Risky Business News Podcast

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.

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 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.

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!