On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:

• The FTC decides its time to take another look at Microsoft
• Exxon’s opponents targeted by hackers
• Russian hackers keep getting sentenced and it confuses us
• The Feds recommend Signal, because throwing hackers out of telcos ain’t gonna happen
• A South Korean set-top-box manufacturer shipped a DDoS client for corpo-combat
• And much, much more.

This week’s sponsor interview with Vijit Nair from Corelight. We talk to him about doing detection in cloud environments, and how the varied nature of cloud systems makes the old ways - network monitoring - useful in new and interesting ways.

If you’re in Sydney, Pat is recording a live episode of the Wide World of Cyber with Chris Krebs on 5 December. There might still be tickets left!

Show notes:

SentinelOne: Risky Business LIVE https://go.sentinelone.com/risky-business-live-apj-sydney-en.html

FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation | AP News https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-ftc-antitrust-lina-khan-trump-biden-1b8983bec2ad1b2e943fb25c5b27619b

Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-lobbyist-investigated-over-hack-and-leak-environmentalist-emails-sources-2024-11-27/

Costa Rica state energy company calls in US experts to help with ransomware attack | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/costa-rica-state-energy-company-ransomware

Blue Yonder Security Rating, Vendor Risk Report, and Data Breaches https://www.upguard.com/security-report/blue-yonder

ENGlobal IT systems impacted by ransomware attack | Cybersecurity Dive https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/englobal-ransomware-attack/734462/

Ransomware suspect Wazawaka reportedly arrested by Russia | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/wazawaka-mikhail-matveev-reportedly-arrested-russia

Russia delivers historic life sentence to suspected founder of darknet marketplace | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/hyrda-darknet-drug-marketplace-kingpin-sentenced-life-russia

Vodka maker Stoli says August ransomware attack contributed to bankruptcy filing | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/stoli-group-usa-bankruptcy-filing-ransomware

Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier – Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/11/hacker-in-snowflake-extortions-may-be-a-u-s-soldier/

Uganda confirms cyberattack on central bank but minimizes extent of breach | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/uganda-cyberattack-central-bank

Press Release: HOME Press Release https://www.police.go.kr/user/bbs/BD_selectBbs.do?q_bbsCode=1002&q_bbscttSn=20241128120629043

U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694

With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’ | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/big-interview-meredith-whittaker-signal-2024/

Japanese crypto service shuts down after theft of bitcoin worth $308 million | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/japanese-crypto-service-shuts-down

He Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/x-delete-posts-cyd-micah-lee/

cyberundergroundfeed on X: “🚨 Pro-Russian Group Allegedly Hacks #Australia #Melbourne Sewage System 🚨 Hackers claim to have compromised the Riversdale sewage pumping station in #Melbourne, #Australia, switching it to manual control and placing it in emergency mode. ⚠️ This station is crucial for the https://t.co/5V88lSLgzG” / X https://x.com/cyberfeeddigest/status/1861512772090986971

Pump station fears rebuffed - New Zealand News - NZ Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/pump-station-fears-rebuffed/7JESZCUMB2KO7OZJDCJCGSHF6I/#google_vignette

NZ Navy ship runs aground off Samoa, catches fire and sinks https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529935/nz-navy-ship-runs-aground-off-samoa-catches-fire-and-sinks