Risky Business Podcast
October 05, 2022
Risky Business #681 -- It's Exchangehog Day
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including:
- More Exchange 0days cause more havoc
- A look at some earlier Exchange hack incidents
- How the CIA got its agents killed with its truly awful online opsec
- Ex NSA staffer arrested for espionage
- Much, much more
This week’s show is brought to you by Proofpoint. Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s EVP of cybersecurity strategy, joins the show this week to talk about some overlooked detection opportunities – some simple stuff you can look for in your environment that should raise gigantic flashing red flags.
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
Mexican journalists targeted by zero-click spyware infections - The Record by Recorded Future
Ex-NSA employee charged with violating Espionage Act, selling U.S. cyber secrets
Putin grants citizenship to Edward Snowden, who disclosed US eavesdropping - The Washington Post
Numerous orgs hacked after installing weaponized open source apps | Ars Technica
'Poisoned' Tor Browser tracks Chinese users' online history, location
Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying | WIRED
A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws | WIRED
LA officials confirm ransomware group leaked students’ personal data - The Record by Recorded Future
CISA directs federal agencies to track software and vulnerabilities - The Record by Recorded Future
Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s – Krebs on Security
House Democrats debut new bill to limit US police use of facial recognition | TechCrunch