In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about the role of the state in tackling ransomware. They discuss why action has been slow and ineffective, and what it will take to truly change the situation.
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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In this Risky Business News sponsored interview, Tom Uren talks to Justin Kohler, VP of the Bloodhound team at SpecterOps about ‘attack paths’, the ways that malicious actors maneuver through Active Directory to elevate their privileges. They discuss how and why they arise and what you can do about them.
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.
In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about a UK government proposal that would see ransomware victims seek government approval before making ransom payments.
They also talk about why governments need to be more proactive about defending democracy and why that is difficult.
This week’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at AusCERT’s 2024 conference. Pat and Adam talked through:
This week’s episode is sponsored by Tines. Its CEO Eoin Hinchy joins the show to talk about how AI can be genuinely useful in automation.
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.
In this edition of Between Three Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk to Elena Grossfeld about the strategic culture of Russian intelligence organisations.
In the discussion we refer to Elena’s paper on Russia’s declining satellite reconnaissance capability and she talks about ‘lustration’, the removal of public officials who are associated with a tainted political regime.
Elena is researching Russian and Soviet intelligence culture at Kings College London and is on X @kloosha.
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.
In this Risky Business News sponsor interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Proofpoint senior threat intelligence analyst Selena Larson about the latest changes in the threat actor landscape in the aftermath of several law enforcement takedowns and Microsoft tech stack changes.
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.
In this podcast SentinelOne’s Chief Trust officer Alex Stamos and its Chief Intelligence and Public Policy Officer Chris Krebs join Patrick Gray to talk all about AI.
It’s been a year and a half since ChatGPT landed and freaked everyone out. Since then, AI has really entrenched itself as the next big thing. It’s popping up everywhere, and the use cases for cybersecurity are starting to come into focus.
Threat actors and defenders are using this stuff already, but it’s early days and as you’ll hear, things are really going to change, and fast.
In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about Amnesty International’s research into Indonesia’s use of spyware implicated in human rights abuses.
They also talk about proposed regulation that would dock payments to US hospitals that don’t meet minimum cyber security standards and why the idea needs some tweaking.
This week Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau along special guest Lina Lau discuss the week’s news, including:
This week’s sponsor is network discovery specialist, Run Zero. Director of research Rob King joins to talk about the weird and wonderful delights in their new Research Report.
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.
The regular two nerds have the week off, but the former Director of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence Andy Boyd joins Patrick Gray for a rollicking conversation in front of a live audience in San Francisco. Grugq and Tom return next week!
In this Risky Business News sponsored interview, Adam Boileau talks to Okta’s Cassio Sampaio about how cloud-native applications can move authorisation into a centralised model. This brings real benefits for consistency, control and auditing in distributed applications, beyond just the authentication part Okta is normally known for.
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.
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.
In this podcast Tom Uren and Adam Boileau talk about how Microsoft’s reprioritisation of security after recent breaches and a scathing CSRB report seem to be influencing other companies. They are now touting their security chops, so could it be that security is actually becoming a competitive advantage?
They also talk about law enforcement trying to make life difficult for the LockBit ringleader and how the Change Healthcare disaster had deeper underlying causes beyond “no MFA on Citrix”.
