Risky Business Podcast
October 15, 2025
Risky Business #810 -- Data extortion attacks have a silver lining
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In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
- FBI intervenes in Scattered Spider Salesforce leaksite
- Clop loots Oracle E-Biz deployments
- Plus so much more data extortion.. At least it’s not ransomware … we guess?
- The US still can’t decide who’s gonna be in charge of NSA & Cybercom
- Cambodian scam compounds get sanctioned and $15b in crypto is seized
- NSO gets sold for pocket-lint-grade money
- Bugs! Redis CVSS 10, Ivanti, Crowdstrike and… Internet Explorer?! zeroday?! In the wild?!!!?
This week’s episode is sponsored by Stairwell. Founder Mike Wiacek talks about how Stairwell brings VirusTotal-like visibility to private files, and about integrating the insights that brings into your SOC workflow.
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Show notes
Dozens of Oracle customers impacted by Clop data theft for extortion campaign | CyberScoop
Well, Well, Well. It’s Another Day. (Oracle E-Business Suite Pre-Auth RCE Chain - CVE-2025-61882)
Clop is a Big Fish, But Not Worth Hunting - Risky Business Media
ShinyHunters Wage Broad Corporate Extortion Spree – Krebs on Security
The company Discord blamed for its recent breach says it wasn't hacked
Qantas confirms cybercriminals released stolen customer data | The Record from Recorded Future News
Red Hat confirms breach of GitLab instance, which stored company’s consulting data | CyberScoop
Risky Bulletin: Microsoft revamps Edge's "IE Mode" after zero-day attacks - Risky Business Media
Layoffs, reassignments further deplete CISA | Cybersecurity Dive
Trump’s scandalous directive to AG Pam Bondi reached the public by accident
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data | WIRED
Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch
Apple Announces $2 Million Bug Bounty Reward for the Most Dangerous Exploits | WIRED
Wiz Finds Critical Redis RCE Vulnerability: CVE‑2025‑49844 | Wiz Blog
SonicWall SSLVPN devices compromised using valid credentials | Cybersecurity Dive
Issues Affecting CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Windows
ZDI Drops 13 Unpatched Ivanti Endpoint Manager Vulnerabilities - SecurityWeek
Windows 10 support ends today — here's who's affected and what you need to do