Risky Business #779 -- DOGE staffer linked to The Com

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:

  • 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.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Risky Business #779 -- DOGE staffer linked to The Com
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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

Lawsuit accuses Trump administration of violating federal information security law | The Record from Recorded Future News

The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army | WIRED

States prepare privacy lawsuit against DOGE over access to federal data | The Record from Recorded Future News

Union groups sue Treasury over giving DOGE access to sensitive data | The Record from Recorded Future News

Student group sues Education Department over reported DOGE access to financial aid databases | The Record from Recorded Future News

Hackers exploiting bug in popular Trimble Cityworks tool used by local gov’ts | The Record from Recorded Future News

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

Apple fixes security flaw allowing third-party access to locked devices | The Record from Recorded Future News

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

8Base ransomware site taken down as Thai authorities arrest 4 connected to operation | The Record from Recorded Future News

Two Russian nationals arrested in takedown of Phobos ransomware infrastructure | The Record from Recorded Future News

The Company Man: Binance exec detained in Nigeria breaks his silence | The Record from Recorded Future News

Deloitte pays $5M in connection with breach of Rhode Island benefits site | Cybersecurity Dive

DFIR - Threat Report 2025 | CyberCX

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