Risky Business #734 -- The number of hacked Microsoft 365 customers is skyrocketing

PLUS: Australia's assistant foreign minister Tim Watts joins the show to talk about the Ermakov sanctions...

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They talk about:

  • More details on sanctioned Medibank hacker Aleksandr Ermakov
  • More details on alleged Scattered Spider hacker Noah Michael Urban
  • RUMINT that the number of Microsoft customers impacted by the SVR oauth/365 campaign is huge
  • Ron Wyden did something useful…
  • …then did something stupid
  • Ivanti’s clown car collides with dumpster fire
  • Much, much more

This week’s feature guest is Australia’s assistant foreign minister (and cybersecurity tragic) Tim Watts. He joins us to talk about why the Australian government sanctioned Aleksandr Ermakob.

Sublime Security founder and CEO Josh Kamdjou is this week’s sponsor guest. He joins us to talk about combating QR-code phishing.

REPOSTED: Sponsored: Talking with Island on how enterprise browsers could replace some technology stacks

Modern enterprise browsers go far beyond group policies, look to control the "last mile."

NOTE: We initially published the wrong mp3 for this episode. It has been corrected!

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Bradon Rogers, Chief Customer Officer at enterprise browser Island, on how a modern enterprise browser solution like Island can be used to replace, complement, or enhance some enterprise security tools or technology stacks.

Srsly Risky Biz: How the SEC's new cyber disclosure rules are shaking out

PLUS: How private sector involvement is key for the CSRB

In this podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about how the SEC’s new disclosure rules that mean companies have four days to report cyber security incidents once they’ve formally decided that they are material. So far, companies are very much erring on the side of caution.

They also look at the criticism of the CSRB’s board composition. Tom thinks these critiques are misguided. The cyber security landscape is so fractured that if the board were made up of faceless bureaucrats it would get very limited traction.

Risky Biz News: SVR hackers also breached HPE

PLUS: New Chinese APT caught performing AitM attacks; Ukraine hacktivists wipe Russian satellite imagery processing center; major RCE bug patched in Jenkins.

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.

Risky Business #733 -- Say cheese, motherf---er

Australia sanctions and doxxes the Medibank hacker, publishes webcam trophy shots...

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news.

  • Microsoft honks its clown car horn
  • Australia’s hounds, released, catch their man
  • The beginning of the end for Scattered Spider
  • SEC was SIM swapped but had MFA off any way
  • Ivanti learns a lesson…
  • … while Progress does not
  • and much more

DHS undersecretary for policy and Cyber Safety Review Board head Rob Silvers is this week’s feature guest. He joins the show to talk about how the CSRB handles possible conflicts of interests from board members with industry day jobs.

In this week’s sponsor interview Resourcely’s founder Travis McPeak talks about why we need to help developers with “paved roads” instead of relying on dashboard products to tell us when things have gone wrong.

Risky Biz News: SVR hackers breach Microsoft

PLUS: Chinese APT secretly exploited VMWare zero-day for months; BreachForums admin sentenced; and Zloader returns

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: The PRC doesn't care about stealth, just access

PLUS: A mild win for geolocation privacy

In this podcast Adam Boileau and Tom Uren talk about how although the PRC has pivoted to quieter living-off-the-land approaches, they don’t really care about stealth. They just want long-term access. So this means noisily digging in to networks and targeting end-of-life devices.

They also look at the FTC’s settlement against geolocation data broker Outlogic. It’s a win, but it’s built on shaky foundations.

Risky Business #732 — We are CRUSHED

PLUS: China snoops on Pooh meme Airdroppers

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

  • Their disappointment over last week’s SEC Twitter hack
  • China rainbow-tables Airdrop
  • Enterprise bugs galore…
  • … and why patching fast is hard when there isn’t even a patch yet
  • UEFI flaws get trad-BIOS-era vendor response
  • and much, much more…

This week’s show is unsponsored, we’re just here for the fun of it.