Episodes

  • Risky Biz Soap Box: Cool compliance tricks with the Island enterprise browser

    Risky Biz Soap Box: Cool compliance tricks with the Island enterprise browser
    Dec 20 2024

    In this sponsored Soap Box edition of the show Patrick Gray talks to Island CEO Michael Fey about some of the cool tricks in the Island enterprise browser. You can use it to tick off so many compliance boxes, and not just cybersecurity boxes.

    This is largely a conversation about compliance, but it’s actually interesting and fun. These are words we never thought we’d type!

    You can find Island at https://island.io/

    This episode is also available on Youtube.

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    • Risky Business #775 -- Cl0p is back, SEC hack disclosures disappoint

      Risky Business #775 -- Cl0p is back, SEC hack disclosures disappoint
      Dec 18 2024

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

      • The SEC’s cyber incident reporting isn’t very exciting after all
      • China Telecom on the way to being thrown out of the US
      • The NSA/Cybercom might get two separate hats
      • The Cl0p ransomware crew are back and taking responsibility for the Cleo hacks
      • (Yet another) File upload bug in Struts makes Java admins weep
      • And much, much more.

      This episode is sponsored by SpecterOps, who run a pretty top notch offsec/pentest team when they’re not busy making the Bloodhound Enterprise identity attack path enumeration software. SpecterOps’ Robby Winchester joins to talk about how pentest has changed, and how their customers get value from their testing.

      This episode is also available Youtube.

      Show notes
      • SEC cyber incident reporting rule generates 71 filings in 11 months | Cybersecurity Dive
      • US senators, green groups call for accountability over hacking of Exxon critics | Reuters
      • Biden Administration Takes First Step to Retaliate Against China Over Hack - The New York Times
      • Unfinished business for Trump: Ending the Cyber Command and NSA 'dual hat' | The Record from Recorded Future News
      • EU opens investigation into TikTok and the Romanian election – POLITICO
      • Clop ransomware claims responsibility for Cleo data theft attacks
      • CISA warns of ransomware gangs exploiting Cleo, CyberPanel bugs | The Record from Recorded Future News
      • CVE-2024-55956 | AttackerKB
      • Apache issues patches for critical Struts 2 RCE bug • The Register
      • Japanese game and anime publisher reportedly pays $3 million ransom to Russia-linked hackers | The Record from Recorded Future News
      • Israeli spyware firm Paragon acquired by US investment group, report says | Reuters
      • How Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks – Krebs on Security
      • Arizona man arrested for alleged involvement in violent online terror networks | CyberScoop
      • Russia bans Viber, claiming app facilitates terrorism and drug trafficking | The Record from Recorded Future News
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      1 hr and 1 min
    • Wide World of Cyber: SentinelOne's Chris Krebs on Chinese cyber operations

      Wide World of Cyber: SentinelOne's Chris Krebs on Chinese cyber operations
      Dec 13 2024

      In this edition of the Wild World of Cyber podcast Patrick Gray sits down with SentinelOne’s Chief Intelligence and Public Policy Officer Chris Krebs to talk all about Chinese cyber operations.

      They look at the Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon campaigns, the last 20 years of Chinese operations, and the evolution of the cyber roles of China’s Ministry of State Security and People’s Liberation Army.

      It’s a very dense hour of conversation!

      This podcast was recorded in front of an audience at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney.

      This episode is also available on Youtube.

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      • Risky Business #774 -- Cleo file transfer appliances under widespread attack

