Risky Business #778 -- Musk's child soldiers seize control of FedGov IT systems

Presented by

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:

  • DeepSeek leaves an unauthed database on the internet
  • Russia hacked UK prime minister’s personal mail
  • Australia sanctions a Telegram group… which is more sensible than it sounds
  • Medical device backdoor turns out to be just poorly thought out upgrade feature
  • Google abuses weak hashing to patch AMD CPU microcode
  • And much, much more.

This week’s episode is sponsored by email security boffins Sublime. Their co-founder and CEO Josh Kamdjou joins to talk about how attackers’ abuse of legitimate services like Docusign is a challenge for email security vendors.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Risky Business #778 -- Musk's child soldiers seize control of FedGov IT systems
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Show notes

Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems | Reuters

Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History | Wiz Blog

Криптостилер SparkCat в магазинах Google Play и App Store | Securelist

Russian hackers suspected of compromising British PM’s personal email account | The Record from Recorded Future News

PowerSchool hack: missed basic security step resulted in data breach

Australia sanctions ‘Terrorgram’ white supremacist online group | The Record from Recorded Future News

‘Paid actors’ could be behind some antisemitic attacks, Albanese says | Australian security and counter-terrorism | The Guardian

Interview with James Glenday, ABC News Breakfast | Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

WhatsApp says spyware company Paragon Solutions targeted journalists

Spyware maker Paragon confirms US government is a customer | TechCrunch

Former Polish justice minister arrested in sprawling spyware probe | The Record from Recorded Future News

Sweden releases suspected ship, says cable break ‘clearly’ not sabotage | The Record from Recorded Future News

Backdoor found in two healthcare patient monitors, linked to IP in China

Attackers exploit zero-day vulnerability in Zyxel CPE devices | Cybersecurity Dive

AMD: Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability · Advisory · google/security-research · GitHub

22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M - Ars Technica

A method to assess 'forgivable' vs 'unforgivable'... - NCSC.GOV.UK

Living Off the Land: Credential Phishing via Docusign abuse

Living Off the Land: Callback Phishing via Docusign comment

B2B freight-forwarding scams on the rise to evade financial fraud crackdowns

Callback phishing via invoice abuse and distribution list relays

Enhanced message groups: Improving efficiency in email incident response