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8:43

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

Risky Bulletin ·

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

Risky Bulletin ·

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

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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

6:23

Risky Bulletin: Hacktivists claim cyber-sabotage of...

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2025/03/21

Hacktivists sabotage over 100 Iranian ships, Iran calls out China for hacking,six new Paragon customers come to light, and North Korea creates a new cyber unit. Show notes

19:10

Srsly Risky Biz: China's MSS gets personal

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2025/03/20

Tom Uren and Patrick Gray discuss how China’s Ministry of State Security is increasingly doxxing and threatening Taiwanese APT operators. In some ways this mirrors the US strategy of naming and shaming Chinese cyber operators in indictments that contain lots of supporting information. But although MSS statements are filled with propaganda rather than technical detail, naming Taiwanese military hackers has some bite. They also discuss Russia’s ‘shadow war’ sabotage

5:44

Risky Bulletin: Google buys Wiz for $32 billion

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2025/03/19

Google buys Wiz for $32 billion, China attributes the Poison Ivy APT group to the Taiwanese Military, APT groups abuse a Windows zero-day and a judge tells CISA to reinstate fired workers. Show notes

27:00

Between Two Nerds: Sowing discord by being nice!

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2025/03/17

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about how offensive cyber operations could do so much more than just ‘deny, disrupt, degrade and destroy’. Grugq thinks this thinking is rooted in military culture and he wonders why cyber operations are always so mean. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes

8:28

Risky Bulletin: GitHub supply chain attack leaks secrets

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2025/03/16

A GitHub supply chain attack leaks secrets, the White House tells federal agencies to stop firing cyber staff, Germany exempts cybersecurity from debt limits, and the RCS standard adds support for end-to-end encryption. Show notes

13:15

Sponsored: Using carrots and sticks to get more...

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2025/03/16

In this Risky Bulletin sponsor interview Matt Muller, field CISO of Tines, explains how governments are using carrots and sticks to improve the security of enterprise software. Matt discusses CISA’s ‘Secure by Design’ pledge and the UK NCSC’s effort to quantify ‘unforgivable bugs’ Show notes

6:45

Risky Bulletin: FBI says online file converters are...

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/03/14

The FBI warns of online file converters that distribute malware, China backdoors Juniper router, a wave of ransomware hits Taiwan, and North Korean spyware slips into the Play Store. Show notes

15:23

Srsly Risky Biz: Outside America, Musk's X is a...

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/03/13

Tom Uren and Patrick Gray discuss how X is actively engaging in political interference outside the US. The risks mirror those of TikTok. American legislators moved against TikTok because it could potentially be a powerful tool for the Chinese government to interfere with American political discourse. X is a realised threat, not a potential one, so we expect that foreign governments will start to consider a ban. They also explore why mass firing of probationary

4:40

Risky Bulletin: Pro-Palestinian hacktivists claim X DDoS

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2025/03/12

A Pro Palestinian group claims credit for the X DDoS, CISA gets a new director as DOGE fires its red teams, and Asian scam compounds keep growing. Show notes

33:33

Between Two Nerds: A European cyber command

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/03/10

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about what Europe should do given that US security guarantees are evaporating. Should Europe grow its cyber capabilities, what it would get out of it and how should it go about doing it? This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Zero Day on the Trump Administration order that US Cyber

7:42

Risky Bulletin: Major browsers patch passkey phishing...

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/03/10

Mobile browsers patch a passkey phishing vector, researchers find undocumented commands in a common IoT chip, the US government cuts election security funding, and a hacker steals – and then returns – funds from DeFi platform 1inch. Show notes

12:38

Sponsored: GreyNoise on 2024's mass internet scan trends

Risky Bulletin ·

2025/03/09

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Andrew Morris, founder of security firm GreyNoise. Andrew talks about the major trends in mass internet scanning and exploitation, as per GreyNoise’s yearly threat report. Show notes GreyNoise 2025 Mass Internet Exploitation Report: Attackers Are Moving Faster Than Ever — Are You

5:24

Risky Bulletin: US indicts i-Soon and APT27 hackers

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2025/03/07

The US indicts the i-Soon and APT27 hackers, the BADBOX botnet gets disrupted again,authorities seize the Garantex crypto exchange, and the FBI arrests hackers who stole Taylor Swift concert tickets.Show notes

22:03

Srsly Risky Biz: Starlink an internet lifeline for...

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2025/03/06

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray discuss how Starlink is providing an internet lifeline for scam compounds that have had their internet access cut by Thai authorities. Starlink has a very poor track record dealing with unauthorised use, but it is time for the company to develop the processes to keep on top of these problems. They also discuss how President Trump’s actions that favour Russia will make Five Eyes partners take stock, particularly when it comes

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