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Risky Business #414 - Trading on OSINT for fun and profit

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On this week's show we're chatting with Australian security researcher Nik Cubrilovic. He's been doing some fascinating research into using OSINT techniques to obtain market-sensitive information. It's OSINT for fun and profit! That's this week's feature.

In this week's sponsor interview we chat with Marco Slaviero, lead researcher from Thinkst Applied Research. Thinkst is, of course, the company behind Canary.tools, and Marco is along this week to talk about some free services and tools Thinkst has developed. You may have heard Haroon Meer talking about honey tokens on a previous episode. Well, the team at Thinkst have created some new honeytokens that use Microsoft's cryptoAPI to do all sorts of really funky stuff.

Adam Boileau, as always, stops by to discuss the week's news headlines.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Adam on Twitter if that's your thing.

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Risky Business #413 -- Matthew Green: The case against backdoors

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

In this week’s feature slot we’re joined by cryptographer Matthew Green of Johns Hopkins University. He’ll be arguing against the subversion of encryption technologies this week. Consider it a counterpoint to last week’s discussion with Stewart A Baker, former NSA general counsel. This week we get the other side of the argument! This week’s sponsor interview is also a cracker. We’re chatting with Bromium’s co-founder and CTO Simon Crosby. He’s been spending a fair bit of time lately trolling rival CTOs on Twitter, which has been somewhat hilarious to watch.

We talk to him about that, and how that attitude actually informs Bromium’s strategy. We also talk about the work Bromium has been working with Microsoft to introduce microvirtualisation into Windows where it can be useful to the masses.

We chat about all of that in this week’s sponsor interview with Bromium CTO and co-founder, Simon Crosby.

Adam Boileau, as always, stops by to discuss the week’s news headlines.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing.

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Risky Business #412 -- Former NSA general counsel Stewart A Baker

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week's show we're chatting with former NSA general counsel and Steptoe & Johnson law partner Stewart A Baker about the cryptowars! Stewart was NSA general counsel during the Clipper Chip period at NSA, and he joins us this week to talk about the second cryptowar, Apple versus the FBI and more.

In this week's sponsor interview we're chatting with Senetas CTO Julian Fay about some work they've been doing with Avaya on encrypting and locking down virtual and software defined networks... The networks of the future are getting more complicated in structure but simpler to run thanks to better automation and centralised control. It's complicated stuff and I admit I was a little bit out of my depth in that interview, but it is very interesting and Julian explains it well.

Adam Boileau, as always, stops by to discuss the week's news headlines.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Adam on Twitter if that's your thing.

Show notes

Chrome Defaults to HTML5 over Adobe Flash Starting in Q4 | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/chrome-defaults-to-html5-over-adobe-flash-startin...

Google Set to Kill SSLv3, RC4 in SMTP, Gmail in June | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/google-set-to-kill-sslv3-and-rc4-in-smtp-gmail-in...

Tavis Ormandy on Twitter: "Kernel memory corruption in Symantec/Norton antivirus, CVE-2016-2208 (more patches soon). https://t.co/Sqhm0a48Fp https://t.co/F22xDIelSU"
https://twitter.com/taviso/status/732365178872856577

Patrick Gray on Twitter: "Inspecting malicious code in the kernel? That's like the bomb squad bringing a suspicious package into a kindergarten to open it. CC @taviso"
https://twitter.com/riskybusiness/status/732374512449277952

TeslaCrypt shuts down and Releases Master Decryption Key
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/teslacrypt-shuts-down-and-...

The Intercept
https://theintercept.com/snowden-sidtoday/

2011 7 27 Culture Shock NSA From the Perspective of Summer Interns
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2830624-2011-7-27-Culture-Shock-...

The curious case of Besa Mafia | All Things VICE
https://allthingsvice.com/2016/05/14/the-curious-case-of-besa-mafia/

Hitting on the Aussies - the Besa Mafia files | All Things VICE
https://allthingsvice.com/2016/05/15/hitting-on-the-aussies-the-besa-maf...

Breach of Nulled.io crime forum could cause a world of pain for members | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/breach-of-nulled-io-crime-forum-...

Tumblr Requires Password Reset | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/tumblr-accounts-must-reset-passwords/118084/

That time a patient's heart procedure was interrupted by a virus scan | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/faulty-av-scan-disrupts-patients...

Hacker fans give Mr. Robot website free security checkup | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/hacker-fans-give-mr-robot-websit...

That Insane, $81M Bangladesh Bank Heist? Here's What We Know | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/2016/05/insane-81m-bangladesh-bank-heist-heres-know/

SWIFT Warns of Second Bank Attack via PDF Malware | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/swift-warns-of-second-bank-attack-via-pdf-malware...

