Risky Business

By: Patrick Gray
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  • Risky Business is a weekly information security podcast featuring news and in-depth interviews with industry luminaries. Launched in February 2007, Risky Business is a must-listen digest for information security pros. With a running time of approximately 50-60 minutes, Risky Business is pacy; a security podcast without the waffle.
    Copyright 2007-2024 Patrick Gray
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  • Risky Business #768 -- CSRB will investigate China's Wiretap Hacks

    Risky Business #768 -- CSRB will investigate China's Wiretap Hacks
    Oct 30 2024
    On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: CSRB to investigate China’s telco-wiretapping hacksEuro law enforcement takes down the Redline infostealerSomeone steals Fed crypto… and then tries to quietly sneak it back inRussia sentences REvil guys to … jail? Really?Apple private cloud compute gets a proper bug bounty programAnd much, much more. This week’s episode is sponsored by Material Security, who help navigate the mess of cloud productivity data security. Daniel Ayala - Chief Security and Trust Officer at Dotmatics - is a Material customer, and joins Pat and Material Security’s Rajan Kapoor to talk about how to wrangle securing data that ends up in corporate cloud email and file stores. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Apple 10 day certificates Chinese hackers said to have collected audio of American calls U.S. Panel to Probe Cyber Failures in Massive Chinese Hack of Telecoms How a series of opsec failures led US authorities to the alleged developer of the Redline password-stealing malware Operation Magnus Hacker Returns $19.3 Million to Drained US Government Crypto Wallet Meet ZachXBT, the Masked Vigilante Tracking Down Billions in Crypto Scams and Thefts | WIRED Radar systems in Iran breached prior to Israel's Saturday counter-strike - report Delta sues CrowdStrike after widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds Microsoft CEO asked board to cut pay in connection with security overhaul | Cybersecurity Dive Four REvil members sentenced to more than four years in prison Russia says it might build its own Linux community after removal of several kernel maintainers Nigerian court drops charges against detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan Apple will pay security researchers up to $1 million to hack its private AI cloud | TechCrunch SonicWall firewalls the common access point in spreading ransomware campaign | Cybersecurity Dive Fortinet zero-day attack spree hits at least 50 customers | Cybersecurity Dive Cisco warns actively exploited CVE can lead to DoS attacks against VPN services | Cybersecurity Dive Chinese influence operation targets US down-ballot races, Microsoft says | Reuters Exclusive: Accused Iranian hackers successfully peddle stolen Trump emails | Reuters Viral video of ripped-up Pennsylvania ballots is fake and Russian-made, intelligence agencies say Product Demo: Securing M365 and Google Workspace with Material Security
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    52 mins
  • Risky Biz Soap Box: Thinkst Canary's decade of deception

    Risky Biz Soap Box: Thinkst Canary's decade of deception
    Oct 28 2024

    In this Soap Box edition of the podcast Patrick Gray chats with Thinkst Canary founder Haroon Meer about his “decade of deception”, including:

    • A history of Thinkst Canary including a recap of what they actually do
    • A look at why they’re still really the only major player in the deception game
    • A look at what companies like Microsoft are doing with deception
    • Why security startups should have conference booths
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    38 mins
  • Risky Business #767 – SEC fines Check Point, Mimecast, Avaya and Unisys over hacks

    Risky Business #767 – SEC fines Check Point, Mimecast, Avaya and Unisys over hacks
    Oct 23 2024

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

    • SEC fines tech firms for downplaying the Solarwinds hacks
    • Anonymous Sudan still looks and quacks like a Russian duck
    • Apple proposes max 10 day TLS certificate life
    • Oopsie! Microsoft loses a bunch of cloud logs
    • Veeam and Fortinet are bad and should feel bad
    • North Koreans are good (at hacking)
    • And much, much more.

    This week’s episode is sponsored by Proofpoint. Chief Strategy Officer Ryan Kalember joins to talk about their work keeping up with prolific threat actor SocGholish.

    This episode is also available on Youtube.

    Show notes
    • Four cyber companies fined for SolarWinds disclosure failures
    • U.S. charges Sudanese men with running powerful cyberattack-for-hire gang
    • Hacker Charged With Seeking to Kill Using Cyberattacks on Hospitals | WIRED
    • Risky Biz News: Anonymous Sudan's Russia Links Are (Still) Obvious
    • Microsoft confirms partial loss of security log data on multiple platforms | Cybersecurity Dive
    • Risky Biz News: Apple wants to reduce the lifespan of TLS certificates to 10 days
    • Encrypted Chat App ‘Session’ Leaves Australia After Visit From Police
    • Crypto platform Radiant Capital says $50 million in digital coins stolen following account compromises
    • North Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs - Ars Technica
    • Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach – Krebs on Security
    • Here’s how SIM swap in alleged bitcoin pump-and-dump scheme worked - Ars Technica
    • Critical Veeam CVE actively exploited in ransomware attacks | Cybersecurity Dive
    • FortiGate admins report active exploitation 0-day. Vendor isn’t talking. - Ars Technica
    • Hackers reportedly impersonate cyber firm ESET to target organizations in Israel
    • The latest in North Korea’s fake IT worker scheme: Extorting the employers
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    1 hr and 2 mins

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