Risky Business News Podcast

Analysis and news podcasts published weekly

Risky Bulletin: Major CISA leadership exodus underway

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

A major exodus of leadership is underway at CISA, the US government will audit NIST over its vulnerability backlog; an ancient and mysterious APT has been linked to Spain’s government, and the SVG image format is great for phishing.

Risky Bulletin: Major CISA leadership exodus underway
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Sponsored: Sublime Security on the spam/email bomb problem

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Bobby Filar, Head of Machine Learning at Sublime Security. Bobby takes us through the rising problem of spam bombing, or email bombing, a technique threat actors are increasingly using for initial access into corporate environments.

Sponsored: Sublime Security on the spam/email bomb problem
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Risky Bulletin: DanaBot and Lumma Stealer taken down

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Law enforcement takes down the DanaBot and Lumma Stealer malware operations, the US government wants a centralized data broker platform, Turkey dismantles a Chinese IMSI catcher spy ring, and Russia hacked border cameras to track Ukrainian military aid.

Risky Bulletin: DanaBot and Lumma Stealer taken down
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Srsly Risky Biz: Telegram is cooperating with authorities, for now

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about how Telegram took down the two largest ever criminal marketplaces recently. They used Telegram for all their communications and had collectively sold over USD$30 billion in illicit products. The pair discuss why Telegram is now cooperating with authorities after historically being reluctant and whether this assistance will continue.

They also discuss how Meta is awash with scam advertisements and how Chinese mobile app encryption is suspiciously awful.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Srsly Risky Biz: Telegram is cooperating with authorities, for now
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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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