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Risky Business #678 -- Iranians Gone Wild
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Albania suffers under another crippling Iranian attack Iran’s APT42 using clever, multi-persona phishing State Department cyber snitching program paying off Former NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander sued over alleged IronNet pump and dump Mudge fronts US Senate Judiciary Committee Much, much more… This week’s show is brought to you by Stairwell. Mike Wiacek, Stairwell’s founder and CEO is this week’s sponsor guest and he talks about why they’ve pushed their Inception platform beyond YARA hunting. You can see a demo of Inception on our YouTube product demo page. 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: Albania-Iran cyber drama far from over US sanctions Iran intelligence agency over Albania cyberattack - The Record by Recorded Future Tom Uren on Cyber Embuggerance Iranian military using spoofed personas to target nuclear security researchers - The Record by Recorded Future Iranian hackers spy on journalists and government officials, researchers warn - The Record by Recorded Future FBI, DOJ defend ‘offensive’ actions against Chinese, Russian operations - The Record by Recorded Future State Department bounty program for cybercriminal tips has 'born fruit,' top FBI official says More than $30 million seized from North Korean hackers involved in Axie crypto-theft - The Record by Recorded Future $30 Million Seized: How the Cryptocurrency Community Is Making It Difficult for North Korean Hackers To Profit - Chainalysis Twitter whistleblower testifies to Congress, calls for tech regulation reforms - The Record by Recorded Future Twitter whistleblower testifies before Senate Former NSA Head Keith Alexander Accused of Pump-and-Dump Scheme Google: Conti repurposing tools for Ukraine attacks using Follina bug, Musk impersonation - The Record by Recorded Future Pro-Ukraine hackers claim attack on Russian TV broadcasts - The Record by Recorded Future Initial access broker or ransomware gang has 'exclusive' access to Mitel zero-day exploit: report - The Record by Recorded Future Cyberattacks against U.S. hospitals mean higher mortality rates, study finds Buenos Aires legislature announces ransomware attack - The Record by Recorded Future Ransomware attack knocked a Kentucky city-operated ISP offline before holiday - The Record by Recorded Future Ransomware attacks on retail increase, average retail payment grows to more than $200K - The Record by Recorded Future Cisco: Log4j vulnerability used to attack energy companies in Canada, US and Japan - The Record by Recorded Future Patreon security team layoffs cause backlash in creator community This Clever Anti-Censorship Tool Lets Russians Read Blocked News | WIRED Apple Kills Passwords in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura | WIRED Catalin Cimpanu on Twitter: "They're still recruiting, btw" / Twitter Cyberfella on Twitter: "@campuscodi Please convince Patrick to have a segment about NAFO named "Shitposting Dogs on the Bird App are making Vatniks Seethe and Cope" on the next riskybizz ep 🙏🙏🙏" / Twitter ironnet chart - Google Search Stairwell's Inception Platform - YouTube Все Буде Україна (Everything Will Be Ukraine) - YouTube Pink Floyd - Hey Hey Rise Up (feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox) - YouTube PROBASS ∆ HARDI - GOOD EVENING (WHERE ARE YOU FROM?) - YouTube
Risky Business #677 -- A day late and a dollar short: China doxxes NSA op
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: China’s super spies figure out Rob Joyce ran TAO ops FBI, French authorities fly to Montenegro to investigate ransomware attack NEWSFLASH: Cloudflare are still a bunch of Nazi cuddlers SIM swap drama spills into real world shootings, firebombings Yandex Taxi hack clogs Moscow streets The TikTok breach that wasn’t Project Raven veterans get wings clipped Why recent BGP hijacks are getting a bit concerning Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Corelight, the company that maintains Zeek. Corleight’s Federal CTO Jean Schaffer joins us in this week’s sponsor interview to talk about whether or not the White House’s executive order on Zero Trust is actually changing anything. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Exclusive: Evidence shows US’ NSA behind attack on email system of leading Chinese aviation university - Global Times Lukasz Olejnik on Twitter: "Chinese accusation of US/NSA cyberattacks on China's aviation university. Unusually, a strong protest issued by China's Foreign Ministry. Chinese media write about NSA extensively, and doxx/point at Rob Joyce, specifically. Highly amusing! https://t.co/PG1XzZoIcW https://t.co/wRMEAokhVj" / Twitter Patrick Gray on Twitter: "Great thread" / Twitter FBI and French officials arrive in Montenegro to investigate ransomware attack - The Record by Recorded Future Chile says gov’t agency struggling with ransomware attack - The Record by Recorded Future Italy warns of cyberattacks on energy industry after Eni, GSE incidents - The Record by Recorded Future Ransomware Gang Accessed Water Supplier’s Control System Experts warn of more Ragnar Locker attacks, days after group targets airline - The Record by Recorded Future Kevin Beaumont on Twitter: "IHG Hotel Group incident is ransomware" / Twitter Criminal hackers targeting K-12 schools, U.S. government warns QNAP warns of zero-day vulnerability in latest DeadBolt ransomware campaign - The Record by Recorded Future Cloudflare Suggests It Won’t Cut Off Anti-Trans Stalking Forum Cloudflare reverses decision and drops trans trolling website Kiwi Farms | Internet | The Guardian Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for Hire – Krebs on Security State Department debars ex-NSA cyber mercenaries who aided vast UAE surveillance operation Hackers Create Traffic Jam in Moscow by Ordering Dozens of Taxis at Once Through App Light Flashing, Siren Wailing: A Rich Muscovite in a Rush - The New York Times TikTok denies security breach after hackers leak user data, source code Samsung denies Social Security numbers involved in latest breach - The Record by Recorded Future Truth Behind the Celer Network cBridge cross-chain bridge incident: BGP hijacking | by SlowMist | Coinmonks | Aug, 2022 | Medium nanog: Yet another BGP hijacking towards AS16509 A Windows 11 Automation Tool Can Easily Be Hijacked | WIRED Actors behind PyPI supply chain attack have been active since late 2021 | Ars Technica Cybercriminal Service 'EvilProxy' Seeks to Hijack Accounts Careless Errors in Hundreds of Apps Could Expose Troves of Data | WIRED WatchGuard firewall exploit threatens appliance takeover | The Daily Swig Patched TikTok security flaw allowed one-click account takeovers - The Record by Recorded Future Chrome extensions with 1.4M installs covertly track visits and inject code | Ars Technica Peter Eckersley, co-creator of Let’s Encrypt, dies at just 43 – Naked Security DownUnderCTF
Risky Business #677 -- A day late and a dollar short: China doxxes NSA op
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: China’s super spies figure out Rob Joyce ran TAO ops FBI, French authorities fly to Montenegro to investigate ransomware attack NEWSFLASH: Cloudflare are still a bunch of Nazi cuddlers SIM swap drama spills into real world shootings, firebombings Yandex Taxi hack clogs Moscow streets The TikTok breach that wasn’t Project Raven veterans get wings clipped Why recent BGP hijacks are getting a bit concerning Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Corelight, the company that maintains Zeek. Corleight’s Federal CTO Jean Schaffer joins us in this week’s sponsor interview to talk about whether or not the White House’s executive order on Zero Trust is actually changing anything. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Exclusive: Evidence shows US’ NSA behind attack on email system of leading Chinese aviation university - Global Times Lukasz Olejnik on Twitter: "Chinese accusation of US/NSA cyberattacks on China's aviation university. Unusually, a strong protest issued by China's Foreign Ministry. Chinese media write about NSA extensively, and doxx/point at Rob Joyce, specifically. Highly amusing! https://t.co/PG1XzZoIcW https://t.co/wRMEAokhVj" / Twitter Patrick Gray on Twitter: "Great thread" / Twitter FBI and French officials arrive in Montenegro to investigate ransomware attack - The Record by Recorded Future Chile says gov’t agency struggling with ransomware attack - The Record by Recorded Future Italy warns of cyberattacks on energy industry after Eni, GSE incidents - The Record by Recorded Future Ransomware Gang Accessed Water Supplier’s Control System Experts warn of more Ragnar Locker attacks, days after group targets airline - The Record by Recorded Future Kevin Beaumont on Twitter: "IHG Hotel Group incident is ransomware" / Twitter Criminal hackers targeting K-12 schools, U.S. government warns QNAP warns of zero-day vulnerability in latest DeadBolt ransomware campaign - The Record by Recorded Future Cloudflare Suggests It Won’t Cut Off Anti-Trans Stalking Forum Cloudflare reverses decision and drops trans trolling website Kiwi Farms | Internet | The Guardian Violence-as-a-Service: Brickings, Firebombings & Shootings for Hire – Krebs on Security State Department debars ex-NSA cyber mercenaries who aided vast UAE surveillance operation Hackers Create Traffic Jam in Moscow by Ordering Dozens of Taxis at Once Through App Light Flashing, Siren Wailing: A Rich Muscovite in a Rush - The New York Times TikTok denies security breach after hackers leak user data, source code Samsung denies Social Security numbers involved in latest breach - The Record by Recorded Future Truth Behind the Celer Network cBridge cross-chain bridge incident: BGP hijacking | by SlowMist | Coinmonks | Aug, 2022 | Medium nanog: Yet another BGP hijacking towards AS16509 A Windows 11 Automation Tool Can Easily Be Hijacked | WIRED Actors behind PyPI supply chain attack have been active since late 2021 | Ars Technica Cybercriminal Service 'EvilProxy' Seeks to Hijack Accounts Careless Errors in Hundreds of Apps Could Expose Troves of Data | WIRED WatchGuard firewall exploit threatens appliance takeover | The Daily Swig Patched TikTok security flaw allowed one-click account takeovers - The Record by Recorded Future Chrome extensions with 1.4M installs covertly track visits and inject code | Ars Technica Peter Eckersley, co-creator of Let’s Encrypt, dies at just 43 – Naked Security DownUnderCTF
