Risky Bulletin

Regular cybersecurity news updates from the Risky Business team...

RBTALKS5: How Pfizer uses AI to detect insider risk

Brian A. Coleman, Senior Director for Insider Risk, Information Security, and Digital Forensics at Pfizer, talks to us about how his security team is experimenting with AI to improve their insider risk detection systems. The system Brian and his team put together can detect sensitive information or documents handled by unauthorized accounts, but can also spot documents moving around and ending up where they shouldn’t be - either by accident, malice, or as a result of a security breach.

12-20
22:30

Risky Bulletin: Russia designates Recorded Future an "undesirable organization"

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

12-19
07:14

Srsly Risky Biz: Why two hats are better than two heads

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about the likelihood that the incoming Trump administration will end the ‘dual-hat’ arrangement where a single officer leads both US Cyber Command and the National Security Agency. This would result in Cyber Command outranking NSA and could prioritise cyber disruption operations over intelligence collection. That would be a bad outcome. They also talk about how changes to SEC disclosure rules have led to an outpouring of corporate drivel and how WhatsApp became an everything app. This episode is also availble on Youtube.

12-19
19:48

Risky Bulletin: Cl0p returns

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

12-18
07:38

Between Two Nerds: The evolution of Russia's cyber operations in Ukraine

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about the evolution of Russian cyber operations during its invasion of Ukraine. This episode is also available on Youtube.

12-16
29:28

Risky Bulletin: Secret ransomware campaign targeted DrayTek routers for a year

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

12-16
07:42

Risky Bulletin: Germany's BSI sinkhole BADBOX malware

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

12-13
08:52

Srsly Risky Biz: FCC demands telcos improve security

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about the US Federal Communications Commission effort to get US telcos to lift their security game and compares it to UK and Australian efforts. The US is very late to the game, and improving security is a huge job. They also talk about Chinese cyber actors continuing to pointlessly sow chaos and how an influence campaign in Romania is an absolute disaster for TikTok. This episode is also available on Youtube.

12-12
17:20

Risky Biz News: Improperly patched Cleo bug exploited in the wild

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

12-11
09:42

Between Two Nerds: Why the US is so uptight about cyber operations

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about how states have very different approaches to controlling cyber operations. At the very beginning they refer to this Microsoft Threat Intelligence post.

12-09
30:05

Risky Biz News: Members of US Congress targeted by phishing op

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

12-08
06:01

Sponsored: Proofpoint on the rise of ClickFix attacks

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Proofpoint senior threat intelligence analyst Selena Larson about the rise of Attacker-in-the-Middle phishing and ClickFix social engineering campaigns.

12-08
13:16

Risky Biz News: Salt Typhoon's telco hacking spree keeps getting bigger

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

12-05
07:41

Srsly Risky Biz: Why hack and leak is still a big deal

In this podcast Tom Uren and Adam Boileau talk about the continued importance of hack and leak operations. They didn’t really affect the recent US presidential election, but they are still a powerful tool for vested interests to influence public policy. They also discuss the police bust of MATRIX, yet another encrypted messenger that is marketed to criminals and designed to resist police surveillance. The crimephone landscape is splintering due to the constant drumbeat of police success. This episode is also available on Youtube.

12-05
21:41

Risky Biz News: Poland arrests former spy chief in Pegasus scandal

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

12-04
08:39

Between Two Nerds: The kid to criminal pipeline

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about how the opportunities for hackers have changed and how that has altered the pipelines that turn kids into criminals.

12-02
24:17

Risky Biz News: Russia arrests WazaWaka

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

12-02
05:12

Sponsored: Push Security on its new stolen credentials detection feature

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Jacques Louw, co-founder and chief product officer at Push Security, on the company’s new stolen credentials detection feature, how AitM phishing can be spotted in the browser, and how Push deals with customers needing help with MFA.

12-01
21:09

Risky Biz News: Microsoft’s thanksgiving treat: an FTC investigation

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

11-29
07:29

Srsly Risky Biz: Australian government to shut down AN0M evidence appeals

In this podcast Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about the Australian Government’s extraordinary legislation that will retrospectively ensure that warrants used for the An0m crimephone sting operation are valid. They also discuss a sterling CISA red team report and the naiveté of Microsoft’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith. This episode is also available on Youtube.

11-28
17:12

My account cleared itself

They are having too much fun!

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