Risky Biz News: Cl0p goes all-in on Papercut bug

PLUS: Google disrupts the CryptBot malware operation; Tencent software updates delivered APT malware; and Chinese security firms helped push Beijing's anti-US propaganda.

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 click here.

Srsly Risky Biz: North Korea's "Vibes-based" targeting

PLUS: Iran Cries Havoc and Lets Slip the Dogs of Cyber...

In this podcast Patrick Gray talks to Tom Uren about North Korea’s “double” or “threaded” supply chain attack via Trading Technologies and 3CX. This type of “access begets access” approach makes total sense and Tom thinks it will likely be a standard approach for North Korea. Microsoft has released a couple of reports over the month that indicate Iran is increasingly willing to launch destructive cyber attacks. One Iranian group, Mango Sandstorm, has been destroying on-prem and cloud environments. Another, Mint Sandstorm, has been targeting a wide swathe of US critical infrastructure. It’s a worry.

Finally, Tom and Pat discuss cyber security company Team Cyrmu’s sale of netflow to US government agencies, which has been controversial in the press because of potential privacy violations. Tom spoke to the company and based on what we learnt there isn’t a privacy concern here. But the broader principle that data purchases be examined for privacy risks still stands.

Risky Business #703 -- Russia whines about its tech dependence on China

PLUS: Yo dawg, I hear you like supply chain attacks so I put a supply chain attack in your supply chain attack...

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

  • The supply chain attack in the supply chain attack
  • Russia has a China dependency problem
  • Recent research into TLS resumption flaws
  • Google and Intel team up on hardware hacking
  • DHS will hack enterprise kit
  • Much, much more

This week’s show is brought to you by Corelight. Brian Dye, Corelight’s CEO, is this week’s sponsor guest. He’s talking about the (actually sensible) ChatGPT-driven features Corelight has built into its NDR platform.

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: Cyber Deterrence

Deterrence is a real thing, but how does it apply in the cyber domain?

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss whether cyber operations are any good at deterrence. Tom thinks that attributes of the domain mean that it is just no good for deterrence. The Grugq, however, thinks that it can be, although perhaps not in a state vs state context.

Snake Oilers: Socket, Teleport and Mandiant's Purple Team

Roll up roll up!

Snake Oilers isn’t our regular weekly podcast, it’s a wholly sponsored series we do at Risky.Biz where vendors come on to the show to pitch their products to you, the Risky Business listener. To be clear – everyone you hear in one of these editions, paid to be here.

We’ll hear from three vendors in this edition of Snake Oilers:

  • Socket.dev, a software supply chain product that currently deploys as a GitHub addon
  • Teleport, a company that makes a secure access gateway/single sign on product for engineers to securely access infrastructure
  • Mandiant joins us to pitch its Purple Team engagement product

Enjoy!

Srsly Risky Biz: After Viasat, Space Systems Get Scrutiny

PLUS: Cyber diplomacy and disaster relief take flight...

In this podcast Patrick Gray talks to Tom Uren about a report by CSC 2.0 that recommends the US government designate space systems as critical infrastructure. Lots of satellites systems are already covered under other critical infrastructure sectors such as communication or defence, but Tom agrees that there are some good reasons to carve out a space-specific critical infrastructure sector.

They also talk about the US State Department working on developing a portfolio of cyber diplomacy “offerings”, ranging from disaster relief funding, to technical capacity building, through to policy-level cyber education. This seems like a great idea.

Risky Business #702 -- 3CX: It's like SolarWinds, but stupider

PLUS: Why Wiz's latest AzureAD research is worth a second look...

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

  • Why 3CX was the dumbest supply chain attack we’ve seen
  • Why Wiz’s AzureAD research was a showstopper that didn’t get the attention it deserved
  • How attackers are burning down cloud infrastructure
  • The latest from the world of spyware
  • Much, much more

This week’s show is brought to you by Nucleus Security. Chris Hughes from Aquia is this week’s sponsor guest. He appeared at Nucleus Security’s invitation.

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: The NCF's Practical Guide to Offensive Cyber Operations

The UK's National Cyber Force explains how it uses offensive cyber operations to mess with people...

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss the UK’s National Cyber Force’s recently published “Responsible Cyber Power in Practice” document. The Grugq thinks he’s been plagiarised, while Tom wonders whether the NCF’s “doctrine of cognitive effects” highlights the limits of cyber operations. It’s a good document and will be influential in shaping how people discuss offensive operations (those that disrupt, degrade, destroy etc).

Risky Biz Soap Box: Haroon Meer on why the VC apocalypse is great news

The wicked will be punished! The righteous will ascend!

In this Soap Box edition of the show, Thinkst Canary founder Haroon Meer joins us to talk about why the sudden pullback in venture funding in infosec is actually a good thing.

He thinks this will give founders licence to slow down and actually focus on making good products, instead of trying to build a company around vapourware or a minimum viable product.

Risky Biz News: Genesis Market goes boom

PLUS: Kaspersky spies final 3CX payload; Western Digital discloses hack; Australia and NATO ban TikTok.

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 click here.

Between Two Nerds: Why Glowing Symphony Feels So Small

In 2016, US Cyber Command changed ISIL's passwords while Russian operatives interfered with the US Presidential election...

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq contrast between different cyber operations that occurred in 2016. In one, US Cyber Command used cyber operations to attack ISIS’ propaganda operations. In the other, Russian cyber operators interfered with US Presidential elections. US action was tightly scoped, measurable and an underwhelming success, whereas Russian activity was nebulous and hard to measure but could have changed the course of the election.


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