Risky Business Podcast
February 12, 2025
Risky Business #779 -- DOGE staffer linked to The Com
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
- Musk’s DOGE kid has a history with The Com
- Paragon fires Italy as a spyware customer
- Thailand cuts power to scam compounds…
- … and arrests Phobos/8Base Russian cybercrims
- The CyberCX DFIR report shows non-U2F MFA is well and truly over
- And much, much more.
This week’s episode is sponsored by Dropzone.AI. They make an AI SOC analysis platform that relieves your analysts of the necessary but tedious work, so they can focus on the value of human insight. Dropzone’s founder and CEO Edward Wu joins to talk about how they approach the problem.
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Show notes
Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’ – Krebs on Security
ACLU Warns DOGE’s ‘Unchecked’ Access Could Violate Federal Law | WIRED
The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army | WIRED
DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers - Ars Technica
DeepSeek Is a Win for Chinese Hackers - Risky Business
Owner of spyware used in alleged WhatsApp breach ends contract with Italy | WhatsApp | The Guardian
Another person targeted by Paragon spyware comes forward | TechCrunch
U.S. sanctions bulletproof hosting provider for supplying LockBit infrastructure | CyberScoop
Thailand cuts power supply to Myanmar scam hubs | The Record from Recorded Future News
Deloitte pays $5M in connection with breach of Rhode Island benefits site | Cybersecurity Dive