Risky Business #676 -- Okta, Authy users among Twilio hack targets
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: The Twilio breach was actually a big deal How a Belarusian Cyber Partisans hack burned a GRU illegal Who wants 25m hashed passwords from Russia? An NFT we can get behind How attackers are using game anti-cheat drivers to defeat EDR Much, much more This week’s sponsor interview is with Mike Benjamin, the VP of security research at Fastly. He pops in to argue that your red team needs to actually consider how your apps will cope with bot-driven attacks. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Why the Twilio Breach Cuts So Deep | WIRED Phishers who hit Twilio and Cloudflare stole 10k credentials from 136 others | Ars Technica The number of companies caught up in recent hacks keeps growing | Ars Technica How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability – Krebs on Security (1) Christo Grozev on Twitter: "We first noticed her thanks to a super useful database shared with us by @cpartisans: the border crossing records of Belarus. We knew the passport ranges of GRU and FSB spies, so we decided to search in that data-set by partial matches, leaving the last 3 digits out as wildcards." / Twitter (1) Belarusian Cyber-Partisans on Twitter: "🧵1/3🔥For the 1st time in human history a #hacktivist collective obtained passport info of the ALL country's citizens. Now we're offering you an opportunity to become a part of this history 😎. Get a unique digital version of #lukashenka passport as #NFT https://t.co/gOlWdoUehi https://t.co/RxdWpBqA8f" / Twitter A huge Chinese database of faces and vehicle license plates spilled online | TechCrunch Leading Russian streaming platform suffers data leak allegedly impacting 44 million users - The Record by Recorded Future Plex imposes password reset after hackers steal data for >15 million users | Ars Technica Montenegro struggles to recover from cyberattack that officials blame on Russia - The Record by Recorded Future Patrick Gray on Twitter: "https://t.co/DOFdMExsPe" / Twitter European data privacy watchdogs grill Twitter over Mudge security claims - The Record by Recorded Future Google announces open source vulnerability reward program after Log4j, Codecov issues - The Record by Recorded Future Google Online Security Blog: Announcing Google’s Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program Hackers Are Using Anti-Cheat in 'Genshin Impact' to Ransom Victims An interview with initial access broker Wazawaka: 'There is no such money anywhere as there is in ransomware' - The Record by Recorded Future LockBit ransomware group implicated in crippling attack on French hospital - The Record by Recorded Future Major U.S. library service confirms ransomware attack, struggling to restore affected systems - The Record by Recorded Future China-linked hackers target organizations operating in South China Sea - The Record by Recorded Future Chinese hackers zero in on Australian manufacturers, wind turbine operators FTC sues data broker that tracks locations of 125M phones per month | Ars Technica FCC launches investigation into mobile carriers’ geolocation data practices - The Record by Recorded Future Most top mobile carriers retain geolocation data for two years on average, FCC findings show - CyberScoop Buddle co-accused one of 50 alleged criminals preparing challenge to police sting Researchers discover sprawling pro-U.S. social media influence campaign Unheard Voice: Evaluating five years of pro-Western covert influence operations Rights groups, company leaders decry silence over VLC player ban in India - The Record by Recorded Future
Risky Business #676 -- Okta, Authy users among Twilio hack targets
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: The Twilio breach was actually a big deal How a Belarusian Cyber Partisans hack burned a GRU illegal Who wants 25m hashed passwords from Russia? An NFT we can get behind How attackers are using game anti-cheat drivers to defeat EDR Much, much more This week’s sponsor interview is with Mike Benjamin, the VP of security research at Fastly. He pops in to argue that your red team needs to actually consider how your apps will cope with bot-driven attacks. