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Risky Business #684 -- DoJ seizes 50,000 stolen bitcoins from popcorn tin

November 08, 2022 00:00 59.78 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: DoJ seizes 50k bitcoin stolen from Silk Road, charges thief Australian health insurer Medibank refuses to pay ransom, data leaked Inside Qatar’s $386m world cup espionage operation EU Parliament report into spyware lands SolarWinds settles shareholder lawsuit, faces SEC enforcement action Much, much more This week’s sponsor guest is Andrew Morris from Greynoise Intelligence. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes DOJ says it seized billions in Bitcoin stolen by hacker from Silk Road darknet marketplace - The Record by Recorded Future U.S. Attorney Announces Historic $3.36 Billion Cryptocurrency Seizure And Conviction In Connection With Silk Road Dark Web Fraud | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice Medibank says it will not pay ransom in hack that impacted 9.7 million customers - The Record by Recorded Future Names, addresses, birthdays posted to dark web by hackers after Medibank ransom deadline passes - ABC News ‘Project Merciless’: how Qatar spied on the world of football in Switzerland - SWI swissinfo.ch How Qatar hacked the World Cup — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB) FBI probing ex-CIA officer's spying for World Cup host Qatar - The Washington Post EU governments accused of using spyware ‘to cover up corruption and criminal activity’ - The Record by Recorded Future Press conference on draft findings of EP spyware inquiry | News | European Parliament SolarWinds says it’s facing SEC ‘enforcement action’ over 2020 hack | TechCrunch Microsoft accuses China of abusing vulnerability disclosure requirements - The Record by Recorded Future 工业和信息化部国家互联网信息办公室公安部关于印发网络产品安全漏洞管理规定的通知-中共中央网络安全和信息化委员会办公室 Insurance giant settles NotPetya lawsuit, signaling cyber insurance shakeup Could a ‘digital Red Cross emblem’ protect hospitals from cyber warfare? - The Record by Recorded Future TrustCor Systems verifies web addresses, but its address is a UPS Store - The Washington Post Cyber incident at Boeing subsidiary causes flight planning disruptions - The Record by Recorded Future FIN7 cybercrime cartel tied to Black Basta ransomware operation: report - The Record by Recorded Future More than 100 election jurisdictions waiting on federal cyber help, sources say $28 million stolen from cryptocurrency platform Deribit - The Record by Recorded Future Nigerian scammer sentenced to 11 years in US prison - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers get into Dropbox developer accounts on GitHub, access 130 code repositories and more - The Record by Recorded Future Urlscan.io API unwittingly leaks sensitive URLs, data | The Daily Swig The Most Vulnerable Place on the Internet | WIRED So long and thanks for all the bits - NCSC.GOV.UK

