Risky Business Podcast
June 10, 2020
Risky Business #587 -- Full scale of Indian hacking-for-hire revealed
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On this week’s show Patrick and Adam discuss the week’s security news, including:
- Full scale of Indian hacker-for-hire firm revealed
- IBM exits facial recognition
- Contact tracing apps flop
- Much, much more
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Show notes
Exclusive: Obscure Indian cyber firm spied on politicians, investors worldwide - Reuters
Dark Basin: Uncovering a Massive Hack-For-Hire Operation - The Citizen Lab
Huge Cyberattacks Attempt To Silence Black Rights Movement With DDoS Attacks
Petition · Take down the racist "Chimpmania" website. It attacks our children · Change.org
Cyberattacks since the murder of George Floyd
IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology - The Verge
Contact tracing bug bounty: France’s StopCovid project launches public program | The Daily Swig
Hackers target senior executives at German company procuring PPE
Why spies are targeting vaccine research - Risky Business
Shoddy US government review of Chinese telcos endangered national security, Senate panel finds
Election security: Democracy Live’s online voting system ‘open to manipulation’ | The Daily Swig
Facebook sues to stop domain scammers from impersonating Instagram, WhatsApp sites
Hackers hijack one of Coincheck's domains for spear-phishing attacks | ZDNet
New CrossTalk attack impacts Intel's mobile, desktop, and server CPUs | ZDNet
Plundering of crypto keys from ultrasecure SGX sends Intel scrambling again | Ars Technica
DARPA invites hackers to break hardware to make it more secure
Ransomware gang says it breached one of NASA's IT contractors | ZDNet
Ransomware crooks attack Conduent, another large IT provider
QNAP NAS devices targeted in another wave of ransomware attacks | ZDNet
Florence, Ala. Hit By Ransomware 12 Days After Being Alerted by KrebsOnSecurity — Krebs on Security
Honda puts some manufacturing on hold over computer 'disruption'
Lion hit by cyber attack as hackers target corporate Australia
South African healthcare provider hit by cyber-attack | The Daily Swig
IT-bedrijf moet schade na ransomware-uitbraak vergoeden | Executive People
There’s a new Java ransomware family on the block
Exploit code for wormable flaw on unpatched Windows devices published online | Ars Technica
CallStranger vulnerability lets attacks bypass security systems and scan LANs | ZDNet
Commonwealth Bank to suspend users over abuse in online transaction descriptions
Zoom defenders cite legit reasons to not end-to-end encrypt free calls | Ars Technica
Zoom has partially fixed two new flaws, with other security hurdles ahead
Nintendo now says 300,000 accounts breached by hackers | TechCrunch
Google apps and websites get support for more security keys on iOS devices | ZDNet
Romanian Skimmer Gang in Mexico Outed by KrebsOnSecurity Stole $1.2 Billion — Krebs on Security
RMIScout: New hacking tool brute-forces Java RMI servers for vulnerabilities | The Daily Swig
Spy secret revealed: SIS and MI6 raided Czechoslovakian embassy in Wellington | RNZ News