Risky Business Podcast
November 16, 2022
Risky Business #685 -- Australia releases the hounds, and it might just work
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including:
- Australia lets ASD loose on ransomware crews, but will it work? (Tom Uren joins us to chat about this one)
- Twitter’s wheels haven’t fallen off yet but they sure are wobbling
- Hundreds of millions stolen from FTX mid implosion
- Security researchers start looking at Mastodon and… yeah
- Much, much more!
This week’s show is brought to you by Gigamon. George Sandford from Gigamon pops in for this week’s sponsor interview to talk about how to successfully stand up an NDR program.
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
Risky Biz News: Australia to hack the hackers
Australia to consider banning ransomware payments - The Record by Recorded Future
Two enormous cyberattacks convince Australia to 'hack the hackers' - The Washington Post
The Hunt for the FTX Thieves Has Begun | WIRED
Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down | WIRED
Is it safe to use Twitter? Security fears rise after Elon Musk drives off staff
Twitter’s Security And Privacy Leaders Quit Amidst Musk’s Chaotic Takeover
Mastodon users vulnerable to password-stealing attacks | The Daily Swig
Risky Biz News: Major hack-and-leak info-op unfolding in Moldova
Lenovo driver goof poses security risk for users of 25 notebook models | Ars Technica
Project Zero: A Very Powerful Clipboard: Analysis of a Samsung in-the-wild exploit chain
Google Pixel screen-lock hack earns researcher $70k | The Daily Swig