U.S. banks scrutinize SWIFT security after hacks: reports | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-heist-swift-banks-idUSKCN0Y82HW

Exclusive: UK banks ordered to review cyber security after SWIFT heist | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-heist-bankofengland-idUSKCN0Y92KR

Judge Changes Mind, Says FBI Doesn't Have to Reveal Tor Browser Hack | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/judge-changes-mind-says-fbi-doesnt-have...

Motion Filed Asking FBI To Disclose Tor Browser Zero Day | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/motion-filed-asking-fbi-to-disclose-tor-browser-z...

Academics Make Theoretical Breakthrough in Random Number Generation | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/academics-make-theoretical-breakthrough-in-random...

Gaping Security Hole in Android Platform Grows Larger, Researchers Claim | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/scope-of-gaping-android-security-hole-grows/118161/

Banking Trojan Outwits Google Play Malware Scanner | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/banking-trojan-outwits-google-verify-apps-scanner...

Malware-Laced Porn Apps Behind Wave of Android Lockscreen Attacks | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/malware-laced-porn-apps-behind-wave-of-android-lo...

Don't Use Allo | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dont-use-google-allo

John McAfee Apparently Tried to Trick Reporters Into Thinking He Hacked WhatsApp
http://gizmodo.com/john-mcafee-apparently-tried-to-trick-reporters-into-...

Adobe Emergency Update Patches Flash Zero Day | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/emergency-flash-update-patches-public-zero-day/11...

Major Remote SSH Security Issue in CoreOS Linux Alpha, Subset of Users Affected
https://coreos.com/blog/alpha-security-incident-subset-of-users-affected...

The Bank Job
https://boris.in/blog/2016/the-bank-job/

Stewart Baker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Baker

RSS Feed
http://www.steptoe.com/feed-Cyberlaw.rss

France votes to penalize companies for refusing to decrypt devices, messages | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/france-votes-to-penalise-comp...

complementing_avaya_fabric_connect_with_senetas_encryption_dn7794.pdf
https://www.avaya.com/usa/documents/complementing_avaya_fabric_connect_w...

Risky Business #412 -- Former NSA general counsel Stewart A Baker
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Risky Business #411 -- Ruining the ImageMagick party

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week's show we're taking a look at the backstory to the ImageMagick bug. There's a fair bit more to that one than has been reported so far and we'll chat with Ryan Huber about that.

This week's show is sponsored by BugCrowd, so in this week's sponsor interview we're joined by Casey Ellis, BugCrowd's CEO. We're also joined by Katie Moussouris, former chief policy officer from HackerOne. She's now a freelance bug bounty consultant working across the whole industry and she's got some interesting stuff to say about where all this bounty madness is headed.

We have a chat about what she's up to, why she launched a consulting business, and I get Casey and Katie's thoughts on what the next five years could look like in bug bounty land.

Adam Boileau, as always, stops by to discuss the week's news headlines.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Adam on Twitter if that's your thing.

Show notes

UPDATE: When these notes were first posted the link to the php bugs discussed wasn't in them. Here it is:

https://github.com/dyntopia/exploits

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$1B Bangladesh heist: Officials say SWIFT technicians left bank vulnerable | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/1b-bangladesh-heist-officials-sa...

You Don't See This Often: Simultaneous FBI, DHS, and DoD Cyber Espionage Alerts | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/rare-simultaneous-fbi-dhs-and-dod-cyber...

Yahoo Releases Second Wave Unsealed FISA Documents | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/yahoo-releases-second-wave-of-unsealed-fisc-docum...

Twitter Denies Intelligence Community Fire Hose Access Via Dataminr | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/twitter-turns-off-fire-hose-for-intelligence-comm...

How a security pro's ill-advised hack of a Florida elections site backfired | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/how-a-security-pros-ill-advised-...

PwnedList Shutdown Unrelated to Parameter Tampering Vulnerability | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/pwnedlist-shutdown-unrelated-to-recent-vulnerabil...

Another Day, Another Hack: Passwords and Sexual Desires for Dating Site 'Fling' | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/another-day-another-hack-passwords-and-...

Another Day, Another Hack: Is Your Fisting Site Updating Its Forum Software? | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/rosebuttboard-ip-board

No more get-out-of-jail-free card for CryptXXX ransomware victims | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/no-more-get-out-of-jail-free-car...

Someone Replaced Notorious 'Locky' Ransomware With a Dud File | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/someone-replaced-notorious-locky-ransom...