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Why the Twilio Breach Cuts So Deep | WIRED Phishers who hit Twilio and Cloudflare stole 10k credentials from 136 others | Ars Technica The number of companies caught up in recent hacks keeps growing | Ars Technica How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability – Krebs on Security (1) Christo Grozev on Twitter: "We first noticed her thanks to a super useful database shared with us by @cpartisans: the border crossing records of Belarus. We knew the passport ranges of GRU and FSB spies, so we decided to search in that data-set by partial matches, leaving the last 3 digits out as wildcards." / Twitter (1) Belarusian Cyber-Partisans on Twitter: "🧵1/3🔥For the 1st time in human history a #hacktivist collective obtained passport info of the ALL country's citizens. Now we're offering you an opportunity to become a part of this history 😎. Get a unique digital version of #lukashenka passport as #NFT https://t.co/gOlWdoUehi https://t.co/RxdWpBqA8f" / Twitter A huge Chinese database of faces and vehicle license plates spilled online | TechCrunch Leading Russian streaming platform suffers data leak allegedly impacting 44 million users - The Record by Recorded Future Plex imposes password reset after hackers steal data for >15 million users | Ars Technica Montenegro struggles to recover from cyberattack that officials blame on Russia - The Record by Recorded Future Patrick Gray on Twitter: "https://t.co/DOFdMExsPe" / Twitter European data privacy watchdogs grill Twitter over Mudge security claims - The Record by Recorded Future Google announces open source vulnerability reward program after Log4j, Codecov issues - The Record by Recorded Future Google Online Security Blog: Announcing Google’s Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program Hackers Are Using Anti-Cheat in 'Genshin Impact' to Ransom Victims An interview with initial access broker Wazawaka: 'There is no such money anywhere as there is in ransomware' - The Record by Recorded Future LockBit ransomware group implicated in crippling attack on French hospital - The Record by Recorded Future Major U.S. library service confirms ransomware attack, struggling to restore affected systems - The Record by Recorded Future China-linked hackers target organizations operating in South China Sea - The Record by Recorded Future Chinese hackers zero in on Australian manufacturers, wind turbine operators FTC sues data broker that tracks locations of 125M phones per month | Ars Technica FCC launches investigation into mobile carriers’ geolocation data practices - The Record by Recorded Future Most top mobile carriers retain geolocation data for two years on average, FCC findings show - CyberScoop Buddle co-accused one of 50 alleged criminals preparing challenge to police sting Researchers discover sprawling pro-U.S. social media influence campaign Unheard Voice: Evaluating five years of pro-Western covert influence operations Rights groups, company leaders decry silence over VLC player ban in India - The Record by Recorded Future
Risky Business #675 -- The problem with Mudge's whistleblowing complaint
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: A deep look at Mudge’s sensational whistleblower complaint against Twitter Brazilian Federal Police raid Lapsus$ crew NSO CEO to stand down (again), 100 staff to be let go Signal users impacted in Twilio incident Tornado Cash OFACs around and finds out Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Greynoise. Its founder, Andrew Morris, joins the show with a stinging critique of the wider threat intelligence industry. Don’t miss that one. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Patrick Gray on Twitter: "Jesus… can open, worms everywhere. You basically can’t find anyone more credible than @dotMudge in infosec so this is a massive deal https://t.co/TaDQzTEtzR" / Twitter Twitter confirms January breach, urges pseudonymous accounts to not add email or phone number - The Record by Recorded Future A Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years | WIRED TikTok Says, No, It Isn't Stealing Your Passwords Brazilian police launch investigation targeting Lapsus$ group - The Record by Recorded Future Israeli spyware company NSO Group CEO steps down | Reuters How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts VIASAT hack impacted French critical services | Cybernews DOJ now relies on paper for its most sensitive court documents, official says Microsoft disrupts Russia-linked hacking group targeting defense and intelligence orgs - The Record by Recorded Future Lloyd’s to forbid insurers from covering losses due to state-backed hacks - The Record by Recorded Future U.S. Treasury Sanctions Notorious Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash | U.S. Department of the Treasury OFAC Around and Find Out - Lawfare Suspected Tornado Cash developer arrested in Netherlands - The Record by Recorded Future Report: Ransomware gangs, fraudsters laundered $540 million through RenBridge platform - The Record by Recorded Future Risky Biz News: Is ransomware going after the Global South? Sure looks like it! Ransomware Now Threatens the Global South | Royal United Services Institute Browser-Powered Desync Attacks: A New Frontier in HTTP Request Smuggling | PortSwigger Research The Return of LOIC, HOIC, HULK, and Slowloris to the Threat Landscape | Radware Blog Hackers steal crypto from Bitcoin ATMs by exploiting zero-day bug A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave | WIRED Malicious code exploiting recent VMware bug publicly