Risky Business #683 -- OpenSSL bug is a fizzer, ASD responds to Medibank hack

November 02, 2022 1:02:51 60.35 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Twitter bluechecks face phishing barrage Australian government goes berserk on Medibank hack response Former WSJ journalist sues law firm over email hack and info op that got him fired OpenSSL bug lands with a whimper Apple macOS Ventura update breaks security tools Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Thinkst Canary. Marco Slaviero, Thinkst’s head of engineering, joins us this week to talk through the company’s latest release, codenamed Quokka. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Twitter’s verification chaos is now a cybersecurity problem | TechCrunch Unconfirmed hack of Liz Truss’ phone prompts calls for “urgent investigation” | Ars Technica Chinese hackers are scanning state political party headquarters, FBI says - The Washington Post Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career | Reuters The source - Columbia Journalism Review Upcoming ‘critical’ OpenSSL update prompts feverish speculation | The Daily Swig OpenSSL vulnerability downgraded to ‘high’ severity | The Daily Swig Medibank says hackers had access to ‘all personal data’ belonging to all customers - The Record by Recorded Future Australia to tighten privacy laws, increase fines after series of data breaches - The Record by Recorded Future Votes in Slovakia's parliament suspended after alleged ‘cybersecurity incident’ - The Record by Recorded Future NY Post confirms hack after website, Twitter feed flooded with threats toward Biden, AOC - The Record by Recorded Future Apple MacOS Ventura Bug Breaks Third-Party Security Tools | WIRED Microsoft ties Vice Society hackers to additional ransomware strains - The Record by Recorded Future How Vice Society Got Away With a Global Ransomware Spree | WIRED FTC seeks action against Drizly — and its CEO — for cybersecurity failures - The Record by Recorded Future Critical authentication bug in Fortinet products actively exploited in the wild | The Daily Swig Google Play apps with >20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth | Ars Technica Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn – Krebs on Security Microsoft leaked 2.4TB of data belonging to sensitive customer. Critics are furious | Ars Technica Microsoft disputes report on Office 365 Message encryption issue after awarding bug bounty - The Record by Recorded Future Microsoft Office Online Server open to SSRF-to-RCE exploit | The Daily Swig Microsoft's Sociopathic Cybersecurity Pedantry Brazilian police announce arrest of alleged Lapsus$ member - The Record by Recorded Future Accused ‘Raccoon’ Malware Developer Fled Ukraine After Russian Invasion – Krebs on Security European gang that sold car hacking tools to thieves arrested - The Record by Recorded Future How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks | Ars Technica

Risky Business #683 -- OpenSSL bug is a fizzer, ASD responds to Medibank hack

November 01, 2022 00:00 60.35 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Twitter bluechecks face phishing barrage Australian government goes berserk on Medibank hack response Former WSJ journalist sues law firm over email hack and info op that got him fired OpenSSL bug lands with a whimper Apple macOS Ventura update breaks security tools Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Thinkst Canary. Marco Slaviero, Thinkst’s head of engineering, joins us this week to talk through the company’s latest release, codenamed Quokka. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Twitter’s verification chaos is now a cybersecurity problem | TechCrunch Unconfirmed hack of Liz Truss’ phone prompts calls for “urgent investigation” | Ars Technica Chinese hackers are scanning state political party headquarters, FBI says - The Washington Post Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career | Reuters The source - Columbia Journalism Review Upcoming ‘critical’ OpenSSL update prompts feverish speculation | The Daily Swig OpenSSL vulnerability downgraded to ‘high’ severity | The Daily Swig Medibank says hackers had access to ‘all personal data’ belonging to all customers - The Record by Recorded Future Australia to tighten privacy laws, increase fines after series of data breaches - The Record by Recorded Future Votes in Slovakia's parliament suspended after alleged ‘cybersecurity incident’ - The Record by Recorded Future NY Post confirms hack after website, Twitter feed flooded with threats toward Biden, AOC - The Record by Recorded Future Apple MacOS Ventura Bug Breaks Third-Party Security Tools | WIRED Microsoft ties Vice Society hackers to additional ransomware strains - The Record by Recorded Future How Vice Society Got Away With a Global Ransomware Spree | WIRED FTC seeks action against Drizly — and its CEO — for cybersecurity failures - The Record by Recorded Future Critical authentication bug in Fortinet products actively exploited in the wild | The Daily Swig Google Play apps with >20M downloads depleted batteries and network bandwidth | Ars Technica Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn – Krebs on Security Microsoft leaked 2.4TB of data belonging to sensitive customer. Critics are furious | Ars Technica Microsoft disputes report on Office 365 Message encryption issue after awarding bug bounty - The Record by Recorded Future Microsoft Office Online Server open to SSRF-to-RCE exploit | The Daily Swig Microsoft's Sociopathic Cybersecurity Pedantry Brazilian police announce arrest of alleged Lapsus$ member - The Record by Recorded Future Accused ‘Raccoon’ Malware Developer Fled Ukraine After Russian Invasion – Krebs on Security European gang that sold car hacking tools to thieves arrested - The Record by Recorded Future How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks | Ars Technica