Microsoft and Adobe warn of separate zero-day vulnerabilities under attack | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/beware-of-in-the-wild-0day-attac...

New Windows 10 build kills controversial password-sharing Wi-Fi Sense | ExtremeTech
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/228259-new-windows-10-build-kills-c...

New Security Flaw Found in Lenovo Solution Center Software | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/new-security-flaw-found-in-lenovo-solution-center...

Tavis Ormandy on Twitter: "Many remote stack overflows in Symantec Endpoint. No big deal, because /GS is the default since 2005, right? Hahaha. https://t.co/ac40M0Ki90"
https://twitter.com/taviso/status/730249521247068162

Critical Qualcomm security bug leaves many phones open to attack | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/5-year-old-android-vulnerability...

Chinese ARM vendor left developer backdoor in kernel for Android, "Pi" devices | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/chinese-arm-vendor-left-develope...

Viking Horde Malware Co-Ops Android Devices for Ad Fraud | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/viking-horde-malware-co-ops-android-devices-for-a...

SS7 Attack Circumvents WhatsApp and Telegram Encryption
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ss7-attack-leaves-whatsapp-and-telegram-e...

Feds probe mobile phone industry over the sad state of security updates | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/feds-probe-mobile-industrys-secu...

Security researcher Stefan Esser releases iPhone & iPad jailbreak detection tool in iOS App Store | 9to5Mac
http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/10/security-research-stefan-esser-releases-ip...

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Top Takeaways | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/old-exploits-die-hard-says-microsoft-report/117918/

Attackers Targeting Critical SAP Flaw Since 2013 | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/attackers-targeting-critical-sap-flaw-since-2013/...

Facebook Capture The Flag Platform Open Source | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/facebook-makes-its-ctf-platform-freely-available/...

Snowden's Surveillance Leaks Made People Less Likely to Read About Surveillance | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/snowdens-surveillance-leaks-made-people...

lcamtuf's blog: Clearing up some misconceptions around the "ImageTragick" bug
https://lcamtuf.blogspot.com.br/2016/05/clearing-up-some-misconceptions-...

.:: Phrack Magazine ::.
http://www.phrack.org/issues/69/1.html

Untitled
https://threatbutt.com/press/Threatbutt-DZIR-2016.pdf

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Risky Business #410 -- Mainframe security: Too big to fail?

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week's show we're chatting with Chad Rikansrud about mainframe security. Yes, they're old school, but there are many, many reasons why large organisations still use these hunks of big iron. And as you'll hear, because they're so important to the companies they basically run, management can get a bit twitchy when you want to do crazy stuff to them, like, you know, pentest them. We'll find out what mainframe security issues look like with Chad Rikansrud, after this week's news.

In this week's sponsor interview we're chatting with Jack Daniel about this year's Data Breach Investigation Report. If I'm being honest, and with total respect to Verizon's RISK team, this year's report was a little dull and contained some really bizarre numbers regarding vulnerability exploitation. We'll get Jack's thoughts on that in this week's sponsor interview.

As (mostly) always, Adam Boileau joins the show to discuss this week's news. Also the not news. About certain people not being the creators of certain cryptocurrencies.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Adam on Twitter if that's your thing.

Show notes

Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto - New Web Order
https://www.nikcub.com/posts/craig-wright-is-not-satoshi-nakamoto/

Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Proof - Dr. Craig Wright BlogDr. Craig Wright Blog
http://www.drcraigwright.net/extraordinary-claims-require-extraordinary-...

I am Craig Wright, inventor of Craig Wright \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/03/bitcoin_craig_wright/

ImageMagick Security Issue - ImageMagick
https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=29588

Public Exploits Available for ImageMagick Vulnerabilities | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/public-exploits-available-for-imagemagick-vulnera...

Bipartisan Committee Leaders Seek Briefings from Communications Providers on Vulnerabilities of SS7 | Energy and Commerce Committee
https://energycommerce.house.gov/news-center/press-releases/bipartisan-c...

So \u2026 Now the Government Wants to Hack Cybercrime Victims | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/2016/05/now-government-wants-hack-cybercrime-victims/

Tuesday 10 May: Lauri Love ruling may create dangerous new police powers | Courage Love
https://freelauri.com/2016/04/28/tuesday-10-may-lauri-love-ruling-may-cr...

Eurocops get new cyber powers to hunt down terrorists, criminals | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/eurocops-get-new-cyber-powers...

Brazilian Judge Overturns 72-Hour WhatsApp Suspension | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/brazilian-judge-overturns-72-hour-whatsapp-suspen...

Privacy Activists Cheer Passage of Email Privacy Act, Brace for Senate Battle | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/privacy-activists-cheer-passage-of-email-privacy-...

