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2023
- Risky Biz News: Yo Vladimir! All your iPhones are belong to us! » 02 Jun 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Why Volt Typhoon is so worrying » 01 Jun 2023
- Risky Biz News: Iranian hacktivists breach president's office, leak sensitive files » 31 May 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Hiding from the State » 30 May 2023
- Sponsored: Catalin Cimpanu talks CISA KEV with Nucleus Security » 29 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: NSO Group has new owners » 29 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: Chinese APT attacks US critical infrastructure » 26 May 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: G-Men Gone Wild » 25 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: FinFisher execs charged in Germany » 24 May 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Cyber Pinch Points » 23 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: China bans American chips, FBI feels heat over "improper" FISA searches » 22 May 2023
- Risky Biz Sponsor Interview: Haroon Meer on the importance of honeypots » 21 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: Google will delete inactive accounts » 19 May 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Crimephones are a cop's best friend » 18 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: US charges, sanctions WazaWaka » 17 May 2023
- Between Two Nerds: The Culture of the Snake » 16 May 2023
- Selena Larson on how cybercriminals use threat intelligence » 15 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: The VMProtect source code leaks. Again. » 15 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: Gmail to warn users on dark web password exposures » 12 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: FBI takes down Turla's Snake malware » 10 May 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Why cyber insurance is great in theory but not in practice » 09 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: DEFCON attendees will target AI models » 08 May 2023
- Sponsor Interview with Material Security's Chris Long » 07 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: No jail time for Uber's Joe Sullivan » 05 May 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Iran Fake’s It Till It Makes It » 04 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: Apple and Google partner to kill AirTag stalking » 03 May 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Cyber Deterrence part II » 02 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: Hacker exposes Bitcoin addresses operated by Russian intelligence » 01 May 2023
- Risky Biz News: Cl0p goes all-in on Papercut bug » 28 Apr 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: North Korea's "Vibes-based" targeting » 27 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: Google Authenticator can now sync data to Google accounts » 26 Apr 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Cyber Deterrence » 25 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: CISA will rescue abandoned open source security tool » 24 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: 3CX was a supply chain attack in a supply chain attack » 21 Apr 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: After Viasat, Space Systems Get Scrutiny » 20 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: Apple's Lockdown Mode wins against iOS zero-day » 19 Apr 2023
- Between Two Nerds: The NCF's Practical Guide to Offensive Cyber Operations » 18 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: Israeli spyware vendor QuaDream has allegedly shut down » 17 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft and Fortra declare war on cracked Cobalt Strike » 07 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: Genesis Market goes boom » 05 Apr 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Why Glowing Symphony Feels So Small » 03 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft to fix OneNote's malspam problem » 02 Apr 2023
- Risky Biz News: North Korean hackers behind supply chain attack on 3CX » 31 Mar 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Army. Navy. Air Force. Cyber Force? » 30 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: White House bars federal agencies from using rogue commercial spyware » 29 Mar 2023
- Between Two Nerds: The Real Problem with TikTok » 27 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: CISA rolls out pre-ransomware notification system » 26 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: FTC to scrutinize cloud providers' business practices » 24 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: BreachForums shuts down for good » 22 Mar 2023
- Between Two Nerds: The Balance between Offence and Defence » 21 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: Horror show 0days hit Samsung smartphones » 20 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: Google wants to reduce lifespan of TLS certificates to 90 days » 17 Mar 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: The RESTRICT Act Is Not About TikTok » 16 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: CISA establishes ransomware warning pilot program » 15 Mar 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Cyber Powers and Talent Pipelines » 14 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: The US Government wants to regulate cloud security » 13 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: Hackers steal data on US House members » 10 Mar 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Grandpa Biden, Cyber President » 09 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: DoppelPaymer ransomware gang members identified » 08 Mar 2023
- Between Two Nerds: A year of the Ukraine War » 07 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: New vulnerabilities expose location of DJI drone operators » 06 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: White House unveils National Cybersecurity Strategy » 03 Mar 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Give Me E2EE or Give Me Death! » 02 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: Chinese hackers breach ASEAN organization in cyber-espionage campaign » 01 Mar 2023
- Risky Biz News: US Treasury sanctions Russian cyber and influence firms » 27 Feb 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Making sense of cyber power rankings » 27 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: Russian radio stations hacked to blast fake air raid warnings » 24 Feb 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Move Over NSO, the Internet Has a New Villain » 23 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: Russia preparing new Vepr surveillance system » 22 Feb 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Is cyberespionage actually signals intelligence? » 21 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: Applied Materials to take $250m ransomware hit » 20 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: EU cybersecurity agencies warn of Chinese APT spying » 17 Feb 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: North Korean ransomware, Biden flags US privacy reform » 16 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: FTC orders MoneyGram to return $115 million to scammed victims » 15 Feb 2023