Snake Oilers: Truffle Security, KSOC and Snyk

October 19, 2022 0:38:25 36.88 MB Downloads: 0

Snake Oilers isn’t our regular weekly podcast, it’s a wholly sponsored series we do at Risky.Biz where vendors come on to the show to pitch their products to you, the Risky Business listener. To be clear – everyone you hear in one of these editions, paid to be here. We’ll hear from three vendors in this edition of Snake Oilers: Truffle Security talks secrets discovery KSOC builds Kubernetes security tools Snyk has a new product to better secure Infrastructure as Code Show notes Unearth Your Secrets - Truffle Security KSOC: Kubernetes Security Operations Center Cloud Security across the SDLC with Policy as Code | Snyk

Snake Oilers: Truffle Security, KSOC and Snyk

October 18, 2022 00:00 36.88 MB Downloads: 0

Snake Oilers isn’t our regular weekly podcast, it’s a wholly sponsored series we do at Risky.Biz where vendors come on to the show to pitch their products to you, the Risky Business listener. To be clear – everyone you hear in one of these editions, paid to be here. We’ll hear from three vendors in this edition of Snake Oilers: Truffle Security talks secrets discovery KSOC builds Kubernetes security tools Snyk has a new product to better secure Infrastructure as Code Show notes Unearth Your Secrets - Truffle Security KSOC: Kubernetes Security Operations Center Cloud Security across the SDLC with Policy as Code | Snyk

Snake Oilers: Tines, Code42 and Kroll

October 14, 2022 0:37:59 36.47 MB Downloads: 0

Snake Oilers isn’t our regular weekly podcast, it’s a wholly sponsored series we do at Risky.Biz where vendors come on to the show to pitch their products to you, the Risky Business listener. To be clear – everyone you hear in one of these editions, paid to be here. We’ll hear from three vendors in this edition of Snake Oilers: Tines, the no code security automation solution that people are going absolutely nuts over Code42, the insider threat detection solution maker Kroll talks about its MDR offering

Snake Oilers: Tines, Code42 and Kroll

October 13, 2022 00:00 36.47 MB Downloads: 0

Snake Oilers isn’t our regular weekly podcast, it’s a wholly sponsored series we do at Risky.Biz where vendors come on to the show to pitch their products to you, the Risky Business listener. To be clear – everyone you hear in one of these editions, paid to be here. We’ll hear from three vendors in this edition of Snake Oilers: Tines, the no code security automation solution that people are going absolutely nuts over Code42, the insider threat detection solution maker Kroll talks about its MDR offering

Risky Business #682 -- Starlink goes dark on Ukraine's front line

October 12, 2022 1:07:37 64.93 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Why former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan’s guilty verdict shouldn’t worry you United States puts chipmaking restrictions on China, APT activity is coming Elon blinks and Starlink goes dark on Ukraine’s front line Master cyber criminal arrested in Australia Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by runZero, the asset inventory and network visibility solution. runZero’s founding CTO and industry legend HD Moore is this week’s sponsor guest. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Risky Biz News: Good news for the Capital One hacker, bad news for the former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan guilty in Uber hacking case - The Washington Post Security chiefs fear ‘CISO scapegoating’ following Uber-Sullivan verdict - The Record by Recorded Future U.S. imposes foreign direct product rule on China for AI and supercomputing - The Washington Post Popular censorship circumvention tools face fresh blockade by China | TechCrunch 'Fear' driving Chinese state to manipulate tech ecosystem... - GCHQ.GOV.UK Risky Biz News: China blocks several protocols used to bypass the Great Firewall Joint_CSA_Top_CVEs_Exploited_by_PRC_cyber_actors_TLPWHITE - DocumentCloud Starlink goes dark Coverage of Killnet DDoS attacks plays into attackers' hands, experts say - The Record by Recorded Future Ukrainian cybersecurity officer killed by Russian missile strike - The Record by Recorded Future Biden signs new US-EU privacy framework, setting up surveillance safeguards - The Record by Recorded Future White House to unveil ambitious cybersecurity labeling effort modeled after Energy Star Australian teen charged with using leaked Optus data to blackmail customers - The Record by Recorded Future Report: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims – Krebs on Security Hackers steal at least $100 million from Binance-linked blockchain - The Record by Recorded Future Someone is clogging up the Zcash blockchain with a spam attack Alberto Rodriguez, and Erik Hunstad - Stop writing malware! The Blue team has done it for you - YouTube CVE-2022-34689 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability Get root on macOS 12.3.1: proof-of-concepts for Linus Henze’s CoreTrust and DriverKit bugs (CVE-2022-26766, CVE-2022-26763) | Worth Doing Badly Risky Biz News: LofyGang runs amok in the npm ecosystem with minimal gains