Please Don't Pay Ransoms, FBI Urges - DataBreachToday
http://www.databreachtoday.com/blogs/please-dont-pay-ransoms-fbi-urges-p...

Hacking Slack accounts: As easy as searching GitHub | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/hacking-slack-accounts-as-easy-a...

Rainbow Six: Siege reportedly reveals your IP address to potential attackers | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/04/rainbow-six-siege-reportedly-revea...

Fraudsters Steal Tax, Salary Data From ADP - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/05/fraudsters-steal-tax-salary-data-from...

How the Pwnedlist Got Pwned - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/05/how-the-pwnedlist-got-pwned/

A Dramatic Rise in ATM Skimming Attacks - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/04/a-dramatic-rise-in-atm-skimming-attacks/

Dental Assn Mails Malware to Members - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/04/dental-assn-mails-malware-to-members/

10-Year-Old Hacks Instagram; Wins $10K From Facebook - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2016/05/03/facebook-10-year-o...

Unskilled Pro-ISIS Hackers A Growing Threat | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/unskilled-pro-isis-hackers-a-growing-threat/117726/

Q1 Summary from Chrome Security - Google Groups
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/security-dev/2e-bkPdHvfE

Scourge of Android Overlay Malware on Rise | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/scourge-of-android-overlay-malware-on-rise/117720/

Google Patches More Trouble in Mediaserver | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/google-patches-more-trouble-in-mediaserver/117758/

Office 365 Vulnerability Exposed Any Federated Account | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/office-365-vulnerability-exposed-any-federated-ac...

Microsoft Expands Bug Bounty Program, Preps Windows Server 2016 for Final Release | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/nano-server-added-to-microsoft-bug-bounty-program...

Linux Foundation Badge Program Boost Open Source Security | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/linux-foundation-badge-program-to-boost-open-sour...

Aging and bloated OpenSSL is purged of 2 high-severity bugs | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/05/aging-and-bloated-openssl-is-pur...

Commercial software chokkas with ancient brutal open source vulns \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/04/commercial_software_chokkas_with...

NIST readies 'post-quantum' crypto competition \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/04/nist_readies_postquantum_crypto_...

Flaws in Samsung's 'Smart' Home Let Hackers Unlock Doors and Set Off Fire Alarms | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/2016/05/flaws-samsungs-smart-home-let-hackers-unlo...

Defence bankrolls Oz Govt's infosec threat sharing strategy \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/04/defence_bankrolls_oz_govts_infos...

Wi-Fi network named 'mobile detonation device' grounds plane \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/03/wifi_hotspot_named_mobile_detona...

A Note on the Verizon DBIR 2016 Vulnerabilities Claims | OSVDB
https://blog.osvdb.org/2016/04/27/a-note-on-the-verizon-dbir-2016-vulner...

Collaborative Data Science - Inside the 2016 Verizon DBIR Vulnerability Section. - Kenna Blog
http://blog.kennasecurity.com/2016/05/collaborative-data-science-inside-...

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Risky Business #409 -- Talking SWIFT hacks, news, with Adam Boileau

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week's show Adam Boileau and Patrick Gray talk about the week's information security news before diving into a detailed look at multiple recent attacks against banks' SWIFT infrastructure.

It's the Metlstorm hour of power!

Oh, and do add Patrick and Adam on Twitter if that's your thing.

Show notes

James Clapper: Snowden sped up sophistication of crypto, "it's not a good thing" | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/top-intelligence-official-sno...

Viber Heats Up Crypto-Debate: Adds Encryption to 711 Million Users | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/viber-heats-up-cypto-debate-adds-encryption-to-71...

UK intel agencies spy indiscriminately on millions of innocent folks | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/uk-secret-police-surveillance...

FBI paid at least $1.3M for zero-day to get into San Bernardino iPhone | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/fbi-paid-at-least-1-3m-for-ze...

The Other Reason the FBI Doesn't Want to Reveal Its Hacking Techniques | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/fbi-hacking-techniques

In a first, US military plans to drop "cyberbombs" on ISIS, NYT says | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/us-military-plans-to-drop-cyberb...

Hacking group "PLATINUM" used Windows' own patching system against it | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/hacking-group-platinum-used-wind...

The Uber scammers who take users for a (very expensive) ride | Money | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/apr/22/uber-scam-hacking-account-p...

German nuclear plant's fuel rod system swarming with old malware | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/german-nuclear-plants-fuel-rod-s...

Active drive-by exploits critical Android bugs, care of Hacking Team | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/active-drive-by-attacks-exploit-...

