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Risky Bulletin: US raids SIM farm in New York

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

The US Secret Service raids a SIM farm in New York, EU airport disruptions were caused by ransomware, thieves steal gold nuggets from a French museum after a cyberattack and SonicWall releases a firmware update to remove SMA rootkits.

Risky Bulletin: US raids SIM farm in New York
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Between Two Nerds: How the US can win the cyber war

Presented by

The Grugq
The Grugq

Independent Security Researcher

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at a new Center for Strategic and International Studies report: A Playbook for Winning the Cyber War.

This episode is also available on YouTube.

Between Two Nerds: How the US can win the cyber war
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Risky Bulletin: Cyberattack disrupts airports across Europe

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

A cyberattack disrupts European airports, a Scattered Spider member turns himself in to US authorities, the Pentagon hires a new cyber policy leader and two Russian APTs work together for the first time.

Risky Bulletin: Cyberattack disrupts airports across Europe
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Sponsored: SpecterOps on identities at rest and identities in transit

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Jared Atkinson, CTO at SpecterOps. They discuss how SpecterOps is using classifying identities under two categories, identities at rest and identities in transit, what they are and how they should be treated differently.

Sponsored: SpecterOps on identities at rest and identities in transit
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Risky Bulletin: Pentagon has more than 70,000 cyber personnel

Presented by

Amberleigh Jack
Amberleigh Jack

Producer and Editor

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

America’s Government Accountability Office says the Pentagon employs more than 70,000 cyber personnel, hackers steal SonicWall firewall configs, DeepSeek returns insecure code for groups China doesn’t like, and two Scattered Spider members arrested in the UK.

Risky Bulletin: Pentagon has more than 70,000 cyber personnel
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Srsly Risky Biz: US investment in spyware skyrockets

Presented by

Amberleigh Jack
Amberleigh Jack

Producer and Editor

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about why it is good news that US investment in spyware vendors has skyrocketed.

They also discuss the in-principle agreement for TikTok to remain in the US. It’s a win-win: a win for China and a win for TikTok, but not so much a win for US national security.

This episode is also available on YouTube.

Srsly Risky Biz: US investment in spyware skyrockets
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Risky Business #807 -- Shai-Hulud npm worm wreaks old-school havoc

Presented by

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:

  • Shai-Hulud worm propagates via npm and steals credentials
  • Jaguar Land Rover attack may put smaller suppliers out of business
  • Leaked data emerges from the vendor behind the Great Firewall of China
  • Vastaamo hacker walks free while appeal is underway
  • Why is a senator so mad about Kerberos?

This week’s episode is sponsored by Knocknoc. Chief exec Adam Pointon joins to talk through the surprising number of customers that are using Knocknoc’s identity-to-firewall glue to protect internal services and networks.

This week’s episode is also available on Youtube.

Risky Business #807 -- Shai-Hulud npm worm wreaks old-school havoc
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Risky Bulletin: Android switches to risk-based security updates

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Android will only issue monthly updates for high-risk vulnerabilities A self-replicating attack hits the npm registry; BreachForums’ admin resentenced on appeal; …and hackers breach Gucci’s parent company.

Risky Bulletin: Android switches to risk-based security updates
0:00 / 7:11

Between Two Nerds: The limits of cyber power

Presented by

The Grugq
The Grugq

Independent Security Researcher

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about the limits of a state’s cyber power.

This episode is also available on YouTube

Between Two Nerds: The limits of cyber power
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Risky Bulletin: DC sues crypto ATM operator for profiting from scams

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

The US sues a crypto ATM operator for profiting from scams, SMS blasters make their way into Switzerland, the US and Portugal tussle over the extradition of the RaidForums admin, and Samsung patches a zero-day in its phones.

Risky Bulletin: DC sues crypto ATM operator for profiting from scams
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