        Risky Business #774 -- Cleo file transfer appliances under widespread attack
        Dec 11 2024
        On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Cleo file transfer products have a remote code exec, here we go again!Snowflake phases out password-based authChinese Sophos-exploit-dev company gets sanctionedRomania’s election gets rolled back after Tiktok changed the outcomeAMD’s encrypted VM tech bamboozled by RAM with one extra address bitSome cool OpenWRT researchAnd much, much more. This week’s episode is sponsored by Thinkst, who love sneaky canary token traps. Jacob Torrey previews an upcoming Blackhat talk filled with interesting operating system tricks you can use to trigger canaries in your environment. You wont believe the third trick! Attackers hate him! This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Cleo Software Actively Being Exploited in the Wild CVE-2024-50623 | Huntress Blue Yonder investigating data leak claim following ransomware attack | Cybersecurity Dive Snowflake to phase out single-factor authentication by late 2025 | Cybersecurity Dive Treasury Sanctions Cybersecurity Company Involved in Compromise of Firewall Products and Attempted Ransomware Attacks | U.S. Department of the Treasury Another teenage hacker charged as feds continue Scattered Spider crackdown | The Record from Recorded Future News Germany arrests suspected admin of country’s largest criminal marketplace | The Record from Recorded Future News FCC, for first time, proposes cybersecurity rules tied to wiretapping law | CyberScoop Russian state hackers abuse Cloudflare services to spy on Ukrainian targets | The Record from Recorded Future News Cloudflare’s pages.dev and workers.dev Domains Increasingly Abused for Romania annuls presidential election over alleged Russian interference | The Record from Recorded Future News EU demands TikTok 'freeze and preserve data' over alleged Russian interference in Romanian elections | The Record from Recorded Future News Research Note: Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election - CheckFirst Key electricity distributor in Romania warns of ‘cyber attack in progress’ | The Record from Recorded Future News Backdoor slipped into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets - Ars Technica AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack - Ars Technica New dog, old tricks: DaMAgeCard attack targets memory directly thru SD card reader – PT SWARM Telegram partners with child safety group to scan content for sexual abuse material Apple hit with $1.2B lawsuit after killing controversial CSAM-detecting tool - Ars Technica Compromising OpenWrt Supply Chain via Truncated SHA-256 Collision and Command Injection - Flatt Security Research How do I turn on the Do Not Track feature? | Firefox Help
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        1 hr and 2 mins
      • Risky Biz Soapbox: Enterprise Yubikeys can now be pre-registered

        Risky Biz Soapbox: Enterprise Yubikeys can now be pre-registered
        Dec 8 2024

        In this interview Patrick Gray talks to Yubico’s COO and President Jerrod Chong about a new Yubikey feature: pre-registration.

        You can now ship pre-registered Yubikeys to your staff so you don’t need to rely on your staff to enrol them. They’ve achieved this with really slick Okta and Entra ID integrations.

        Jerrod also talks about a recent trip to Singapore and concerns he has about the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure in the energy sector.
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        30 mins
      • Risky Business #773 -- Cybercriminals are dropping like flies in Russia

        Risky Business #773 -- Cybercriminals are dropping like flies in Russia
        Dec 4 2024
        On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: The FTC decides its time to take another look at MicrosoftExxon’s opponents targeted by hackersRussian hackers keep getting sentenced and it confuses usThe Feds recommend Signal, because throwing hackers out of telcos ain’t gonna happenA South Korean set-top-box manufacturer shipped a DDoS client for corpo-combatAnd much, much more. This week’s sponsor interview with Vijit Nair from Corelight. We talk to him about doing detection in cloud environments, and how the varied nature of cloud systems makes the old ways - network monitoring - useful in new and interesting ways. If you’re in Sydney, Pat is recording a live episode of the Wide World of Cyber with Chris Krebs on 5 December. There might still be tickets left! This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes SentinelOne: Risky Business LIVE FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation | AP News Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say | Reuters Costa Rica state energy company calls in US experts to help with ransomware attack | The Record from Recorded Future News Blue Yonder Security Rating, Vendor Risk Report, and Data Breaches ENGlobal IT systems impacted by ransomware attack | Cybersecurity Dive Ransomware suspect Wazawaka reportedly arrested by Russia | The Record from Recorded Future News Russia delivers historic life sentence to suspected founder of darknet marketplace | The Record from Recorded Future News Vodka maker Stoli says August ransomware attack contributed to bankruptcy filing | The Record from Recorded Future News Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier – Krebs on Security Uganda confirms cyberattack on central bank but minimizes extent of breach | The Record from Recorded Future News Press Release: HOME > Announcements/News > Announcements > Press Release U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’ | WIRED Japanese crypto service shuts down after theft of bitcoin worth $308 million | The Record from Recorded Future News He Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too | WIRED cyberundergroundfeed on X: "🚨 Pro-Russian Group Allegedly Hacks #Australia #Melbourne Sewage System 🚨 Hackers claim to have compromised the Riversdale sewage pumping station in #Melbourne, #Australia, switching it to manual control and placing it in emergency mode." Pump station fears rebuffed - New Zealand News - NZ Herald NZ Navy ship runs aground off Samoa, catches fire and sinks
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        57 mins
      • Risky Business #772 -- Salt Typhoon is truly a national security disaster