SpyEye Makers Get 24 Years in Prison - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/04/spyeye-makers-get-24-years-in-prison/

PoS Attack Net Crooks 20 Million Bank Cards, Up to $400 Million | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/pos-attacks-net-crooks-20-million-stolen-bank-car...

New Decryptor Unlocks CryptXXX Ransomware | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/new-decryptor-unlocks-cryptxxx-ransomware/117668/

Latest TeslaCrypt Targets New File Extensions, Invests Heavily in Evasion | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/latest-teslacrypt-targets-new-file-extensions-inv...

Empty DDoS Threats: Meet the Armada Collective
https://blog.cloudflare.com/empty-ddos-threats-meet-the-armada-collective/

Core Windows Utility Can Be Used to Bypass AppLocker | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/core-windows-utility-can-be-used-to-bypass-apploc...

One Million Access Facebook Over Tor | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/one-million-access-facebook-over-tor/117653/

DRAM bitflipping exploits that hijack computers just got easier | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/dram-bitflipping-exploits-that-h...

How I Hacked Facebook, and Found Someone's Backdoor Script | DEVCORE \u6234\u592b\u5bc7\u723e
http://devco.re/blog/2016/04/21/how-I-hacked-facebook-and-found-someones...

The Ingenious Way Iranians Are Using Satellite TV to Beam in Banned Internet | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/ingenious-way-iranians-using-satellite-tv-b...

Hector Martin on Twitter: "How to panic a current @grsecurity kernel as any user: $ script /dev/null
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4gn0dr/hector_martin_on_tw...

Trent Smith on Twitter: "@riskybusiness I'm hoping @NSAGov just missed April Fools day by a couple of weeks https://t.co/CXe8dd0Isc"
https://twitter.com/TrentatESD/status/724598800921194496

Here are a bunch of links related to SWIFT:

$10 router blamed in Bangladesh bank hack - BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36110421

BAE Systems Threat Research Blog: Two bytes to $951m
http://baesystemsai.blogspot.com.br/2016/04/two-bytes-to-951m.html

CyberCrime & Doing Time: Is the Bank of Bangladesh ready for the Global Economy?
http://garwarner.blogspot.com.br/2016/04/is-bank-of-bangladesh-ready-for...

Exclusive: SWIFT warns customers of multiple cyber fraud cases | Reuters
http://in.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-banking-swift-exclusive-idINKCN0X...

Lessons Learned from Biggest Bank Heist in History -- CIO Update
http://www.cioupdate.com/trends/article.php/3600126/Lessons-Learned-from...

Bangladesh Bank hackers compromised SWIFT software, warning issued | Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nyfed-bangladesh-malware-exclusiv-...

'Crypto Wars' timeline: A history of the new encryption debate
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/encryption-crypto-wars-backdoors-timeli...

Brazilian Cybercrime Bills Threaten Open Internet for 200 Million People
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/26/brazilian-cybercrime-bills-threaten-...

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Risky Business #408 -- Advertising ecosystem security with Dan Kaminsky, news with Grugq

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week's show, as promised, we'll be checking in with Dan Kaminsky of WhiteOps to discuss their bread and butter -- click fraud prevention. We also get his thoughts on what the ad industry could do to stamp out malvertising. As you'll hear, he thinks the only way forward is to actually fix browsers. Seems sensible to us!

Adam Boileau is taking a well-deserved week off, so The Grugq pops in to fill in. We'll chat to him about all the infosec news of the last week.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Grugq on Twitter if that's your thing.

Show notes

How Hacking Team got hacked | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/how-hacking-team-got-hacked-phin...

How hackers eavesdropped on a US Congressman using only his phone number | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/how-hackers-eavesdropped-on-a-us...

Apple stops patching QuickTime for Windows despite 2 active vulnerabilities | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/apple-stops-patching-quicktime-f...

Adobe warns that uninstalling vulnerable QuickTime for Windows can break Creative Cloud | ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/article/adobe-warns-that-uninstalling-vulnerable-qu...

Microsoft Wins Widespread Support in Privacy Clash With Govt. | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/microsoft-wins-widespread-support-in-privacy-clas...

Apple and FBI Faceoff at House Encryption Hearing | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/apple-and-fbi-faceoff-at-house-encryption-hearing...

BlackBerry CEO Defends Lawful Access Principles, Supports Phone Hack | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/blackberry-ceo-defends-lawful-access-principles-s...

2015 Google Android Security Report | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/android-security-report-29-percent-of-active-devi...

Cisco Talos Blog: Widespread JBoss Backdoors a Major Threat
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/04/jboss-backdoor.html

IRS Chief: Agency Faces Loss of Key InfoSec Personnel
http://www.govinfosecurity.com/irs-chief-agency-faces-loss-key-infosec-p...

