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.
Risky Business #753 – Congress and vuln researchers maul Microsoft
On this week’s retreat special, the entire Risky Business team is together in a tropical paradise for the first time. The team takes a break from the infinity pool to discuss the week’s security news:
- Microsoft recalls Recall, but why did it have to be such a mess
- And a Windows kernel wifi code-exec, really?
- Passkeys and identity are hard
- Scattered Spider bigwig arrested in Spain
- The pentagon runs a deeply flawed info-op
- Is it time E2E crypto nerds accept their place in the world?
- And much, much more.
This week’s show is brought to you by Corelight… Corelight’s CEO Brian Dye will be along in this week’s sponsor interview to make a really compelling case for something that shouldn’t exist… which is NDR in cloud environments.
Show notes
- Microsoft shelves Recall feature release after security uproar
- Microsoft’s Recall puts the Biden administration’s cyber credibility on the line | CyberScoop
- Microsoft’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities endanger America
- US lawmakers grill Microsoft president over China ties, hacks | Reuters
- Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack — ProPublica
- CVE-2024-30078 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Windows Wi-Fi Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Security bug allows anyone to spoof Microsoft employee emails | TechCrunch
- Patrick Gray on X: "I was wrong about some things I said about iCloud accounts in this week’s show and I’ll tell you all exactly how I was wrong in next week’s show"
- Passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator and Entra ID
- Hackers Detail How They Allegedly Stole Ticketmaster Data From Snowflake | WIRED
- MFA plays a rising role in major attacks, research finds | Cybersecurity Dive
- Luke Jennings on LinkedIn: saas-attacks/techniques/ghost_logins/description.md at main ·…
- Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested – Krebs on Security
- EXPOSED: Identities of Iranian Hackers Targeting Israel and Other Countries Revealed | Matzav.com
- Ransomware attackers quickly weaponize PHP vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating | Ars Technica
- Windows flaw may have been exploited with Black Basta ransomware before it was patched
- Crown Equipment Corporation victim of a Ransomware attack | Born's Tech and Windows World
- City governments in Michigan, New York face shutdowns after ransomware attacks
- Cleveland confirms ransomware attack as City Hall remains closed
- Authorities investigating extended ‘network outage’ at organization that runs TheBus
- Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccines
- Shashank Joshi on X: "Just finished “Information Operations”, a new book by @TathamSteve. Includes this anecdote on a British effort to stop children throwing stones at a base in Afghanistan. “LRGR was the abbreviation for the Long-Range Gonad Reducer.” https://t.co/zmoxb45Cgz"
- Dmitri Alperovitch on X: "@shashj They also allegedly hacked the email of the lieutenant leading the medical service of the 960th unit and retrieved the medical certificates of 150 officers and enlisted personnel"
- Signal president Meredith Whittaker criticizes EU attempts to tackle child abuse material