available, company warns - The Record by Recorded Future Breaking SIDH in polynomial time Hackers Use Deepfakes of Binance Exec to Scam Crypto Projects Cisco confirms May attack by Yanluowang ransomware group - The Record by Recorded Future Cisco releases advisories for bug affecting more than 1 million security devices - The Record by Recorded Future Cisco warns of critical vulnerabilities in routers - The Record by Recorded Future North Korea-backed hackers have a clever way to read your Gmail | Ars Technica When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire – Krebs on Security Microsoft: Bug in Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” could crash a laptop - The Record by Recorded Future Anonymous poop gifting site hacked, customers exposed
Risky Business #675 -- The problem with Mudge's whistleblowing complaint
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: A deep look at Mudge’s sensational whistleblower complaint against Twitter Brazilian Federal Police raid Lapsus$ crew NSO CEO to stand down (again), 100 staff to be let go Signal users impacted in Twilio incident Tornado Cash OFACs around and finds out Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Greynoise. Its founder, Andrew Morris, joins the show with a stinging critique of the wider threat intelligence industry. Don’t miss that one. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Patrick Gray on Twitter: "Jesus… can open, worms everywhere. You basically can’t find anyone more credible than @dotMudge in infosec so this is a massive deal https://t.co/TaDQzTEtzR" / Twitter Twitter confirms January breach, urges pseudonymous accounts to not add email or phone number - The Record by Recorded Future A Slack Bug Exposed Some Users’ Hashed Passwords for 5 Years | WIRED TikTok Says, No, It Isn't Stealing Your Passwords Brazilian police launch investigation targeting Lapsus$ group - The Record by Recorded Future Israeli spyware company NSO Group CEO steps down | Reuters How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts VIASAT hack impacted French critical services | Cybernews DOJ now relies on paper for its most sensitive court documents, official says Microsoft disrupts Russia-linked hacking group targeting defense and intelligence orgs - The Record by Recorded Future Lloyd’s to forbid insurers from covering losses due to state-backed hacks - The Record by Recorded Future U.S. Treasury Sanctions Notorious Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash | U.S. Department of the Treasury OFAC Around and Find Out - Lawfare Suspected Tornado Cash developer arrested in Netherlands - The Record by Recorded Future Report: Ransomware gangs, fraudsters laundered $540 million through RenBridge platform - The Record by Recorded Future Risky Biz News: Is ransomware going after the Global South? Sure looks like it! Ransomware Now Threatens the Global South | Royal United Services Institute Browser-Powered Desync Attacks: A New Frontier in HTTP Request Smuggling | PortSwigger Research The Return of LOIC, HOIC, HULK, and Slowloris to the Threat Landscape | Radware Blog Hackers steal crypto from Bitcoin ATMs by exploiting zero-day bug A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave | WIRED Malicious code exploiting recent VMware bug publicly available, company warns - The Record by Recorded Future Breaking SIDH in polynomial time Hackers Use Deepfakes of Binance Exec to Scam Crypto Projects Cisco confirms May attack by Yanluowang ransomware group - The Record by Recorded Future Cisco releases advisories for bug affecting more than 1 million security devices - The Record by Recorded Future Cisco warns of critical vulnerabilities in routers - The Record by Recorded Future North Korea-backed hackers have a clever way to read your Gmail | Ars Technica When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire – Krebs on Security Microsoft: Bug in Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” could crash a laptop - The Record by Recorded Future Anonymous poop gifting site hacked, customers exposed
Risky Biz Soap Box: Okta's Brett Winterford on session cookie theft and mitigations
In this edition of the Soap Box podcast Okta’s APAC CISO and former Risky Biz editor Brett Winterford talks about how attackers are getting much better at swiping session cookies via realtime phishing and malware. He also talks about some mitigation strategies to combat this threat and introduces the concept of continuous authentication. Show notes Defending against session hijacking
Risky Biz Soap Box: Okta's Brett Winterford on session cookie theft and mitigations
In this edition of the Soap Box podcast Okta’s APAC CISO and former Risky Biz editor Brett Winterford talks about how attackers are getting much better at swiping session cookies via realtime phishing and malware. He also talks about some mitigation strategies to combat this threat and introduces the concept of continuous authentication. Show notes Defending against session hijacking
Risky Business #674 -- "Free money" exploit spawns $150m blockchain feeding frenzy