Matthew Keys Sentenced to Two Years for Aiding Anonymous | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/journalist-matthew-keys-sentenced-two-years...

A Scheme to Encrypt the Entire Web Is Actually Working | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/scheme-encrypt-entire-web-actually-working/

Researchers Crack Microsoft and Google's Shortened URLs to Spy on People | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/researchers-cracked-microsoft-googles-short...

Flashback: Declassified 1970 DOD cybersecurity document still relevant | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/flashback-declassified-1970-dod-...

Underwriters Labs refuses to share new IoT cybersecurity standard | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/underwriters-labs-refuses-to-sha...

New MIT Scanner Finds Web App Flaws in a Minute | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/new-mit-scanner-finds-web-app-flaws-in-a-minute/1...

VMware Patches Critical Session Handling Vulnerability | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/vmware-patches-critical-session-handling-vulnerab...

'Blackhole' Exploit Kit Author Gets 7 Years - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/04/blackhole-exploit-kit-author-gets-8-y...

Risky Business #408 -- Advertising ecosystem security with Dan Kaminsky, news with Grugq
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Risky Business #407 -- Guests HD Moore, Dan Kaminsky, Grugq and Space Rogue

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week's show we chat with HD Moore about the woeful state of security at Panamanian law firms. Mossack Fonseca isn't the only one that truly, truly sucks at security.

We also check in with Dan Kaminsky to get his reaction to the BadLock bug. Tenable Network Security's Cris "Space Rogue" Thomas joins us to talk about what we could expect this year when it comes to security startups. He's expecting quite a few of them to fold.

The Grugq joins the show this week to discuss the week's security news. He's filling in for Adam Boileau who's travelling in Australia.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Grugq on Twitter if that's your thing.

Show notes

Badlock Windows, Samba Man-in-the-Middle Vulnerability | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/badlock-vulnerability-falls-flat-against-its-hype...

Hyping vulnerabilities is no longer helping application security awareness | TechCrunch
http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/11/hyping-vulnerabilities-is-no-longer-hel...

That 'Badlock' Bug Is More Hype Than Hurt | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/badlock-bug-hype-hurt/

Yes, Badlock bug was shamelessly hyped, but the threat is real | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/yes-badlock-bug-was-shamelessly-...

How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/reporters-pulled-off-panama-papers-biggest-...

The Panama papers: Australia leads OECD response as crime links emerge | afr.com
http://www.afr.com/news/policy/tax/the-panama-papers-oecd-emergency-meet...

The Senate's Draft Encryption Bill Is 'Ludicrous, Dangerous, Technically Illiterate' | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/senates-draft-encryption-bill-privacy-night...

Adobe patches Flash bug that's being exploited to install ransomware | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/adobe-flash-update-ransomware-wi...

OK, panic-newly evolved ransomware is bad news for everyone | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/ok-panic-newly-evolved-ransomwar...

Meet The Cryptoworm, The Future of Ransomware | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/meet-the-cryptoworm-the-future-of-ransomware/117330/

Crypto ransomware targets called by name in spear-phishing blast | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/crypto-ransomware-targets-called...

Locky Ransomware Variant Changes C2, Spread Via Nuclear Exploit Kit | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/locky-variant-changes-c2-communication-found-in-n...

Experts crack nasty ransomware that took crypto-extortion to new heights | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/experts-crack-nasty-ransomware-t...

Google Online Security Blog: Improvements to Safe Browsing Alerts for Network Administrators
https://security.googleblog.com/2016/04/improvements-to-safe-browsing-al...

Apple Bug Exposed Chat History With a Single Click
https://theintercept.com/2016/04/12/apple-bug-exposed-chat-history-with-...

FBI: $2.3 Billion Lost to CEO Email Scams - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/04/fbi-2-3-billion-lost-to-ceo-email-scams/

"This is the IRS regarding your tax filings" says trio of overseas robocallers | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/04/three-overseas-fra...

Hack Brief: Turkey Breach Spills Info on More Than Half Its Citizens | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/hack-brief-turkey-breach-spills-info-half-c...

Bug Bounty Guru Katie Moussouris Will Help Hackers and Companies Play Nice | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/04/bug-bounty-guru-katie-moussouris-will-help-...

Researchers help shut down spam botnet that enslaved 4,000 Linux machines | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/researchers-help-shut-down-spam-...

Neutered random number generator let man rig million dollar lotteries | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/neutered-random-number-generator...