Risky Business #682 -- Starlink goes dark on Ukraine's front line

October 11, 2022 00:00 64.93 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Why former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan’s guilty verdict shouldn’t worry you United States puts chipmaking restrictions on China, APT activity is coming Elon blinks and Starlink goes dark on Ukraine’s front line Master cyber criminal arrested in Australia Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by runZero, the asset inventory and network visibility solution. runZero’s founding CTO and industry legend HD Moore is this week’s sponsor guest. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Risky Biz News: Good news for the Capital One hacker, bad news for the former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan guilty in Uber hacking case - The Washington Post Security chiefs fear ‘CISO scapegoating’ following Uber-Sullivan verdict - The Record by Recorded Future U.S. imposes foreign direct product rule on China for AI and supercomputing - The Washington Post Popular censorship circumvention tools face fresh blockade by China | TechCrunch 'Fear' driving Chinese state to manipulate tech ecosystem... - GCHQ.GOV.UK Risky Biz News: China blocks several protocols used to bypass the Great Firewall Joint_CSA_Top_CVEs_Exploited_by_PRC_cyber_actors_TLPWHITE - DocumentCloud Starlink goes dark Coverage of Killnet DDoS attacks plays into attackers' hands, experts say - The Record by Recorded Future Ukrainian cybersecurity officer killed by Russian missile strike - The Record by Recorded Future Biden signs new US-EU privacy framework, setting up surveillance safeguards - The Record by Recorded Future White House to unveil ambitious cybersecurity labeling effort modeled after Energy Star Australian teen charged with using leaked Optus data to blackmail customers - The Record by Recorded Future Report: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims – Krebs on Security Hackers steal at least $100 million from Binance-linked blockchain - The Record by Recorded Future Someone is clogging up the Zcash blockchain with a spam attack Alberto Rodriguez, and Erik Hunstad - Stop writing malware! The Blue team has done it for you - YouTube CVE-2022-34689 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability Get root on macOS 12.3.1: proof-of-concepts for Linus Henze’s CoreTrust and DriverKit bugs (CVE-2022-26766, CVE-2022-26763) | Worth Doing Badly Risky Biz News: LofyGang runs amok in the npm ecosystem with minimal gains

