Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news with everyone’s favourite ex-NSA big-brain, Rob Joyce. They talk through:

• Musk and Durov bow to government pressure
• Tiktok rushes to ban authoritarian propagandists
• The US doesn’t want Chinese software in its cars
• Kaspersky replaces itself with an AV no one has ever heard of
• Aussie police chalk up another crimephone takedown
• Press Win-R Ctrl-V to prove you’re human
• And much, much more.

This week’s show is brought to you by Stairwell, and Stairwell’s founder Mike Wiacek will be along to talk about how people are using their platform to hunt down detection resistant malware.

Show notes:

Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X | Elon Musk | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/21/elon-musk-backs-down-in-his-fight-with-brazilian-judges-to-restore-x

Telegram says it will share phone numbers and IP addresses of ‘bad actors’ to authorities https://therecord.media/telegram-shares-ip-addresses-enforcement

Jane Lytvynenko on X: “Ukrainian cybersecurity officials are limiting the use of Telegram for military, critical infrastructure, and other authorities. Budanov said he has “substantiated data” on Ru authorities having access to personal messages on TG, including removed ones. https://t.co/xOcnf7am9R” / X https://x.com/JaneLytv/status/1837084021022487019

TikTok blocks dozens of Kremlin-backed media accounts https://therecord.media/tiktok-russian-state-media-accounts-ban

Biden administration proposes rule banning Chinese, Russian connected vehicles and parts https://therecord.media/biden-admin-proposes-rule-banning-russia-china-connected-cars-and-parts

Some Kaspersky customers receive surprise forced-update to new antivirus software | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/23/some-kaspersky-customers-receive-surprise-forced-update-to-new-antivirus-software/?guccounter=1

Russian cyber firm Dr.Web says services are restored after ‘targeted cyberattack’ https://therecord.media/russian-cyber-firm-dr-web-suffers-cyberattack

Police announce takedown and arrest mastermind behind criminal comms platform ‘Ghost’ https://therecord.media/ghost-encrypted-criminal-communications-takedown-arrests

Turning Everyday Gadgets into Bombs is a Bad Idea « bunnie’s blog https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2024/turning-everyday-gadgets-into-bombs-is-a-bad-idea/

Iranian-linked election interference operation shows signs of recent access | CyberScoop https://cyberscoop.com/trump-campaign-hack-new-material-ongoing-access/

Republicans demand FBI hearing on Iran theft of Trump documents https://therecord.media/iran-trump-hack-house-judiciary-requests-unclassified-fbi-hearing

Ermittlungen im Darknet: Strafverfolger hebeln Tor-Anonymisierung aus | tagesschau.de https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/panorama/tor-netzwerk-100.html

DOJ charges hackers for stealing $230 million in crypto from individual https://therecord.media/doj-charges-hackers-for-230-million-crypto-heist

This Windows PowerShell Phish Has Scary Potential – Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/this-windows-powershell-phish-has-scary-potential/

You can now use Apple’s best iPhone Mirroring feature on your Mac and iPhone | TechRadar https://www.techradar.com/computing/you-can-now-use-apples-best-iphone-mirroring-feature-on-your-mac-and-iphone