Nation-wide radio station hack airs hours of vulgar "furry sex" ramblings | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/nation-wide-radio-station-hack-a...

BREACH Revived to Steal Private Messages from Gmail, Facebook | Threatpost | The first stop for security news
https://threatpost.com/breach-attacks-revived-to-steal-private-messages-...

WhatsApp is now most widely used end-to-end crypto tool on the planet | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/whatsapp-is-now-most-widely-u...

Steam hacker says more vulnerabilities will be found, but not by him | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/04/steam-hacker-says-more-vulnerabili...

Sources: Trump Hotels Breached Again - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/04/sources-trump-hotels-breached-again/

New Threat Can Auto-Brick Apple Devices - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/04/new-threat-can-auto-brick-apple-devices/

centos7 - Recovering from a rm -rf / - Server Fault
https://serverfault.com/questions/769357/recovering-from-a-rm-rf

The 'Darth Vader' of Cyberwar Sold Services to Canada | VICE News
https://news.vice.com/article/the-darth-vader-of-cyberwar-sold-services-...

Risky Business #407 -- Guests HD Moore, Dan Kaminsky, Grugq and Space Rogue
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Risky Business #406 -- Making a killing from bug bounty programs

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week's show we're chatting with Nathaniel Wakelam, a professional bug bounty participant who, distressingly, at age 20, earns shitloads more money than I do! We'll talk to him about how he got into bug bounties, and how he manages to take down a massive paycheck in such a competitive space.

In this week's sponsor interview we're chatting with Senetas Security's Simon Galbally about the mess that is Australia's data breach notification legislation. This week's episode is sponsored by Senetas, an Australian company that designs and manufactures quite excellent layer 2 encryption gear.

Adam Boileau, as always, will also pop in to discuss the week's news headlines.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Adam on Twitter if that's your thing.

Show notes

The FBI Drops Its Case Against Apple After Finding a Way Into That iPhone | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/fbi-drops-case-apple-finding-way-iphone/

iOS forensics expert's theory: FBI will hack shooter's phone by mirroring storage | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/ios-forensics-experts-theory-fbi...

63 Times the Feds Asked Apple and Google to Help Unlock Phones | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/63-times-the-feds-used-the-all-wr...

The Government Has Used the All Writs Act on Android Phones At Least 9 Times | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/google-has-helped-the-feds-access...

Dark Web's Got a Bad Rep: 7 in 10 People Want It Shut Down, Study Shows | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/study-finds-7-10-people-want-dark-web-shut/

CloudFlare: 94 percent of the Tor traffic we see is "per se malicious" | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/new-data-suggests-94-percent-...

FBI: Er, no, we won't reveal how we unmask and torpedo Tor pedos \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/29/fbi_tor/

Pro-Tip: If You're a Suspected Dark Web Drug Dealer, Don't Trademark Your #Brand | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/suspected-dark-web-vendor-charged...

New ransomware installs in boot record, encrypts hard disk [Updated] | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/new-ransomware-installs-in-boot-...

Why Hospitals Are the Perfect Targets for Ransomware | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/ransomware-why-hospitals-are-the-perfect-ta...

Crooks Steal, Sell Verizon Enterprise Customer Data - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/crooks-steal-sell-verizon-enterprise-...

Big-Name Law Firms Fall Victim To Hackers | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/big-name-law-firms-fall-victim-to-hackers/117096/

Gumtree serves world's worst exploit kit to scores of Aussies \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/29/gumtree_aus_serving_angler/

Certified Ethical Hacker website caught spreading crypto ransomware | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/certified-ethical-hacker-website...

Mal Men men hit LiveJournal with Angler exploit kit \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/30/angler_malvertising_livejournal/

Stealthy malware targeting air-gapped PCs leaves no trace of infection | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/stealthy-malware-targeting-air-g...

Hype Around the Mysterious 'Badlock' Bug Raises Criticism | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/hype-around-mysterious-badlock-bug-raises-c...

Cops: Lottery terminal hack allowed suspects to print more winning tickets | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/cops-lottery-terminal-hack-allow...

Phishing Victims Muddle Tax Fraud Fight - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/phishing-victims-muddle-tax-fraud-fight/

Microsoft Deploys Macro-Blocker In Office To Curb Malware | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/microsoft-deploys-macro-blocking-feature-in-offic...

1,400+ Vulnerabilities Identified In Medical Supply System | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/1400-vulnerabilities-to-remain-unpatched-in-medic...

Apple Intel HD3000 Graphics Kernel Driver Patch | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/patched-apple-bug-paved-way-to-root-compromises/1...

Emergency Java Patch Re-Issued For 2013 Vulnerability | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/emergency-java-patch-re-issued-for-2013-vulnerabi...

