Risky Business Weekly (786): Oracle is lying

Presented by

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

Adam Boileau
Adam Boileau

Technology Editor

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

  • Yes, Oracle Health and Oracle Cloud did get hacked
  • The fallout from Signalgate continues
  • North Korean IT workers pivot to Europe
  • Honeypot data suggests a storm is brewing for Palo Alto VPNs
  • Canadian Anon gets arrested for hacking Texas GOP

This week’s episode is sponsored by Trail of Bits. Tjaden Hess, a Principal Security Engineer at Trail of Bits who specialises in cryptography, joins the show this week to talk about what a responsible crypto-currency exchange cold wallet setup looks like, and … contrasts that with Bybit.

Show notes:

Oracle Health breach compromises patient data at US hospitals https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oracle-health-breach-compromises-patient-data-at-us-hospitals/

FBI probes Oracle hack tied to healthcare extortion: Report - Becker’s Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/cybersecurity/fbi-probes-oracle-hack-tied-to-healthcare-extortion-report/

Oracle Still Denies Breach as Researchers Persist https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/oracle-still-denies-breach-researchers-persist

Hacker linked to Oracle Cloud intrusion threatens to sell stolen data | Cybersecurity Dive https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/hacker-linked-to-oracle-cloud-intrusion-threatens-to-sell-stolen-data/743981/

SIGNAL SCANDAL: Katherine Maher, the leftist NPR CEO, is currently the Chair of the Board of Signal! WHAT ARE THE ODDS? https://t.co/jWNTeAt3Jz” / X https://x.com/OcrazioCornPop/status/1905233167272779893

Mike Waltz Is Losing Support Inside the White House - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/mike-waltz-is-losing-support-inside-the-white-house-2b17459c

Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/01/waltz-national-security-council-signal-gmail/

Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, Tulsi Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online - DER SPIEGEL https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pete-hegseth-mike-waltz-tulsi-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7?

Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/even-more-venmo-accounts-tied-to-trump-officials-in-signal-group-chat-left-data-public/

You Need to Use Signal’s Nickname Feature https://www.404media.co/you-need-to-use-signals-nickname-feature/

SignalGate Is Driving the Most US Downloads of Signal Ever | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/signalgate-is-driving-the-most-us-downloads-of-signal-ever/

Wickr - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickr

When Getting Phished Puts You in Mortal Danger – Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/when-getting-phished-puts-you-in-mortal-danger/

DPRK IT Workers Expanding in Scope and Scale | Google Cloud Blog https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/dprk-it-workers-expanding-scope-scale/

How the FBI Tracked, and Froze, Millions Sent to Criminals in Massive Caesars Casino Hack https://www.404media.co/how-the-fbi-tracked-and-froze-millions-sent-to-criminals-in-massive-caesars-casino-hack/

Defense contractor to pay $4.6 million over third-party provider’s security weakness | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/defense-contractor-to-pay-millions-over-cyber-practices

Surge in Palo Alto Networks Scanner Activity Indicates Possible Upcoming Threats https://www.greynoise.io/blog/surge-palo-alto-networks-scanner-activity

CISA warns new malware targeting Ivanti zero-day vulnerability | Cybersecurity Dive https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-warns-malware-targeting-ivanti-zero-day/743967/

Canadian hacker arrested for allegedly stealing data from Texas Republican Party | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/canadian-hacker-arrested-texas-gop

British intel intern pleads guilty to smuggling top secret data out of protected facility | The Record from Recorded Future News https://therecord.media/british-intern-gchq-charged-smuggling