Risky Business Podcast
November 03, 2021
Risky Business #643 -- Iranian fuel stations targeted, PNG ransomware a regional security risk
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including:
- Someone took down Iranian fuel stations
- Papua New Guinea ransomware attack is pretty grim stuff
- Russia’s SVR still going berserk in cloudtown
- China Telecom America gets the boot
- Much, much more
We’ll be hearing from Senetas CEO Andrew Wilson in this week’s sponsor interview. He’s joining us to talk about how the global semiconductor shortage is making him a very, very sad panda.
Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing.
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Show notes
Iran says sweeping cyberattack took down gas stations across country
Papua New Guinea Hit by Ransomware Hackers With Millions in Aid Frozen - Bloomberg
'Destructive' cyberattack hits National Bank of Pakistan - The Record by Recorded Future
DDoS attacks hit multiple email providers - The Record by Recorded Future
LinkedIn to Shutter Service in China - The Record by Recorded Future
A Roaming Threat to Telecommunications Companies | CrowdStrike
FBI Raids Chinese Point-of-Sale Giant PAX Technology – Krebs on Security
Malware found in npm package with millions of weekly downloads - The Record by Recorded Future
Polygon pays out record $2 million bug bounty reward for critical vulnerability | The Daily Swig
Fraudsters Cloned Company Director’s Voice In $35 Million Bank Heist, Police Find
How Hackers Hijacked Thousands of High-Profile YouTube Accounts | WIRED
Instagram Hacker Forces Victim to Make Hostage-Style Video
Missouri governor calls for prosecution of journalist who flagged website flaw
Israeli hospital cancels non-urgent procedures following ransomware attack | The Daily Swig
Ransomware Has Disrupted Almost 1,000 Schools in the US This Year
Ransomware attack disrupts Toronto's public transportation system - The Record by Recorded Future
Largest candy corn maker in US gets hacked ahead of Halloween
Sinclair Workers Say TV Channels Are in ‘Pandemonium’ After Ransomware Attack
Cybercriminals claim to have hacked the NRA
Cyberattack hits Meliá, one of the largest hotel chains in the world - The Record by Recorded Future
Olympus US hack tied to sanctioned Russian ransomware group | TechCrunch
Hitting the BlackMatter gang where it hurts: In the wallet - Emsisoft | Security Blog
Ransomware hackers nervous, allege harassment from U.S.
Ransomware gangs are abusing a zero-day in EntroLink VPN appliances - The Record by Recorded Future
Conti Ransom Gang Starts Selling Access to Victims – Krebs on Security
FBI PIN on ransomware crew targeting trend
EXCLUSIVE Governments turn tables on ransomware gang REvil by pushing it offline | Reuters
International community joins forces as ransomware attacks create major disruptions | PBS NewsHour