Risky Biz News: Verizon call logs breached

PLUS: Firefox zero-day targeted Tor Browser users; hacked vacuums spew out slurs; hackers leak data from Pokemon gaming studio.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Sponsored: Trail of Bits on post-quantum cryptography

PLUS: The shocking truth behind triple encryption

In this Risky Business News sponsored interview, Tom Uren talks to Dan Guido, CEO of Trail of Bits, about post-quantum cryptography. The pair dive into what it is, why it is needed now and how organisations are dealing with its adoption.

Srsly Risky Biz: How Telegram turbocharges organised crime

PLUS: China wants to watch the watchers

In this podcast Tom Uren and Adam Boileau talk a new UN report that spells out the role Telegram plays as a massive enabler for transnational organised crime.

They also discuss China’s hacking of US telcos to possibly target of lawful intercept equipment and a remarkably entertaining account of North Korean IT workers being employed by over a dozen cryptocurrency firms.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Risky Biz News: EU adopts new sanctions framework to cover Russia's cyber warfare and disinformation

PLUS: Largest US water utility provider hit by a cyberattack; hackers wipe servers at Russian state TV company; EU government orgs targeted with air-gap jumping malware.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Between Two Nerds: The rise of cyber persistence

Learning by doing or just damn good marketing

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about ‘cyber persistence theory’. They cover what it is, why it is increasingly popular amongst America’s allies, why we think the theory is right and also cover some critiques of the theory.

They refer to the article in CyberScoop ‘America’s allies are shifting: Cyberspace is about persistence, not deterrence’ in CyberScoop.

Risky Biz News: China wiretaps US wiretapping system

PLUS: Australia provides free cyber support for small businesses; Ukraine clears Vitiuk in corruption probe.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Srsly Risky Biz: Tackling election interference at warp speed

PLUS: The marriage between Evil Corp and Russian intelligence

In this podcast Tom Uren and Adam Boileau talk about how the US government’s response to Iranian election interference is proceeding at light speed. This allows other actors such as Meta to make decisions relating to interference with certainty.

They also discuss how Russian cybercrime group Evil Corp’s relationship with Russian intelligence was built on the founder’s marriage.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Risky Biz News: New EvilCorp sanctions and LockBit arrests

PLUS: NIST backlog still there; Cambodia arrests journalist who exposed scam compounds; FCC fines T-Mobile for neverending data breaches.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Snake Oilers: Sandfly Security, Permiso and Wiz

Linux security, more identity security and Wiz moves on code scanning...

In this edition of Snake Oilers we hear pitches from three security vendors:

  • Sandfly Security: An agentless Linux security platform that actually sounds very cool
  • Permiso: An identity security platform founded by ex FireEye folks
  • Wiz: The cloud security giant is getting in on code security scanning

You can watch this edition of Snake Oilers on YouTube here.

Srsly Risky Biz: Neutering Volt Typhoon to deter China

PLUS: The lesson in Microsoft's security turnaround

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about the possibility of deterring Volt Typhoon, the Chinese group that is compromising US critical infrastructure to enable future disruption operations in the event of a conflict with US. Tom thinks it is not possible to deter Volt Typhoon, but things might work the other way. If the US can neuter Volt Typhoon and take away the PRC’s magic cyber bullet, it could make conflict less likely.

They also discuss the lessons for all companies in Microsoft’s security turnaround and how X and Telegram have folded in the face of government pressure.

The video version of this episode is also available on Youtube.

Risky Business #765 -- The Kaspersky switcheroo

PLUS: Elon Musk and Pavel Durov fold like cheap lawn furniture...

Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s infosec news with everyone’s favourite ex-NSA big-brain, Rob Joyce. They talk through:

  • Musk and Durov bow to government pressure
  • Tiktok rushes to ban authoritarian propagandists
  • The US doesn’t want Chinese software in its cars
  • Kaspersky replaces itself with an AV no one has ever heard of
  • Aussie police chalk up another crimephone takedown
  • Press Win-R Ctrl-V to prove you’re human
  • And much, much more.

This week’s show is brought to you by Stairwell, and Stairwell’s founder Mike Wiacek will be along to talk about how people are using their platform to hunt down detection resistant malware.

A video version of this episode is also available on Youtube.


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