Risky Business Podcast
January 22, 2025
Risky Business #776 -- Trump will flex American cyber muscles
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Risky Business returns for its 19th year! Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news and there is a whole bunch of it. They discuss:
- The incoming Trump administration guts the CSRB
- Biden’s last cyber Executive Order has sensible things in it
- China’s breach of the US Treasury gets our reluctant admiration
- Ross Ulbricht - the Dread Pirate Roberts of Silk Road fame - gets his Trump pardon
- New year, same shameful comedy Forti- and Ivanti- bugs
- US soldier behind the Snowflake hacks faces charges after a solid Krebs-ing
- And much, much (much! after a month off) more.
This week’s episode is sponsored by Sandfly Security, who make a Linux EDR solution. Founder Craig Rowland joins to talk about how the Linux ecosystem struggles with its lack of standardised approaches to detection and response. If you’ve got a telco full of unix, and people are asking how much Salt Typhoon you’ve got in there… Sandfly’s tools are probably what you’re looking for.
If you like your Business like us… - Risky - then we’re hiring! We’re looking for someone to help with audio and video production for our work, manage our socials, and if you’re also into the Cybers… even better. Position is remote, with a preference for timezones amenable to Australia/NZ. Drop us a line: editorial at risky.biz.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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Show notes
POLITICO Pro | Article | Acting DHS chief ousts CSRB experts, other department advisers
Treasury’s sanctions office hacked by Chinese government, officials say
Strengthening America’s Resilience Against the PRC Cyber Threats | CISA
AT&T, Verizon say they evicted Salt Typhoon from their networks
Risky Bulletin: Looking at Biden's last cyber executive order - Risky Business
Internet-connected devices can now have a label that rates their security | Reuters
US sanctions prominent Chinese cyber company for role in Flax Typhoon attacks
FCC ‘rip and replace’ provision for Chinese tech tops cyber provisions in defense bill
CIA nominee tells Senate he, too, wants to go on cyber offense | CyberScoop
Trump tells Justice Department not to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days
Unpacking WhatsApp’s Legal Triumph Over NSO Group | Lawfare
Time to check if you ran any of these 33 malicious Chrome extensions
Ongoing attacks on Ivanti VPNs install a ton of sneaky, well-written malware
Researchers warn of active exploitation of critical Apache Struts 2 flaw
DOJ deletes China-linked PlugX malware off more than 4,200 US computers
U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions – Krebs on Security