Risky Biz News: Prigozhin's troll farms in limbo after Wagner mutiny

PLUS: Free decrypter released for Akira ransomware victims; Russian satellite operator DoZoR will need up to two weeks to recover from destructive cyberattack; and Japan scolds Fujitsu.

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

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Risky Biz News: Philippine authorities free 2,700 "cybercrime slaves"

PLUS: CyberCom doubles the size of its Under Advisement team; a hacker extradition battle begins between the US and Russia; and a new npm manifest confusion attack spells trouble.

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: The SEC Gets Personal

PLUS: The Encrochat op was wildly successful, but what happens next?

In this podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about the US Securities Exchange Commission warning SolarWinds executives that it is planning to bring enforcement actions against them. This is a big deal and really signifies that the SEC wants companies to be much more open about cybersecurity incident disclosures.

They also discuss the outcomes from a European law enforcement operation against the EncroChat ‘crimephone’. It was an absolutely stunning success, but what does it mean for the future of the access debate?

Risky Biz News: LetMeSpy gets hacked

PLUS: Volt Typhoon exploits Zoho ManageEngine systems; Petro-Canada gas stations attacked; and encrypted messaging apps are often very confusing.

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

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Risky Biz Soap Box: Defeating Living of the Land

Why it's such a hard problem to solve...

In this edition of the Soap Box podcast we’re going to be talking about a great topic – living off the land.

The recent Volt Typhoon report out of Microsoft chronicled the adventures of a Chinese APT crew in US critical infrastructure. But one of the most fascinating aspects of the Volt Typhoon campaign was that the attackers almost exclusively used so-called living off the land techniques.

So the question becomes – what can you do about an attacker in your environment who has privilege and isn’t using malware?

Guests David Cottingham and Daniel Schell, the CEO and CTO of Airlock Digital, join the show to talk it through.

Risky Biz News: SEC moves on SolarWinds executives

PLUS: EU sanctions Russian cybersecurity firms; India arrests CoWIN hackers; Twitter hacker gets five years.

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.

Risky Biz News: Apple patches "Triangulation" zero-days

PLUS: EU states want to use spyware on journalists; Romania to hack-back foreign APTs; and facial recognition on some modern smartphones is still useless.

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: Why China's Barracuda Hacks Are Just Plain Rude

PLUS: Albania's MEK pickle...

In this podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about the PRC’s campaign compromising Barracuda Email Security Gateways. It doesn’t quite break international “norms”, but it is definitely on the nose.

They also discuss Albania’s police raid of an Iranian opposition refugee camp which is said to be hosting a hacking cell that targeted Iran’s government.

Risky Business #711 -- Albanian authorities raid MEK camp over Iran hacks

PLUS: Microsoft admits basic Anonymous Sudan DDoS took down Azure...

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They cover:

  • Albanian authorities raid MEK over Iran hacks
  • Microsoft admits “Anonymous Sudan” took down its services
  • US Government puts $10m bounty on CL0P
  • A deeper look at the Barracuda hack campaign
  • Much, much more

This week’s show is brought to you by Material Security. We’ll be hearing from one of Material’s friends – Courtney Healey, senior manager of insider threat at Coinbase – in this week’s sponsor interview.

Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Mastodon if that’s your thing.

Between Two Nerds: Go Big or Go Home

All the different approaches to... getting busted

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at three different state operations that have recently been outed and what these operations tell us about how these states are behaving.

Risky Biz News: Microsoft admits it got DDoSed by Anonymous Sudan

PLUS: Spyware found on the phones of Belgium cops and magistrates; EU bans Chinese equipment from internal networks; and Russia expands ban on foreign software use.

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.

Risky Biz News: Russian LockBit affiliate arrested in… the US?

PLUS: Microsoft identifies new GRU-operated APT; Atomic Wallet losses surpass $100 million; and Mandiant links Barracuda zero-day attacks to Chinese hackers.

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: IC Reform Wanted, Decent Privacy Laws Needed

PLUS: How lawyers ruin incident response...

In this podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about a new report examining how the US intelligence communities uses data it buys. It finds that data you can buy now rivals or exceeds what intelligence agencies can collect, but the IC overall doesn’t treat the data with the sensitivity and care that it deserves. Fixing IC policy is one thing, but that won’t help at all with foreign adversaries or even local US law enforcement. US needs good data privacy law that cleans up the whole field.

They also look at new research that examines how lawyers’ incentives to protect clients mean that incident response is hamstrung when it comes to discovering root causes and learning lessons.

Risky Business #710 -- Why your corporate VPN will get you owned

More like Very Problematic Networking, amirite?

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They cover:

  • Fortinet 0day Groundhog Day
  • CISA’s new binding directive on exposed management interfaces
  • Confirmed: US intelligence buying commercially available data
  • MOVEit drama rolls on
  • Much, much more

This week’s show is brought to you by Red Canary. Chris Rothe is this week’s sponsor guest and he joins us to talk about how MDR providers are helping customers deal with cloud monitoring.

Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Mastodon if that’s your thing.

Srsly Risky Biz: ASD's Charm Offensive

PLUS: Cyberespionage doxxing is the new black...

In this podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about why China and Russia are increasingly outing US cyber espionage operations and what they hope to get out of it. They also discuss a new documentary that reveals more information about some of ASD’s offensive cyber operations and and also looks at how the organisation helped track down the Bali bombers.


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