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Taiwan tensions fail to conjure the cyber apocalypse Crypto bridge exploit results in $150m feeding frenzy Chainalysis evidence to be challenged in court Post-quantum NIST candidate algorithm gets smoked DSIRF’s Russia links Much, much more This week’s sponsor interview is with Jerrod Chong from Yubico. He’s joining the show to talk about why consumer-focussed implementations of Webauthn like Apple’s Passkeys aren’t a great enterprise solution. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Taiwanese websites hit with DDoS attacks as Pelosi begins visit 'Frenzied mob' steals more than $156 million from crypto platform Nomad - The Record by Recorded Future Bitcoin Fog Case Could Put Cryptocurrency Tracing on Trial | WIRED Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour | Ars Technica Federal court system suffered previously undisclosed breach, congressional committee says Australian police charge man with developing spyware used by more than 14,500 people - The Record by Recorded Future Risky Biz News: Microsoft puts the limelight on another spyware maker—DSIRF from Austria Eavesdropping probe finds Israeli police exceeded authority | AP News Hacker use of Microsoft macros plummeted after default block: report - The Record by Recorded Future On security researcher's newsletter, exposing cybercriminals behind ransomware Luxembourg energy companies struggling with alleged ransomware attack, data breach - The Record by Recorded Future At least 34 healthcare orgs affected by alleged ransomware attack on OneTouchPoint - The Record by Recorded Future American Dental Association says April cyberattack involved ransomware - The Record by Recorded Future Ransomware group demands £500,000 from British schools, citing cyber insurance policy - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals | TechCrunch Experts warn of hacker claiming access to 50 U.S. companies through breached MSP - The Record by Recorded Future German prosecutors issue warrant for Russian government hacker over energy sector attacks - The Record by Recorded Future The commercial satellite boom is leaving space vulnerable to hackers - The Record by Recorded Future Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission - U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission - Google Books Spanish police arrest two accused of hacking radioactivity alert system - The Record by Recorded Future
Risky Business #674 -- "Free money" exploit spawns $150m blockchain feeding frenzy
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Taiwan tensions fail to conjure the cyber apocalypse Crypto bridge exploit results in $150m feeding frenzy Chainalysis evidence to be challenged in court Post-quantum NIST candidate algorithm gets smoked DSIRF’s Russia links Much, much more This week’s sponsor interview is with Jerrod Chong from Yubico. He’s joining the show to talk about why consumer-focussed implementations of Webauthn like Apple’s Passkeys aren’t a great enterprise solution. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Taiwanese websites hit with DDoS attacks as Pelosi begins visit 'Frenzied mob' steals more than $156 million from crypto platform Nomad - The Record by Recorded Future Bitcoin Fog Case Could Put Cryptocurrency Tracing on Trial | WIRED Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour | Ars Technica Federal court system suffered previously undisclosed breach, congressional committee says Australian police charge man with developing spyware used by more than 14,500 people - The Record by Recorded Future Risky Biz News: Microsoft puts the limelight on another spyware maker—DSIRF from Austria Eavesdropping probe finds Israeli police exceeded authority | AP News Hacker use of Microsoft macros plummeted after default block: report - The Record by Recorded Future On security researcher's newsletter, exposing cybercriminals behind ransomware Luxembourg energy companies struggling with alleged ransomware attack, data breach - The Record by Recorded Future At least 34 healthcare orgs affected by alleged ransomware attack on OneTouchPoint - The Record by Recorded Future American Dental Association says April cyberattack involved ransomware - The Record by Recorded Future Ransomware group demands £500,000 from British schools, citing cyber insurance policy - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals | TechCrunch Experts warn of hacker claiming access to 50 U.S. companies through breached MSP - The Record by Recorded Future German prosecutors issue warrant for Russian government hacker over energy sector attacks - The Record by Recorded Future The commercial satellite boom is leaving space vulnerable to hackers - The Record by Recorded Future Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission - U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission - Google Books Spanish police arrest two accused of hacking radioactivity alert system - The Record by Recorded Future
Risky Business #673 -- When throwing computers into a woodchipper is standard IR
