Risky Business #705 -- USA's Turla takedown marks a shift in tactics

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They cover:

  • Joe Sullivan’s sentencing
  • MSI key material leak
  • Merck to be paid in NotPetya claim
  • The FBI takes down Turla’s Snake malware operation
  • Much, much more

This week’s show is brought to you by Gigamon. Chaim Mazal, Gigamon’s CSO, is this week’s sponsor guest. He’s talking about how the company’s gear is acting as a data source for network security products.

Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Mastodon if that’s your thing.

Risky Business #705 -- USA's Turla takedown marks a shift in tactics
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Show notes

Former Uber CSO avoids prison time for ransomware coverup | Cybersecurity Dive

Merck cyber coverage upheld in NotPetya decision, seen as victory for policyholders | Cybersecurity Dive

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Hunting Russian Intelligence “Snake” Malware | CISA

Justice Department Announces Court-Authorized Disruption of Snake Malware Network Controlled by Russia’s Federal Security Service | OPA | Department of Justice

Iranian state-sponsored hackers exploiting printer vulnerability

Iran: Fake It Till You Make It - by Tom Uren

Hacktivists Target Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Leak Trove Of Data

New Cactus ransomware encrypts itself to evade antivirus

White House considers ban on ransom payments, with caveats | Cybersecurity Dive

Hamas armed wing announces suspension of bitcoin fundraising | Reuters

FBI, Ukraine seize cryptocurrency exchanges for abetting cybercriminals

Dallas still recovering from ransomware on eve of municipal election | Cybersecurity Dive

Dallas restores core emergency dispatch systems | Cybersecurity Dive

Hackers hijacked a university's emergency system to threaten students and faculty

Organizations slow to patch GoAnywhere MFT vulnerability even after Clop ransomware attacks

$10M Is Yours If You Can Get This Guy to Leave Russia – Krebs on Security

Coming to DEF CON 31: Hacking AI models | CyberScoop

Google Is Rolling Out Passkeys, the Password-Killing Tech, to All Accounts | WIRED

US Court Rules for Corellium in Apple Copyright Case

SafeGraph Lands US Air Force Contract After Targeting Abortion Clinics | WIRED