{"podcast":{"title":"Research Saturday","slug":"research-saturday-1377435","podcast_index_feed_id":1377435,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/cyberwire-research-saturday","website_url":"https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/research-saturday","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/720fb496-dcfb-11ea-a475-bbdae30535a9/image/8f3cd4038c81bba2a8ea4ca89f3e23c4.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"N2K Networks Inc.","episode_count":458,"summary":"Every Saturday, we sit down with cybersecurity researchers to talk shop about the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and technical discoveries.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T04:20:01.844149+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-saturday-1377435"},"episode":{"title":"Startup surge sparks spy interest.","slug":"startup-surge-sparks-spy-interest","published_at":"2026-04-04T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-saturday-1377435/startup-surge-sparks-spy-interest","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-saturday-1377435","url":"https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/research-saturday/419/notes","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/6ec23a/traffic.megaphone.fm/CYBW8859278701.mp3?updated=1775232742","summary":"This week, we are joined by Santiago Pontiroli, Threat Intelligence Research Lead from Acronis TRU team, discussing their work on \"New year, new sector: Transparent Tribe targets India’s startup ecosystem.\" The Acronis Threat Research Unit uncovered a new campaign by Transparent Tribe showing the group has expanded beyond traditional government and defense targets to India’s startup ecosystem, especially cybersecurity and OSINT-focused firms. The attackers use startup-themed lures delivered via ISO files and malicious shortcuts to deploy Crimson RAT, a highly obfuscated tool capable of surveillance, data theft, and system control. Despite this shift, the campaign closely mirrors the group’s long-standing espionage tactics, suggesting startups are being targeted for their connections to government, law enforcement, and sensitive intelligence networks. The research and executive brief can be found here: New year, new sector: Transparent Tribe targets India’s startup ecosystem","meta_description":"This week, we are joined by Santiago Pontiroli, Threat Intelligence Research Lead from Acronis TRU team, discussing their work on \"New year, new sector: T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1155,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/research-saturday-1377435/episodes/startup-surge-sparks-spy-interest/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-saturday-1377435/startup-surge-sparks-spy-interest.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}