Risky Business #681 -- It's Exchangehog Day

October 05, 2022 0:52:07 50.04 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: More Exchange 0days cause more havoc A look at some earlier Exchange hack incidents How the CIA got its agents killed with its truly awful online opsec Ex NSA staffer arrested for espionage Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Proofpoint. Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s EVP of cybersecurity strategy, joins the show this week to talk about some overlooked detection opportunities – some simple stuff you can look for in your environment that should raise gigantic flashing red flags. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Microsoft confirms two Exchange Server zero days are being used in cyberattacks - The Record by Recorded Future CISA: Multiple government hacking groups had ‘long-term’ access to defense company - The Record by Recorded Future Mexican president confirms ‘Guacamaya’ hack targeting regional militaries - The Record by Recorded Future Mexican journalists targeted by zero-click spyware infections - The Record by Recorded Future Ex-NSA employee charged with violating Espionage Act, selling U.S. cyber secrets Putin grants citizenship to Edward Snowden, who disclosed US eavesdropping - The Washington Post U.S. fails in bid to extradite Brit for helping North Korea evade sanctions with cryptocurrency - The Record by Recorded Future Bill Marczak on Twitter: "NEW REPORT today from @Reuters @JoelSchectman providing more detail about fatal flaws in the CIA's defunct communications network. Iran and China compromised the network in 2011, and killed dozens of CIA assets https://t.co/AwN8pQtWL2" / Twitter Numerous orgs hacked after installing weaponized open source apps | Ars Technica 'Poisoned' Tor Browser tracks Chinese users' online history, location Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying | WIRED A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws | WIRED LA officials confirm ransomware group leaked students’ personal data - The Record by Recorded Future Nearly 700 ransomware incidents traced back to wholesale access markets: report - The Record by Recorded Future Semiconductor industry faced 8 attacks from ransomware groups, extortion gangs in 2022 - The Record by Recorded Future CISA directs federal agencies to track software and vulnerabilities - The Record by Recorded Future Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s – Krebs on Security House Democrats debut new bill to limit US police use of facial recognition | TechCrunch EP000: Operation Aurora | HACKING GOOGLE - YouTube

Risky Business #681 -- It's Exchangehog Day

October 04, 2022 00:00 50.04 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: More Exchange 0days cause more havoc A look at some earlier Exchange hack incidents How the CIA got its agents killed with its truly awful online opsec Ex NSA staffer arrested for espionage Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Proofpoint. Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s EVP of cybersecurity strategy, joins the show this week to talk about some overlooked detection opportunities – some simple stuff you can look for in your environment that should raise gigantic flashing red flags. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Microsoft confirms two Exchange Server zero days are being used in cyberattacks - The Record by Recorded Future CISA: Multiple government hacking groups had ‘long-term’ access to defense company - The Record by Recorded Future Mexican president confirms ‘Guacamaya’ hack targeting regional militaries - The Record by Recorded Future Mexican journalists targeted by zero-click spyware infections - The Record by Recorded Future Ex-NSA employee charged with violating Espionage Act, selling U.S. cyber secrets Putin grants citizenship to Edward Snowden, who disclosed US eavesdropping - The Washington Post U.S. fails in bid to extradite Brit for helping North Korea evade sanctions with cryptocurrency - The Record by Recorded Future Bill Marczak on Twitter: "NEW REPORT today from @Reuters @JoelSchectman providing more detail about fatal flaws in the CIA's defunct communications network. Iran and China compromised the network in 2011, and killed dozens of CIA assets https://t.co/AwN8pQtWL2" / Twitter Numerous orgs hacked after installing weaponized open source apps | Ars Technica 'Poisoned' Tor Browser tracks Chinese users' online history, location Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying | WIRED A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws | WIRED LA officials confirm ransomware group leaked students’ personal data - The Record by Recorded Future Nearly 700 ransomware incidents traced back to wholesale access markets: report - The Record by Recorded Future Semiconductor industry faced 8 attacks from ransomware groups, extortion gangs in 2022 - The Record by Recorded Future CISA directs federal agencies to track software and vulnerabilities - The Record by Recorded Future Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s – Krebs on Security House Democrats debut new bill to limit US police use of facial recognition | TechCrunch EP000: Operation Aurora | HACKING GOOGLE - YouTube

Risky Biz Soap Box: Why Microsoft's Smart Application Control is very strange

September 29, 2022 0:28:05 26.97 MB Downloads: 0

In this Soap Box podcast Patrick Gray interviews Airlock Digital CTO Daniel Schell and CEO David Cottingham about Microsoft’s new Smart Application Control feature, why controlling browser extensions via endpoint instrumentation is really hard and why PAM solutions don’t actually do allowlisting, even if they claim they do.

