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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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  • 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 | HuntressBlue Yonder investigating data leak claim following ransomware attack | Cybersecurity DiveSnowflake to phase out single-factor authentication by late 2025 | Cybersecurity DiveTreasury Sanctions Cybersecurity Company Involved in Compromise of Firewall Products and Attempted Ransomware Attacks | U.S. Department of the TreasuryAnother teenage hacker charged as feds continue Scattered Spider crackdown | The Record from Recorded Future NewsGermany arrests suspected admin of country’s largest criminal marketplace | The Record from Recorded Future NewsFCC, for first time, proposes cybersecurity rules tied to wiretapping law | CyberScoopRussian state hackers abuse Cloudflare services to spy on Ukrainian targets | The Record from Recorded Future NewsCloudflare’s pages.dev and workers.dev Domains Increasingly Abused forRomania annuls presidential election over alleged Russian interference | The Record from Recorded Future NewsEU demands TikTok 'freeze and preserve data' over alleged Russian interference in Romanian elections | The Record from Recorded Future NewsResearch Note: Meta’s Role in Romania’s 2024 Presidential Election - CheckFirstKey electricity distributor in Romania warns of ‘cyber attack in progress’ | The Record from Recorded Future NewsBackdoor slipped into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets - Ars TechnicaAMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack - Ars TechnicaNew dog, old tricks: DaMAgeCard attack targets memory directly thru SD card reader – PT SWARMTelegram partners with child safety group to scan content for sexual abuse materialApple hit with $1.2B lawsuit after killing controversial CSAM-detecting tool - Ars TechnicaCompromising OpenWrt Supply Chain via Truncated SHA-256 Collision and Command Injection - Flatt Security ResearchHow do I turn on the Do Not Track feature? | Firefox Help
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    • 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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    • 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 LIVEFTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation | AP NewsExclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say | ReutersCosta Rica state energy company calls in US experts to help with ransomware attack | The Record from Recorded Future NewsBlue Yonder Security Rating, Vendor Risk Report, and Data BreachesENGlobal IT systems impacted by ransomware attack | Cybersecurity DiveRansomware suspect Wazawaka reportedly arrested by Russia | The Record from Recorded Future NewsRussia delivers historic life sentence to suspected founder of darknet marketplace | The Record from Recorded Future NewsVodka maker Stoli says August ransomware attack contributed to bankruptcy filing | The Record from Recorded Future NewsHacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier – Krebs on SecurityUganda confirms cyberattack on central bank but minimizes extent of breach | The Record from Recorded Future NewsPress Release: HOME > Announcements/News > Announcements > Press ReleaseU.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattackWith Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’ | WIREDJapanese crypto service shuts down after theft of bitcoin worth $308 million | The Record from Recorded Future NewsHe Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too | WIREDcyberundergroundfeed 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 HeraldNZ Navy ship runs aground off Samoa, catches fire and sinks
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    • 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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    • Risky Business #770 -- A Russian IR guy discovers extremely cool spookware

      Risky Business #770 -- A Russian IR guy discovers extremely cool spookware
      Nov 13 2024

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

      • Apple frustrates law enforcement with iOS auto-reboot
      • CISA says most KEV vulnerabilities in 2023 were first used as zero days
      • Russians roll incident response on some sweet Linux spookware
      • Regular users can create mailboxes in M365?
      • Tor tracks down the source of its joe-job abuse complaints
      • And much, much more.

      This week’s feature guest is former FBI agent Chris Tarbell, who arrested Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht way back in 2013. As suggestions swirl that an incoming Trump administration might release Ulbricht, Chris talks about the reality of the Dread Pirate Roberts.

      This episode is sponsored by software supply chain security firm Socket.dev. Founder Feross Aboukhadijeh thinks that we need a CVE-like catalogue for supply-chain attacks, and he makes a solid argument.

      The show is also available on Youtube.

      Show notes
      • Jason Koebler: "New: We’ve confirmed Apple quietly introduced a feature in the new iOS that is preventing cops from hacking iPhones that they have confiscated as evidence. Apple really did say ACAB www.404media.co/apple-quietl..." — Bluesky
      • Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops
      • Exclusive | U.S. Agency Warns Employees About Phone Use Amid Ongoing China Hack - WSJ
      • Surge in exploits of zero-day vulnerabilities is ‘new normal’ warns Five Eyes alliance
      • The Elusive GoblinRAT: How a Linux Backdoor Infiltrated Government Infrastructures
      • Microsoft Bookings – Facilitating Impersonation | Cyberis Limited
      • TrustedSec | EKUwu: Not just another AD CS ESC
      • Russia’s internet watchdog blocks thousands of websites that use Cloudflare's privacy service
      • Defending the Tor network: Mitigating IP spoofing against Tor | The Tor Project
      • Law enforcement operation takes down 22,000 malicious IP addresses worldwide - Ars Technica
      • Press Conference - Parliament House, Canberra | Prime Minister of Australia
      • DHS nominee Kristi Noem stood alone for rejecting department cyber grants to state, local governments | CyberScoop
      • Patrick Gray: "Allies will feel comfortable until these guys get fired in their first 100 days for opposing Trump’s proposed annexation of Iceland or something. People have forgotten… Trump is out of his gourd" — Bluesky
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