About this episode
The episode discusses the legacy of the EternalBlue cyberweapon and introduces a new mobile threat called Coruna, highlighting the shift of nation-state tools into the hands of cybercriminals.
We start this chatty chat looking at the legacy of EternalBlue, an NSA-developed cyberweapon that leaked in 2017 and powered global disasters like WannaCry, to explain a new mobile threat called "Coruna." Just as EternalBlue likely escaped government chain of custody to become a tool for mass digital carnage, Coruna is a sophisticated iPhone exploit framework leveraging 23 vulnerabilities that has similarly migrated from elite surveillance into the hands of broader cybercriminal groups. This "EternalBlue moment" for mobile marks a shift where nation-state-grade tools, capable of silently hijacking devices via compromised websites, are now circulating freely in the wild. Also, cute little Macbooks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Hacked
Topics covered
- cybersecurity
- mobile threats
- EternalBlue
- Coruna
- vulnerabilities
- cybercrime
Keywords
- EternalBlue
- Coruna
- cybersecurity
- iPhone exploit
- vulnerabilities
- cybercrime
- WannaCry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NSA
Products: EternalBlue, Coruna, iPhone, Macbooks
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