Risky Business Cybersecurity

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Tor Project has “urgent need” for 200 new bridges to avoid Russian censorship

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about the Australian Government’s extraordinary legislation that will retrospectively ensure that warrants used for the An0m crimephone sting operation are valid. They also discuss a sterling CISA red team report and the naiveté of Microsoft’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. This episode is also available on Youtube.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Banshee Stealer shuts down after source code leak

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about different views on attribution and why it still matters for sophisticated state-backed groups.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Four PR firms are behind a Chinese propaganda network

In this Risky Business News sponsored interview, Tom Uren talks to Mike Wiacek, CEO and founder of Stairwell, about the occasionally dysfunctional relationship between IT and security teams. Mike talks about how security vendors need to reach out to turn IT teams into allies.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: US charges five Scattered Spider members

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about what the People’s Liberation Army cyber operators have been up to. They used to be China’s most visible cyber operators but have since disappeared. They also discuss the shift towards widespread exploitation of 0days, particularly in enterprise perimeter devices. This episode is also available on Youtube.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Microsoft announces Quick Machine Recovery, a feature to fix future CrowdStrike disasters

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about what cyber weapons really are and why use of the term is counterproductive. They reference Defining Offensive Cyber Capabilities, a paper authored by Tom. Show notes Defining offensive cyber capabilities

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Unpatched zero-day in Palo Alto Networks is in the wild

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: MSS now dominates China’s cyber activity

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about what to expect from President Trump’s second term. Trump is an activist president who believes in using state power, so intelligence agencies will be pushed to conduct more audacious or even outrageous covert operations. They also discuss concerns about a new UN cybercrime treaty that is set for a vote at the General Assembly and the Canadian government’s curious decision to force the closure of TikTok’s local offices. This episode is also available on Youtube.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Most of 2023’s top exploited vulnerabilities were initially zero-days

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about how ungoverned spaces on Telegram result in increasingly toxic and antisocial communities.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: EU warns Temu to respect consumer protection laws

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Russia blocks Cloudflare ECH connections

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about the Snowflake hack after the person allegedly responsible was arrested in Canada. Telegram is involved at all sorts of levels and Tom wonders if this crime would have occurred if Telegram didn’t exist. They also discuss the impact of the Chinese hack of US telcos and Sophos’ five-year cyber knife fight with Chinese APT crews. This episode is also available on Youtube.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here. Show notes Risky Biz News: Windows to get a new admin protection system

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss what the Russian state gains and loses from hosting a ransomware ecosystem.