Risky Business News Podcast

Analysis and news podcasts published weekly

Srsly Risky Biz: China's free market espionage machine

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

In this podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about a recent leak from a PRC cyber espionage contractor i-SOON. The leak sheds light on China’s cyber salt mines and the system’s hyper-capitalist, pay-for-results, approach to stealing secrets.

Srsly Risky Biz: China's free market espionage machine
0:00 / 20:36

Risky Biz News: Law enforcement thoroughly dismantle LockBit

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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 click here.

Risky Biz News: Law enforcement thoroughly dismantle LockBit
0:00 / 7:59

Between Two Nerds: Russian cyber doctrine

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

The Grugq
The Grugq

Independent Security Researcher

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq examine Russian cyber doctrine and how it was applied in the early days of its invasion of Ukraine. They mention this Human Rights Watch report which examined how international humanitarian law was applied in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Between Two Nerds: Russian cyber doctrine
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Sponsored: Breaking apart OT protocols

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this Risky Business News sponsored interview, Tom Uren talks to Rob King, runZero’s Director of security research. The pair talk about the world of Operational Technology protocols and how Rob dissects these protocols to be sure that active discovery of OT devices is safe.

Sponsored: Breaking apart OT protocols
0:00 / 14:26

Risky Biz News: NSO Group capability revealed in court documents

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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 click here.

Risky Biz News: NSO Group capability revealed in court documents
0:00 / 7:29

Risky Biz News: US takes down GRU/APT28 botnet

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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 click here.

Risky Biz News: US takes down GRU/APT28 botnet
0:00 / 9:48

Srsly Risky Biz: The spyware ecosystem

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

In this podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about what to do about commercial spyware. A new Google TAG report is a great primer on the ecosystem.

They also talk about Ukraine’s shift in cyber strategy. It is now carrying out and publicising that it is launching destructive cyber operations.

Finally, they look at all the reasons why banning ransomware payments is a bad idea.

Srsly Risky Biz: The spyware ecosystem
0:00 / 20:26

Risky Biz News: Rhysida ransomware secretly decrypted nine months ago

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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 click here.

Risky Biz News: Rhysida ransomware secretly decrypted nine months ago
0:00 / 7:16

Between Two Nerds: The cyber magic bullet

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

The Grugq
The Grugq

Independent Security Researcher

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about why military doctrine in authoritarian states has an emphasis on cyber and information supremacy.

Between Two Nerds: The cyber magic bullet
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Sponsored: North Korea's DMARC spoofing tricks

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this Risky Business News sponsored interview, Tom Uren talks to Proofpoint Senior Threat Researcher Greg Lesnewich. Greg explains how a North Korean group is using DMARC spoofing in its efforts to gather strategic intelligence.

Sponsored: North Korea's DMARC spoofing tricks
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