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

• Russia’s disinformation peddlers face multifaceted sternness from the DoJ
• Telegram is now law enforcement’s bestest new pal, all of a sudden
• Iran’s banking industry arranges a payment plan for a ransom
• Columbia investigates how it sent private jets full of cash to pay for Pegasus
• Microsoft innovates with Un-Patch Tuesday
• And much, much more.

This week’s sponsor is Kroll Cyber, and one of their incident responders Paul Wells joins to discuss that one weird trick that actually helps - preparing for an incident before hand, rather than learning all those hard lessons in the middle of a crisis.

Show notes/links:

Risky Biz News: Doppelganger gets a kick in the butt from Uncle Sam https://news.risky.biz/risky-biz-news-doppelganger-gets-a-kick-in-the-butt-from-uncle-sam/

Russia focusing on American social media stars to covertly influence voters | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-focusing-american-social-media-stars-covertly-influence-voters-2024-09-09/

Russian pro-democracy nonprofit investigates alleged data breach by Kremlin-backed hackers https://therecord.media/free-russia-foundation-data-breach

Biden administration hits Russia with sanctions over efforts to manipulate U.S. opinion ahead of the election https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-administration-hit-russia-sanctions-trying-manipulate-us-opinion-rcna169541

US hits Chinese companies with new sanctions over Russia-Ukraine war https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4844254-us-hits-chinese-companies-with-new-sanctions-over-russia-ukraine-war/

Elon Musk’s Starlink backtracks to comply with Brazil’s ban on X | Elon Musk | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/04/elon-musk-x-starlink-brazil

Why It’s So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/brazil-x-ban-isp-blocking/

Durov says Telegram will tackle criticism of how it moderates content | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/technology/durov-says-telegram-will-take-new-approach-towards-moderation-2024-09-06/

Navalny allies accuse Telegram and other platforms of censorship | Economy News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/20/navalny-allies-accuse-telegram-and-other-platforms-of-censorship

How India tamed Twitter and set a global standard for online censorship - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/08/india-twitter-online-censorship/

2 white supremacists tried to spark race war by soliciting murder and hate crimes on Telegram, feds say https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-white-supremacists-tried-spark-race-war-soliciting-murder-hate-crime-rcna170284

Matthew Garrett: “Why clone a yubikey when you c…” - Nondeterministic Computer https://nondeterministic.computer/@mjg59/113078494207420111

Iran pays millions in ransom to end massive cyberattack on banks, officials say – POLITICO https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-millions-ransom-massive-cyberattack-banks/

Four Delaware men charged in international sextortion scheme that netted nearly $2 million | CyberScoop https://cyberscoop.com/sextortion-scam-charges-delaware-doj/

Colombian president suggests prior administration illegally sent $11 million in cash to Israel for spyware https://therecord.media/colombian-president-pegasus-spyware-israel-missing-money

Poland’s constitutional court finds commission investigating use of Pegasus spyware unconstitutional | Notes From Poland https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/09/10/polands-constitutional-court-finds-commission-investigating-use-of-pegasus-spyware-unconstitutional/

CISA says SonicWall bug being exploited as experts warn of ransomware gang use https://therecord.media/cisa-orders-patching-of-sonicwall-bug-ransomware

SonicWall SSLVPN access control flaw is now exploited in attacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sonicwall-sslvpn-access-control-flaw-is-now-exploited-in-attacks/

Bug Left Some Windows PCs Dangerously Unpatched – Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/bug-left-some-windows-pcs-dangerously-unpatched/