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Why Entrust being ransomwared is good news UEFI bootkits turn hardware into landfill Microsoft resumes macro blocking rollout Pat and Adam talk about why plugging your IDP into legacy apps is a dreadful idea Much, much more This week’s sponsor guest is Paul “The Voice” Lanzi of Remediant. He’s popping along to talk about the emergence of a new product category – Identity Threat Detection and Response, or ITDR. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Italy investigating ransomware attack on tax agency - The Record by Recorded Future IT security giant Entrust says it's investigating alleged June data breach - The Record by Recorded Future Microsoft resuming default block of Office VBA macros - The Record by Recorded Future Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us | Ars Technica China: Declaration by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on behalf of the Belgian Government urging Chinese authorities to take action against malicious cyber activities undertaken by Chinese actors | Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs Cyber Command shares bevy of new malware used against Ukraine - The Record by Recorded Future Cyber criminals attack Ukrainian radio network, broadcast fake message about Zelensky's health Congress goes after spyware purveyors. Will it make a difference? Report: Mercenary spyware exploited Google Chrome zero-day to target journalists - The Record by Recorded Future TSA unveils updated cybersecurity regulations of oil and gas pipelines - The Record by Recorded Future Congress Might Actually Pass ADPPA, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act | WIRED Federal privacy legislation progresses, but concerns about data brokers loom China cybersecurity agency fines ride-hailing giant Didi $1.2 billion for data issues - The Record by Recorded Future T-Mobile reaches historic $350 million settlement in 2021 data breach - The Record by Recorded Future Former Coinbase Manager Arrested by Feds for Alleged Insider Trading Cisco patches dangerous bug trio in Nexus Dashboard | The Daily Swig Atlassian patches batch of critical vulnerabilities across multiple products | The Daily Swig Hardcoded password in Confluence app has been leaked on Twitter | Ars Technica
Risky Business #672 -- "Expected behaviour" is in the eye of the beholder
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: A look at the DHS Cyber Safety Review Board’s Log4j report Joshua Schulte no longer the “alleged” Vault7 leaker Chinese APT crews targeted US political journalists before Jan 6 Ransomware gangs make leak sites searchable Why recovering plaintext passwords from Okta is expected behaviour US Government seizes North Korean ransomware payment Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Trail of Bits. Dan Guido is this week’s sponsor guest and he’ll tell us about work Trail of Bits did for DARPA on investigating blockchain security fundamentals. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Patrick Gray on Twitter: "During our discussion yesterday on the show we didn’t know pre-existing MDM was preserved when iOS lockdown mode is enabled, which is great!" / Twitter DHS Cyber Safety Review Board found no evidence China knew of Log4j before disclosure Ex-CIA Hacker Convicted for ‘One of the Most Damaging Acts of Espionage in American History’ Chinese hackers targeted U.S. political reporters just ahead of Jan. 6 attack, researchers say Experts concerned about ransomware groups creating searchable databases of victim data - The Record by Recorded Future Who-is-Trickbot.pdf A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’ – Krebs on Security Risky Biz News: Google removes app permissions from the Play Store Ongoing phishing campaign can hack you even when you’re protected with MFA | Ars Technica ‘Password extraction risk’ in identity provider Okta disputed | The Daily Swig Authomize Discovers Password Stealing and Impersonation Risks in Okta | Authomize.com Okta Response to Security Report | Okta DOJ seized ransoms paid by health centers in Kansas, Colorado after 2021 attacks - The Record by Recorded Future North Korean hackers target small businesses with H0lyGh0st ransomware, Microsoft warns - The Record by Recorded Future Colorado police investigating ransomware attack on small town - The Record by Recorded Future Albania shuts down government websites, services due to wide ranging cyberattack - The Record by Recorded Future Bandai Namco confirms cyberattack after ransomware group threatens leak - The Record by Recorded Future MiCODUS MV720 GPS tracker | CISA Honda redesigning latest vehicles to address key fob vulnerabilities - The Record by Recorded Future Russia Released a Ukrainian App for Hacking Russia That Was Actually Malware Are blockchains decentralized? | Trail of Bits Blog Announcing the new Trail of Bits podcast | Trail of Bits Blog GitHub - trailofbits/it-depends: A tool to automatically build a dependency graph and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for packages and arbitrary source code repositories.
