Risky Business Podcast
May 21, 2025
Risky Business #792 -- Beware, Coinbase users. Crypto thieves are taking fingers now
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news:
- TeleMessage memory dumps show up on DDoSecrets
- Coinbase contractor bribed to hand over user data
- Telegram does seem to be actually cooperating with law enforcement
- Britain’s legal aid service gets 15 years worth of applicant data stolen
- Shocking no one, Ivanti were weaseling when they blamed latest bugs on a third party library
This week’s episode is sponsored by Prowler, who make an open source cloud security tool. Founder and original project developer Toni de la Fuente joins to talk through the flexibility that open tooling brings. Prowler is also adding support for SaaS platforms like M365, and of course, an AI assistant to help you write checks!
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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Show notes
TeleMessage - Distributed Denial of Secrets
How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes | WIRED
Coinbase says thieves stole user data and tried to extort $20M
Hack could cost Coinbase up to $400M: filing | Cybersecurity Dive
Severed Fingers and ‘Wrench Attacks’ Rattle the Crypto Elite
Money Stuff: US Debt Rates Itself | NewsletterHunt
2 massive black market services blocked by Telegram, messaging app says | Reuters
Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users
GovDelivery, an email alert system used by governments, abused to send scam messages | TechCrunch
ATO warning as hackers steal $14,000 in tax returns: ‘Be wary’
19-year-old accused of largest child data breach in U.S. agrees to plead guilty
Pegasus spyware maker rebuffed in efforts to get off trade blacklist - The Washington Post
Ivanti Endpoint Mobile Manager customers exploited via chained vulnerabilities | Cybersecurity Dive
Expression Payloads Meet Mayhem - Ivanti EPMM Unauth RCE Chain (CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428)