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Between Two Nerds: The evil genius of Predatory Sparrow

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 dive into the motivations and actions of Predatory Sparrow, a purported hacktivist group that has been attacking Iran for the last five years and has leapt into the Iran-Israel war.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Between Two Nerds: The evil genius of Predatory Sparrow
0:00 / 28:37

Risky Bulletin: White House rejects nominee for NSA & CyberCom leader

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

The White House rejects the Pentagon’s nominee for NSA & CyberCom leader, the FCC probes the US Cyber Trust Mark program, a cyberattack disrupts Russia’s animal products industry, and hackers leak data about everyone in Paraguay.

Risky Bulletin: White House rejects nominee for NSA & CyberCom leader
0:00 / 8:09

Sponsored: The geopolitics of trust

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview Fletcher Heisler, CEO of Authentik, talks to Tom Uren about the inflection points that make organisations consider rationalising their Identity Providers (IdPs). The pair also discuss sovereign tech stacks and how to earn the trust of customers.

Sponsored: The geopolitics of trust
0:00 / 11:16

Risky Bulletin: Russian hackers abuse app-specific passwords to bypass MFA

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Russian hackers abuse app-specific passwords to bypass multi-factor, the tenth Salt Typhoon victim is identified, Predatory Sparrow destroys $90 million from an Iranian crypto-exchange, and Argentina arrests a Russian disinfo gang.

Risky Bulletin: Russian hackers abuse app-specific passwords to bypass MFA
0:00 / 7:46

Srsly Risky Biz: Data brokers are a killer's best friend

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about a Minnesota man who used people-search services to locate, stalk and eventually murder political targets.

They also discuss purported hacktivist group Predatory Sparrow weighing in on the Iran-Israel conflict. It has attacked Iran’s financial system including a bank associated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp and also burnt USD$90 million worth of cryptocurrency from an Iranian exchange

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Srsly Risky Biz: Data brokers are a killer's best friend
0:00 / 22:28

Risky Bulletin: Israel-linked hackers claim Iran bank disruption

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

An Israeli-linked hacktivist group claims attack on Iranian bank, Chrome gets a new prompt to prevent local network attacks, a Century-old German napkin company goes under following ransomware attack, and Europol takes down the Archetyp dark web market.

Risky Bulletin: Israel-linked hackers claim Iran bank disruption
0:00 / 7:03

Between Two Nerds: Why modern influence operations suck

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 take a look at a new AI-powered covert influence campaign and compare it to World War 2 efforts.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Between Two Nerds: Why modern influence operations suck
0:00 / 30:21

Risky Bulletin: Washington Post email accounts hacked

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Email accounts compromised at the Washington Post, shady email provider Cock.li gets hacked, hackers steal data from a French university, and the EU invests €145 million in hospital cybersecurity.

Risky Bulletin: Washington Post email accounts hacked
0:00 / 5:48

Sponsored: Hardening the browser

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview Michael Leland, Field CTO of Island, talks about how Island manages risks from extensions, phishing and infostealers. Even when credentials are stolen, it is still not game over and there are still ways to prevent data loss and breaches.

Sponsored: Hardening the browser
0:00 / 12:42

Risky Bulletin: Predator spyware alive despite US sanctions

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Intellexa is alive and well despite US sanctions, Paragon spyware used a zero-click iMessage exploit, South Korea’s largest online bookstore gets ransomwared, and law enforcement takes down several cybercrime operations.

Risky Bulletin: Predator spyware alive despite US sanctions
0:00 / 7:47