Dina Temple-Raston

Freelancer

The World

Ukraine’s Radio ROKS: heavy metal —and hackers — for brothers in arms

Ukraine

Before the invasion of Ukraine, Serhii Zenin was the host of one of the nation’s most popular hard rock radio shows on Radio ROKS 103.6. Some three years later, Serhii is a soldier and Radio ROKS has taken on a whole new role.

Escape from Bamban: One man’s scam farm nightmare in the Philippines

Uncategorized

Meet Antibot4Navalny: the mysterious researchers exposing Russia’s war on truth

Cybersecurity

Meet the guy who single-handedly took down North Korea’s internet

Hacking

A wrinkle in time: GPS jamming in Ukraine and its ripple effects

Cyber warfare

The company man: US glacial response to Nigeria’s detention of former IRS crypto investigator rankles federal agents

Cybersecurity

In a move that could send a chill among business people working overseas, a Nigerian court ruled on Friday that a former American IRS investigator, Tigran Gambaryan, could stand trial on behalf of his employer, the crypto currency exchange Binance, and denied his request for bail. Gambaryan has been held in Nigeria since February. Dina Temple-Raston, host and managing editor of the Recorded Future News podcast “Click Here,” has been following the story for months and explains.

Illustration by Megan J. Goff

Inside the i-Soon papers and China’s secret world of hackers-for-hire

Hacking

Newly leaked files from a private Chinese hackers-for-hire company provide a fresh look into China’s “cyber industrial complex” — and it appears to be bigger and more mature than observers had previously imagined. Dina Temple-Raston, host and managing editor of the Recorded Future News podcast “Click Here,” has the story.

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Spyware found on phones in Jordan

Hacking

According to a recent report, dozens of journalists, human rights workers and political activists in Jordan have been targeted with Pegasus spyware over the past few years. It’s one of the most widespread uses of spyware on civil society. Dina Temple-Raston, host and managing editor of the Recorded Future News podcast “Click Here,” has the story.

Inside of a computer

Countries fear state-sponsored cyberwar

Cybersecurity

Nation-state actors are changing their cyber tactics: China’s Volt Typhoon and Russia’s GRU are engaged in espionage operations, often infiltrating a company’s routers, but the countries are also prepositioning for a conflict later.

Illustration by Megan J. Goff

Threat-hunter says Iran is stepping up the sophistication of its cyberattacks

Cybersecurity

In the months since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, Iran has increased its cyber-hacking operations, according to Gil Messing, the chief of staff at Tel Aviv-based Check Point Software. The “Click Here” podcast talks to Messing about the latest.