Risky Business News Podcast

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Srsly Risky Biz: Give Me E2EE or Give Me Death!

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

In this podcast Patrick Gray talks to Tom Uren about Signal’s vow to pull out of the UK if the proposed Online Safety Bill requires it to weaken its encryption.

Tom and Patrick agree that end-to-end encryption isn’t at stake, but Signal could well be asked what steps it is taking to mitigate child exploitation and terrorist content. Patrick thinks there are useful steps Signal could take that would be helpful, but both Tom and Pat find it hard to imagine that Signal will actually make these choices.

They also discuss the US government floating the idea of shifting legal liability to technology manufacturers when they make terribly insecure products. Tom thinks this is an attractive idea, but the government would be better off doing much more to encourage transparency first.

Srsly Risky Biz: Give Me E2EE or Give Me Death!
0:00 / 26:04

Risky Biz News: Chinese hackers breach ASEAN organization in cyber-espionage campaign

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 Kaitlyn Sawrey.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

Risky Biz News: Chinese hackers breach ASEAN organization in cyber-espionage campaign
0:00 / 9:10

Risky Biz News: US Treasury sanctions Russian cyber and influence firms

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 Treasury sanctions Russian cyber and influence firms
0:00 / 8:59

Between Two Nerds: Making sense of cyber power rankings

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 look at reports that try and distil a country’s cyber power into a single number so that they can be ranked and compared. Do these reports say anything useful and have any value?

Between Two Nerds: Making sense of cyber power rankings
0:00 / 29:40

Risky Biz News: Russian radio stations hacked to blast fake air raid warnings

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: Russian radio stations hacked to blast fake air raid warnings
0:00 / 9:43

Srsly Risky Biz: Move Over NSO, the Internet Has a New Villain

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

In this podcast Patrick Gray talks to Tom Uren about investigations into the disinformation industry. One election interference for hire company, known as “Team Jorge”, provides a huge variety of dirty tricks services, but we think its claims of massive influence are overblown. Despite that, however, these companies are still corrosive for democracy and a scourge worth tackling. Patrick thinks they’re the “new internet villain” and will replace NSO as a target of hate.

They also discuss Google’s new report that covers Russian cyber operations in its invasion of Ukraine. On the whole a good report, but both Tom and Pat think some of it is problematic.

Finally, they talk about Patrick’s interview with the head of the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence. It’s great to have intelligence officials explain how they see the cyber threat landscape and get their take on war in Ukraine and what that means for cyber operations in future conflicts.

Srsly Risky Biz: Move Over NSO, the Internet Has a New Villain
0:00 / 25:44

Risky Biz News: Russia preparing new Vepr surveillance system

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: Russia preparing new Vepr surveillance system
0:00 / 9:15

Between Two Nerds: Is cyberespionage actually signals intelligence?

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 look at the differences and similarities between signals intelligence and cyber operations. Why did Five Eyes Sigint organisations end up ‘owning’ cyber operations and does that make sense, or should there be a separate cyber intelligence organisation?

Between Two Nerds: Is cyberespionage actually signals intelligence?
0:00 / 29:21

Risky Biz News: Applied Materials to take $250m ransomware hit

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: Applied Materials to take $250m ransomware hit
0:00 / 8:53

Risky Biz News: EU cybersecurity agencies warn of Chinese APT spying

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 Patrick Gray, who’s filling in for Claire Aird.

You can find the newsletter version of this podcast click here.

Risky Biz News: EU cybersecurity agencies warn of Chinese APT spying
0:00 / 7:24