        Risky Business #772 -- Salt Typhoon is truly a national security disaster
        Nov 27 2024
        On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: A ransomware attack has crippled US supply chain software provider Blue YonderRussian spies hack nearby wifi to get to their targets, but that doesn’t seem surprising?Salt Typhoon’s attacks on telcos are hard to solve and big on impactChina’s surveillance state workers sell their access at homePalo Alto is bad and should feel badAnd much, much more. In this week’s sponsor interview Patrick Gray chats with Matt Muller from Tines about Gartner’s “spicy take” that the SOAR category is dead. SOAR is dead! Long live SOAR! This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Retailers struggle after ransomware attack on supply chain tech provider Blue Yonder | The Record from Recorded Future NewsCustomer UpdateRussian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack | WIREDChina’s Salt Typhoon hackers target telecom firms in Southeast Asia with new malware | The Record from Recorded Future NewsEmerging Details of Chinese Hack Leave U.S. Officials Increasingly ConcernedTop senator calls Salt Typhoon “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history” - The Washington PostPrivacy-focused mobile phone launches for high-risk individuals | CyberScoopChina’s Surveillance State Is Selling Citizen Data as a Side Hustle | WIREDFormer Verizon employee gets four-year sentence for sharing cyber secrets with Chinese government | The Record from Recorded Future NewsSurveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024 – Parliament of AustraliaParlInfo - BILLS : Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024 : Second ReadingParlInfo - Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024ParlInfo - Surveillance Legislation (Confirmation of Application) Bill 2024Chris Bing: "Regarding the reported hack of the Gaetz-ethics committee report, the file storage platform (FileShare) that held the document said they weren't hacked. But rather: "this file was shared anonymously which allowed anyone to download. This was not a breach"" — BlueskyTether Has Become a Massive Money Laundering Tool for Mexican Drug Traffickers, Feds SayPalo Alto Networks boasts as customers coalesce on its platforms | Cybersecurity DivePalo Alto Networks pushes back as Shadowserver spots 2K of its firewalls exploited | Cybersecurity DiveRSF investigation: the Indian cyber-security giant silencing media outlets worldwide | RSFPatrick Gray (@patrick.risky.biz) — Blueskymetlstorm (@metlstorm.risky.biz) — BlueskyCatalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi.risky.biz) — BlueskyTom Uren (@tom.risky.biz) — Bluesky
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      • Risky Business #771 -- Palo Alto's firewall 0days are very, very stupid

        Risky Business #771 -- Palo Alto's firewall 0days are very, very stupid
        Nov 20 2024
        On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Microsoft introduces some sensible sounding post-Crowdstrike changesPalo Alto patches hella-stupid bugs in its firewall management webappCISA head Jen Easterly to depart as Trump arrivesAI grandma tarpits phone scammers in family-tech-support hellAcademic research supports your gut-reaction; phishing training doesn’t workAnd much, much more. This week’s episode is sponsored by Greynoise. The always excitable Andrew Morris joins to remind us that the edge-device vulnerabilities Pat and Adam complain about on the show are in fact actually even worse than we make them out to be. Andrew also tells us about a zero-day Greynoise’ AI system truffle-pigged out of their data set. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Windows security and resiliency: Protecting your business | Windows Experience BlogMicrosoft revamps how it will disclose vulnerabilities | Cybersecurity DiveNIST says exploited vulnerability backlog cleared but end-of-year goal for full list unlikelyPots and Pans, AKA an SSLVPN - Palo Alto PAN-OS CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474Palo Alto Networks customers grapple with another actively exploited zero-day | Cybersecurity DiveUnpatched zero-days in Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks softwarePalo Alto Networks’ customer migration tool hit by trio of CVE exploits | Cybersecurity DiveReadout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China | The White HouseEasterly to step down from CISA director role on Inauguration Day | Cybersecurity DiveTop White House cyber official urges Trump to focus on ransomware, ChinaRansomware gang Akira leaks unprecedented number of victims’ data in one dayHacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz1,400 Pegasus spyware infections detailed in WhatsApp’s lawsuit filingsNSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents | TechCrunchRansomware gang Akira leaks unprecedented number of victims’ data in one dayOhio man behind Helix cryptocurrency mixer gets 3-year sentenceO2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time - Virgin Media O2Understanding the Efficacy of Phishing Training in PracticeBunnings facial recognition cameras breach Privacy Act, retailer to challenge ruling | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news siteNudity, punches in newly released Bunnings CCTV as company found to breach Privacy Act | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news siteBitfinex Hack Launderer Heather 'Razzlekhan' Morgan Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
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        1 hr and 1 min