This episode sponsored by Thinkst.On this week’s show Patrick and Adam discuss the week’s security news, including:
- FVEY protests China’s widespread hacking of western politicians
- China bans western CPUs, Windows and databases
- Apple’s leaky M-chip prefetcher
- Nigeria holds ex-IRS investigator hostage in Binance stoush
- Researchers bring Rowhammer to AMD Zen and DDR5
- And much, much more.
This week’s show is brought to you by Thinkst Canary. Its founder Haroon Meer joins this week’s show to make a passionate case that security vendors don’t all have to go for explosive growth. Slow and steady with a focus on excellent and relevant products will win the race, he says.
Show notes
- Justice Department indicts 7 accused in 14-year hack campaign by Chinese gov
- Parliament network breached in China-led cyberattack, Judith Collins reveals
- China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers
- Announcement of Safety and Reliability Evaluation Results (No. 1, 2023)
- Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys | Ars Technica
- How Ukraine is using mobile phones on 6ft poles to stop drones
- Russian military intelligence may have deployed wiper against multiple Ukrainian ISPs | CyberScoop
- US penalizes Russian fintech firms that helped others evade sanctions
- UN probing 58 alleged crypto heists by North Korea worth $3 billion
- Detained execs, a bold escape, and tax evasion charges: Nigeria takes aim at Binance
- The DOJ Puts Apple's iMessage Encryption in the Antitrust Crosshairs | WIRED
- Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook execs to 'figure out' how to track encrypted usage on rival apps like Snap and YouTube, unsealed documents show
- ‘Far-reaching’ hack stole information from Python developers
- ZenHammer: Rowhammer Attacks on AMD Zen-based Platforms
- One Man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem
- Apex Legends hacker said he hacked tournament games ‘for fun’ | TechCrunch
