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24:24

Between Two Nerds: Global critical infrastructure

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/04/15

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at the idea of global critical infrastructure. One common example is submarine cables, which are globally important but are vulnerable because they are hard to defend. But what about services from tech giants? Are they global critical infrastructure? This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes

5:45

Risky Bulletin: China privately admits to hacking US

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2025/04/14

China privately admits to hacking American critical infrastructure, the US Treasury was compromised by password spraying, America will sign a global spyware agreement after all, and a Chinese APT is abusing the Windows Sandbox to hide its malware.Show notes

13:45

Sponsored: The foundations for modern defensible...

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2025/04/13

In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview David Cottingham and Peter Baussman, Airlock Digital’s CEO and CTO, talk to Tom Uren about a new Australian Cyber Security Centre guidance about building defensible networks. The pair cover what they like about the document and where it could be improved. Show notes Foundations for modern defensible

6:04

Risky Bulletin: Trump orders investigation into...

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2025/04/11

Trump orders investigation into former CISA director Chris Krebs, the US DOJ disbands its crypto crime team, NSO hires a new lobby team, and researchers raise the alarm on something called “slopsquatting”. Show notes

21:05

Srsly Risky Biz: MAGA's NSA purge will get messy

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2025/04/10

Tom Uren and Patrick Gray discuss Trump’s recent firing of General Timothy Haugh, the head of NSA and Cyber Command. Tom dives into the implications and thinks why this is not good news for the agencies.They also discuss Europe losing faith in the US intelligence commitments that underpin transatlantic data flows. That would be bad news for US tech companies. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes

7:11

Risky Bulletin: Hackers leak data from major...

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2025/04/09

Hackers leak data from a major Russian bulletproof hosting provider, Australia deregisters 95 companies linked to cyber scams, the US Treasury gets hacked again, and Meta expands “teen accounts” to Facebook and Facebook Messenger.Show notes

27:16

Between Two Nerds: Feast or famine?

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2025/04/07

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at the idea of ‘false scarcities’ in cyber security. Are bugs and talent rare? Or is our thinking blinkered? This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes

6:24

Risky Bulletin: Trump fires CyberCom and NSA head

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2025/04/07

Trump fires NSA and CyberCom leadership, CISA looks likely to be halved in size, hackers hit Australian pension funds, and NIST gives up on old CVEs in its backlog.Show notes

5:49

Risky Bulletin: Android looks set to get its own...

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2025/04/04

Android looks set to get its own Lockdown Mode, China overhauls cybersecurity and privacy laws, a crypto platform gets hacked for $70 million dollars, and Greece’s intel agency is set to hire more hackers. Show notes

23:08

Srsly Risky Biz: North Korean IT workers head to Europe

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2025/04/03

Tom Uren and Patrick Gray discuss how North Korean IT worker scam is shifting towards Europe and employing tactics that make it more dangerous.They also discuss why Signalgate was a massive security failure. We learnt this week that US cabinet members were in multiple Signal groups discussing different topics. Phone hacking is not uncommon, an adversary states will be able to take advantage of the intelligence in these conversations. This episode is also available

6:25

Risky Bulletin: North Korean IT worker scams expand...

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2025/04/02

A North Korean IT worker scheme pivots to Europe after a US crackdown, 24,000 IPs are looking for Palo Alto Networks VPNs, Gmail rolls out end-to-end encrypted emails for enterprise users, and hackers steal over $100 million via Coinbase phishing.Show notes

26:34

Between Two Nerds: The 800 pound gorilla

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/03/31

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at all the strands of evidence that make people think NSA is a top-tier cyber actor. This episode is also available on Youtube Show notes

6:25

Risky Bulletin: Oracle's healthtech division hacked,...

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/03/31

Oracle’s Health Tech division gets hacked and its customers extorted, the Italian government admits it used Paragon to spy on an NGO, a WordPress feature is being abused to silently install malicious plugins, and the Dutch public prosecutor pulls systems offline after a cyber incident. Show notes

9:22

Sponsored: Why hacked geolocation data is worrying

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2025/03/30

In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview Ed Currie from Kroll Cyber talks to Tom Uren about the recent hack of the Gravy Analytics geolocation data provider. He explains the hack and how geolocation data can be used by malicious actors. Show notes Kroll's report on the risks of geolocation hacks

8:43

Risky Bulletin: France runs phishing test on 2.5...

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2025/03/28

France runs a phishing test on two and a half million students, Google fixes a Chrome zero-day abused for espionage, China publishes new facial recognition rules, and the DragonForce ransomware group hacks two rivals.Show notes

14:44

Srsly Risky Biz: The Signalgate clown show

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2025/03/27

Tom Uren and Patrick Gray discuss how the Signalgate messages betray an alarming lack of security nous at the highest levels of the US natsec leadership. It’s head-scratchingly bad. They also discuss the possibility the Trump Administration will reconstitute the CSRB. The Board wasn’t perfect, but in our view it is better to get it started again rather than waiting for reviews to determine its perfect form. This episode is also available on Youtube.

6:36

Risky Bulletin: Cyberattack hits Ukraine's state railway

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2025/03/26

Ukraine’s state railway hit by a cyberattack, a ransomware attack reduces Malaysia’s largest airport to writing flight details on a whiteboard, buggy exploits put DrayTek routers in a reboot loop, and the NIST CVE backlog grows bigger despite efforts to address it. Show notes

24:13

Between Two Nerds: The 0day fetish

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2025/03/24

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about why people studying cyber operations are fascinated by 0days. These are vulnerabilities or exploits that have been found in a system before the vendor or manufacturer is made aware of them and so therefore no fix exists. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes

7:38

Risky Bulletin: US removes Tornado Cash sanctions

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/03/24

The US removes Tornado Cash sanctions, the White House shifts cyber responsibility to state and local governments, a Michigan football coach is indicted for hacking, and Google sues a Maps scam syndicate. Show notes

14:12

Sponsored: Sublime Security on trends and the rise of...

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2025/03/23

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Josh Kamdjou, co-founder and CEO of Sublime Security. Josh goes over recent trends in email badness, such as the increase in QR code abuse and the rise of SVG smuggling. Show notes Scripting Vector Grifts: SVG phishing with smuggled JS and adversary in the middle tactics

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