Risky Biz Soap Box: Why Microsoft's Smart Application Control is very strange

September 28, 2022 00:00 26.97 MB Downloads: 0

In this Soap Box podcast Patrick Gray interviews Airlock Digital CTO Daniel Schell and CEO David Cottingham about Microsoft’s new Smart Application Control feature, why controlling browser extensions via endpoint instrumentation is really hard and why PAM solutions don’t actually do allowlisting, even if they claim they do.

Risky Business #680 -- Uber, Rockstar Games hacker arrested

September 28, 2022 0:51:21 49.31 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Lapsus$’s Teapot arrested by UK police Optus hacker issues grovelling apology after feeling AFP and ASD heat Ukraine claims Russia is planning massive attacks on its infrastructure RSOCKS bot herder begs for extradition to USA Russians scammed when seeking military service exemptions Much, much more This week’s show is sponsored by Votiro. Ravi Srinivasan, Votiro’s CEO, joins the show this week to talk about how people are using content disarm and reconstruction. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes British teen arrested in hacking case Australian cybersecurity minister lambasts Optus for ‘unprecedented' hack - The Record by Recorded Future CISA: Iranian hackers spent 14 months in Albanian gov’t network before launching ransomware - The Record by Recorded Future Iran shutters mobile networks, Instagram, WhatsApp amid protests - The Record by Recorded Future US Treasury carves out Iran sanctions exceptions for internet providers - The Record by Recorded Future Signal Is Asking People Around the World to Help Iranians Access the Encrypted App Shadowy Russian Cell Phone Companies Are Cropping Up in Ukraine | WIRED Risky Biz News: XakNet "hacktivists" linked to APT28 and Russia's GRU intelligence service Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns | Ars Technica Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S. – Krebs on Security Сбербанк предупредил о мошенничестве с продажей якобы "белых" военников - РИА Новости, 26.09.2022 SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom – Krebs on Security How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders $235,000 | Ars Technica The record-setting DDoSes keep coming, with no end in sight | Ars Technica International conflicts driving increased strength of DDoS attacks: report - The Record by Recorded Future Tarfile path traversal bug from 2007 still present in 350k open source repos | The Daily Swig

Risky Business #680 -- Uber, Rockstar Games hacker arrested

September 27, 2022 00:00 49.31 MB Downloads: 0

On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Lapsus$’s Teapot arrested by UK police Optus hacker issues grovelling apology after feeling AFP and ASD heat Ukraine claims Russia is planning massive attacks on its infrastructure RSOCKS bot herder begs for extradition to USA Russians scammed when seeking military service exemptions Much, much more This week’s show is sponsored by Votiro. Ravi Srinivasan, Votiro’s CEO, joins the show this week to talk about how people are using content disarm and reconstruction. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes British teen arrested in hacking case Australian cybersecurity minister lambasts Optus for ‘unprecedented' hack - The Record by Recorded Future CISA: Iranian hackers spent 14 months in Albanian gov’t network before launching ransomware - The Record by Recorded Future Iran shutters mobile networks, Instagram, WhatsApp amid protests - The Record by Recorded Future US Treasury carves out Iran sanctions exceptions for internet providers - The Record by Recorded Future Signal Is Asking People Around the World to Help Iranians Access the Encrypted App Shadowy Russian Cell Phone Companies Are Cropping Up in Ukraine | WIRED Risky Biz News: XakNet "hacktivists" linked to APT28 and Russia's GRU intelligence service Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns | Ars Technica Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S. – Krebs on Security Сбербанк предупредил о мошенничестве с продажей якобы "белых" военников - РИА Новости, 26.09.2022 SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom – Krebs on Security How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders $235,000 | Ars Technica The record-setting DDoSes keep coming, with no end in sight | Ars Technica International conflicts driving increased strength of DDoS attacks: report - The Record by Recorded Future Tarfile path traversal bug from 2007 still present in 350k open source repos | The Daily Swig