Risky Business #814 -- It's a bad time to be a scam compound operator

Presented by

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

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

  • The KK Park scam compound in Myanmar gets blasted with actual dynamite
  • China sentences more scammers TO DEATH
  • While Singapore is opting to lash them with the cane
  • Chinese security firm KnownSec leaks a bunch of documents
  • Necromancy continues on NSO Group, with a Trump associate in charge
  • OWASP freshens up the Top 10, you won’t believe what’s number three!

This week’s episode is sponsored by Thinkst Canary. Big bird Haroon Meer joins and, as usual, makes a good point. If you’re going to trust a vendor to do something risky like put a box on your network, they have an obligation to explain how they make that safe. Thinkst has a /security page that does exactly that. So why do we let Palo Alto and Fortinet get away with “trust me, bro”?

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Risky Business #814 -- It's a bad time to be a scam compound operator
0:00 / 63:19

Show notes

Myanmar Junta Dynamites Scam Hub in PR Move as Global Pressure Grows

China sentences 5 Myanmar scam kingpins to death | The Record from Recorded Future News

Law passed for scammers, mules to be caned after victims in Singapore lose almost $4b since 2020 | The Straits Times

KnownSec breach: What we know so far. - NetAskari

Risky Bulletin: Another Chinese security firm has its data leaked

Inside Congress Live

The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb | WIRED

Former Trump official named NSO Group executive chairman | The Record from Recorded Future News

Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown | The Record from Recorded Future News

Jaguar Land Rover hack hurt the U.K.'s GDP, Bank of England says

Monetary Policy Report - November 2025 | Bank of England

SonicWall says state-linked actor behind attacks against cloud backup service | Cybersecurity Dive

Japanese media giant Nikkei reports Slack breach exposing employee and partner records | The Record from Recorded Future News

"Intel sues former employee for allegedly stealing confidential data" Post by @campuscodi.risky.biz — Bluesky

Introduction - OWASP Top 10:2025 RC1