Risky Business #671 -- The case for an American-owned NSO Group
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and guest cohost Dmitri Alperovitch discuss the week’s security news, including: Why an American defence contractor acquiring NSO Group would be a nonproliferation win A look at Microsoft’s botched macro measures iPhone’s Lockdown Mode Ukraine goes big on Yubikeys Aerojet Rocketdyne pays millions over poor security controls, CISO whistleblower gets bag of cash Much, much more This week’s show is sponsored by Proofpoint. Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s Executive Vice President of Cybersecurity Strategy, joins us in this week’s sponsor interview to talk about changes he’s observed in the criminal ecosystem. NOTE: This podcast contains an error. We say that iOS Lockdown Mode prevents users from using an MDM profile on their devices. It doesn’t, it just stops new MDM profiles from being loaded while in Lockdown Mode, so corporate users will be able to turn it on just fine. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Dmitri on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes L3Harris drops bid for NSO spyware following U.S. concerns - The Washington Post Apple introduces 'Lockdown Mode' iPhone feature to block elite spyware Risky Biz News: Thousands of Yubikeys have been deployed in Ukraine, more to come PyPI repo to distribute 4,000 security keys to maintainers of ‘critical projects’ in 2FA drive | The Daily Swig Microsoft makes major course reversal, allows Office to run untrusted macros [Updated] | Ars Technica Microsoft says decision to stop blocking Office VBA macros by default is ‘temporary’ - The Record by Recorded Future Hacktivists claiming attack on Iranian steel facilities dump tranche of 'top secret documents' Rocket maker agrees to pay $9 million to settle allegations of cybersecurity violations - The Record by Recorded Future North Korean State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Use Maui Ransomware to Target the Healthcare and Public Health Sector | CISA North Korea is targeting hospitals with ransomware, U.S. agencies warn Medical debt collection firm says ransomware attack exposed info on 650+ healthcare orgs - The Record by Recorded Future French telecom company La Poste Mobile struggling to recover from ransomware attack - The Record by Recorded Future Cyberattack knocks out California community college email, website, landlines - The Record by Recorded Future OPM breach victims expected to receive about $700 each after class action settlement - The Record by Recorded Future Chinese Hackers Targeting Russian Government and Telcos DeFi Hacker Returns $8m Millions in Cryptocurrency Stolen in Phishing Attacks
Risky Biz Soap Box: Running a global vulnerability management program
Today’s soap box is brought to you by Nucleus Security. Nucleus makes a platform that ingests vulnerability scan information from all your vuln scanning tech so that you can do things like assign different vulnerabilities to different teams to manage and remediate. Send these ones to infrastructure, send these ones to app teams, send everything up and down this stack to this department etc. If you want to see Nucleus in action I have recorded a demo and it’s on our YouTube product demos page, I’ve linked through to it in the show notes for this podcast. Our guest in this episode is Scott Kuffer, co-founder of Nucleus, and the topic is running a vulnerability management program in a very large enterprise. Show notes Nucleus Security Product Demo on Risky Biz YouTube Channel