Racist troll says he sent white supremacist flyers to public printers at colleges | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/public-printers-at...

Let Me Get That Door for You: Remote Root Vulnerability in HID Door Controllers -
http://blog.trendmicro.com/let-get-door-remote-root-vulnerability-hid-do...

Senetas
http://www.senetas.com/

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Risky Business #405 -- Doxing Africa's W2 scammers, FBiOS and more

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

On this week's show we're chatting with myNetWatchman's Donald McCarthy about some research he's done into these crews shaking down US companies for W2 forms. He and his colleagues have identified at least 40 crews involved in this stuff. We'll get the skinny on that in this week's feature interview.

We're also chatting with Haroon Meer this week in the sponsor interview. Haroon is the head honcho over at Thinkst Applied Research and we'll be talking to him some more about the fantastic honeypot product they've released: Canary.Tools.

With thousands of them now sold, we'll be asking Haroon why he's been able to make honeypots a commercial success and a security win after something like 16 years of them going nowhere despite industry people saying they're the next big thing.

Adam Boileau, as always, will also pop in to discuss the week's news headlines.

Oh, and do add Patrick and Adam on Twitter if that's your thing.

Show notes

iOS forensics expert's theory: FBI will hack shooter's phone by mirroring storage | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/ios-forensics-experts-theory-fbi...

Judge: Order to Compel Apple Has Been 'Unenforceable' All Along | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/judge-order-to-compel-apple-has-b...

Attention Turns To FBI's 'Outside Party' | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/attention-turns-to-fbis-outside-party/116931/

Hack Brief: Update iOS Now to Fix a Serious iMessage Crypto Flaw | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/hack-brief-update-ios-fix-serious-imessage-...

'Apple Should Replace the Entirety of iMessage', Warn Encryption Researchers | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/apple-should-replace-imessage-enc...

Hack Brief: No Need to Freak Out Over That Chinese iPhone Malware | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/hack-brief-no-need-freak-chinese-iphone-mal...

Android rooting bug opens Nexus phones to "permanent device compromise" | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/rooting-bug-in-android-opens-nex...

Stagefright Variant 'Metaphor' Puts Millions Of Samsung, LG And HTC Phones At Risk | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/stagefright-variant-metaphor-puts-millions-of-sam...

A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target in the Lavabit Case | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/government-error-just-revealed-snowden-targ...

Emails show NSA rejected Hillary Clinton's request for secure smartphone - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/emails-show-nsa-rejected-hillary-clinton-req...

The FBI Warns That Car Hacking Is a Real Risk | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/fbi-warns-car-hacking-real-risk/

Uber Will Pay $10,000 'Bug Bounties' to Friendly Hackers | WIRED
http://www.wired.com/2016/03/uber-bug-bounties/

Paris terrorists used burner phones, not encryption, to evade detection | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/paris-terrorist-attacks-burne...

Once thought safe, DDR4 memory shown to be vulnerable to "Rowhammer" | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/once-thought-safe-ddr4-memory-sh...

Judge Won't Consider EFF's Arguments in FBI Mass Hacking Case | Motherboard
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/judge-in-fbi-mass-hacking-case-wo...

CanSecWest 2016 Attack Attribution False Flags | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/apt-attackers-flying-more-false-flags-than-ever/1...

BinDiff Now Free, To Delight Of Security Researchers | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/bindiff-now-free-to-delight-of-security-researche...

Home Depot Agrees $19.5 Million To Settle 2014 Breach | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/home-depot-agrees-to-19-5-million-settlement-to-e...

Pwn2Own Day Two: Safari, Microsoft Edge Go Down Winner Announced | Threatpost | The First Stop For Security News
https://threatpost.com/pwn2own-day-two-safari-microsoft-edge-go-down-win...

Hospital Declares 'Internal State of Emergency' After Ransomware Infection - Krebs on Security
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/hospital-declares-internet-state-of-e...

How Pirates And Hackers Worked Together To Steal Millions Of Dollars In Diamonds - BuzzFeed News
http://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/how-pirates-and-hackers-worked-t...

How one developer just broke Node, Babel and thousands of projects in 11 lines of JavaScript \u2022 The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos?mt=1458722195866

Company behind the Badlock disclosure says pre-patch hype is good for business | CSO Online
http://www.csoonline.com/article/3047221/techology-business/company-behi...

Special Meetup with Thomas Dullien aka Halvar Flake - Null Singapore - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkDD2ea7SD8

HITBSecConf2016 - Amsterdam
http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2016ams/

Canary - know when it matters
https://canary.tools/

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