Memcrash and amplification attacks. SAML vulnerabilities. Thanatos ransomware. Petya returns (so does Marcher). Deterrence and election security.

In today's podcast, we hear that Memcrash threatens big DDoS events. Problems with single-sign-on solutions. Thanatos ransomware looks like its masters botched it, but that's not necessarily good news. The Marcher banking Trojan is back and bigger than ever. A new variant of Petya ransomware may be in circulation. What's the point of a false flag if no one's fooled? Dale Drew from CenturyLink on collaboration trends. Guest is Eric Cole, author of Online Danger. And the US Senate asks, how do you solve a problem like Vladimir? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices