Risky Business Podcast
July 13, 2022
Risky Business #671 -- The case for an American-owned NSO Group
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and guest cohost Dmitri Alperovitch discuss the week’s security news, including:
- Why an American defence contractor acquiring NSO Group would be a nonproliferation win
- A look at Microsoft’s botched macro measures
- iPhone’s Lockdown Mode
- Ukraine goes big on Yubikeys
- Aerojet Rocketdyne pays millions over poor security controls, CISO whistleblower gets bag of cash
- Much, much more
This week’s show is sponsored by Proofpoint. Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s Executive Vice President of Cybersecurity Strategy, joins us in this week’s sponsor interview to talk about changes he’s observed in the criminal ecosystem.
NOTE: This podcast contains an error. We say that iOS Lockdown Mode prevents users from using an MDM profile on their devices. It doesn’t, it just stops new MDM profiles from being loaded while in Lockdown Mode, so corporate users will be able to turn it on just fine.
Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Dmitri on Twitter if that’s your thing.
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Show notes
L3Harris drops bid for NSO spyware following U.S. concerns - The Washington Post
Apple introduces 'Lockdown Mode' iPhone feature to block elite spyware
Risky Biz News: Thousands of Yubikeys have been deployed in Ukraine, more to come
Hacktivists claiming attack on Iranian steel facilities dump tranche of 'top secret documents'
North Korea is targeting hospitals with ransomware, U.S. agencies warn