoso talks to Katie Moussouris about her newly launched consultancy Luta Security, the Hack the Pentagon bug bounty program, and some ISO news around vulnerability disclosure. Download: Katie_Moussouris_on_Her_New_Consultancy_Hack_the_Pentagon_and_More.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves

Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks with Roberto Martinez and Santiago Pontiroli, researchers with Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) about ATM malware, jackpotting, and why it works so well in Latin America. [embedded content]

Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks with Sergey Lozhkin, senior researcher at Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team about medical device security and how he was able to access some devices at his local hospital via WiFi. [embedded content]

Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks to HackerOne chief policy officer Katie Moussouris about the U.S. implementation of the Wassenaar Arrangement rules and where things stand close to seven months after the initial draft was pulled off the table for a rewrite. [embedded content]