Risky Business News Podcast

Analysis and news podcasts published weekly

Risky Bulletin: TeleMessage data published by DDoSecrets

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

DDoSecrets archives 400GB of stolen TeleMessage data, the FBI closes its FISA watchdog office, Predatorgate lawsuit delayed due to interpreter shortage, and a wave of DDoS attacks disrupt Russian government portals.

Risky Bulletin: TeleMessage data published by DDoSecrets
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Between Two Nerds: Why hackers and spies don't mix

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 examine what makes it hard for even competent hackers to contribute to state-backed espionage agencies.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Between Two Nerds: Why hackers and spies don't mix
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Risky Bulletin: Japan passes active cyber defense law

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Japan passes a new active cyber defense law, printer software gets shipped with malware, a UK telco leaks user data and geolocation via its 4G network, and Volkswagen patches major bugs in its mobile app.

Risky Bulletin: Japan passes active cyber defense law
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Sponsored: Securing identity is like building a house while blindfolded

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview Justin Kohler, Chief Product Officer at SpecterOps talks to Tom Uren about the impossible challenge of managing identity directory services securely. Organisations try to implement the principle of least privilege but have no idea if they have done a good job. Justin talks about approaches SpecterOps is developing to address this problem.

Sponsored: Securing identity is like building a house while blindfolded
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Risky Bulletin: Coinbase reveals insider breach, extortion attempt

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Coinbase was extorted by hackers who bribed employees for user data, America’s largest steel producer halts production after a cyberattack, Scattered Spider shifts to targeting US retailers, and the US abandons plans to protect Americans from data brokers.

Risky Bulletin: Coinbase reveals insider breach, extortion attempt
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Srsly Risky Biz: Special guests Rob Joyce and Andy Boyd on offensive cyber

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

In this special edition of the Seriously Risky Business podcast Patrick Gray speaks with former NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce and former director of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence Andy Boyd.

The talk about what offensive cyber could look like under Trump 2.0, and the shake-up the intelligence community is going through under various White House initiatives.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Srsly Risky Biz: Special guests Rob Joyce and Andy Boyd on offensive cyber
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Risky Bulletin: EU launches its own vulnerability database

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

The EU launches its own vulnerability database, a Turkish APT deploys a zero-day in Iraq, North Korea tasks an APT to Ukraine, and Spain will probe cyber’s role in last month’s energy grid collapse.

Risky Bulletin: EU launches its own vulnerability database
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Between Two Nerds: Should US spies steal Chinese commercial secrets?

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 examine whether the US should steal intellectual property from Chinese companies.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Between Two Nerds: Should US spies steal Chinese commercial secrets?
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Risky Bulletin: Kaleidoscope ad fraud network infects 2.5m devices a month

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

The Kaleidoscope ad fraud network infects 2.5 million devices a month, Germany seizes the eXch crypto-mixing service, the US takes down the Anyproxy botnet, and Chrome will use on-device AI to detect tech support scams.

Risky Bulletin: Kaleidoscope ad fraud network infects 2.5m devices a month
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Sponsored: What really goes down on Blackhat wifi networks

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview James Pope, Director of Technical Enablement, talks to Tom Uren about his experience running networks and security centres at Black Hat conferences around the world. Pope talks about the challenges of running a SOC at a hacker conference, how conference networks around the world have a different character and talks about all the weird and wonderful security snafus he has found.

Sponsored: What really goes down on Blackhat wifi networks
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