- Between Two Nerds: Deny! Degrade! Discombobulate? » 14 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: Russia wants to absolve patriotic hackers of criminal liability » 13 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: US and UK sanction seven Trickbot members » 10 Feb 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: China's magnificent spy balloon, Iran throws an epic cyber tanty » 09 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: Tor network hit with DDoS attacks over past seven months » 08 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: Ransomware wave hits thousands of VMWare ESXi servers » 06 Feb 2023
- Between Two Nerds: When companies become an arm of the State » 06 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: Zero-day alert for GoAnywhere file transfer servers » 03 Feb 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Links between Russian state and cybercriminals remain elusive » 02 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: Google discloses breach of its Fi cell service » 01 Feb 2023
- Risky Biz News: FCC warns Twilio on scam robocalls » 30 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: FBI hacked Hive ransomware infrastructure, stole decryption keys » 27 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: FBI links Harmony's $100 million hack to the Lazarus Group » 25 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: Crypto-crime volumes went down in 2022, ransomware payments too » 23 Jan 2023
- Between Two Nerds: When Operations Get Burnt » 23 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: Dark web mega-hack as Kraken takes over Solaris » 20 Jan 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: LockBit ripe for disruption, Russians throw kitchen sink at Ukraine » 19 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: Google Search and Ads have a major malware problem » 18 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: Secure Boot is useless on recent MSI motherboards » 16 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: Pro-Russian hacktivists offer cryptocurrency for DDoS attacks against Ukraine and western targets » 13 Jan 2023
- Srsly Risky Biz: Carnegie Report Takes Wind Out of Cyber War's Sails » 12 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: Windows 7 reaches end-of-support » 11 Jan 2023
- Risky Biz News: Ukraine jams Russian satellite TV stations in occupied territories » 09 Jan 2023
2022
- Srsly Risky Biz: The Access Debate is Now the Child Safety Debate » 15 Dec 2022
- Risky Biz News: Citrix and Fortinet patch zero-days exploited in APT and ransomware campaigns » 14 Dec 2022
- Between Two Nerds: The US has it all wrong on cyber » 13 Dec 2022
- Risky Biz News: Disgruntled member doxes and extorts URSNIF gang » 12 Dec 2022
- Risky Biz News: Apple to encrypt iCloud backups, support third-party security keys » 09 Dec 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz: Microsoft’s Dull Bulb Fails to Illuminate » 08 Dec 2022
- Risky Biz News: New Scattered Spider group targets telcos for SIM swapping attacks » 07 Dec 2022
- Between Two Nerds: The ethical rules of espionage » 06 Dec 2022
- Risky Biz News: Samsung, MediaTek, and other Android platform certs used to sign malware » 05 Dec 2022
- Risky Biz News: LastPass discloses second breach, Google exposes new spyware vendor » 02 Dec 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz: We Need a More Conscious Decoupling » 01 Dec 2022
- Risky Biz News: Australia passes new privacy bill with huge data breach fines » 30 Nov 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Good News, Bad News » 29 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: US and UK ban Chinese equipment on national security grounds » 28 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: Authorities seize iSpoof in major blow to fraudsters and cybercrime groups » 25 Nov 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz: Why TikTok is a genuine risk, inside the NSPM-13 changes » 24 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: Meta formally links pro-Western influence operation to US military » 23 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: Cyber Partisans hack and disrupt Kremlin censor » 21 Nov 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Why regulating the 0day market won't stop mercenary spyware » 21 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: Iranian state hackers breached US government, deployed a cryptominer » 18 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: Major hack-and-leak info-op unfolding in Moldova » 16 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: Australia to hack the hackers » 14 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: Twitter's CISO and head of trust and safety both resign » 11 Nov 2022
- RBTALKS: Google's VP of Security Engineering Heather Adkins Talks Aurora » 10 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: The spyware industry has found a cozy home in the EU » 09 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: Chinese APTs used more zero-days last year » 07 Nov 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Why does Europe suck? » 07 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: OPERA1ER group hits African banks for $30 million » 04 Nov 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz: The Liz Truss hack and securing politcians' comms » 03 Nov 2022
- REPOST: Risky Biz News: Internal chats for Yanluowang ransomware gang leaked » 02 Nov 2022
- Risky Biz News: The Profanity Vulnerability Claims Another Victim » 31 Oct 2022
- Between Two Nerds: When Small is Beautiful » 30 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft rolls out number matching to counter MFA push notification spam attacks » 28 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: Raccoon Stealer dev didn't die in Ukrainian war; he was arrested in the Netherlands » 26 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: GitHub aflood with fake and malicious PoCs » 24 Oct 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Internet Giants and the state » 23 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: URSNIF goes from banking trojan to backdoor, dreaming of ransomware profits » 21 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: IRGC installed malware on phones of Iranian protesters following their arrest » 19 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: Russia is building a centralized video surveillance system » 17 Oct 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Cyber Operations on the Battlefield » 16 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: China does a funny and tries to pose as IntrusionTruth » 14 Oct 2022
- Seriously Risky Biz: Biden's SIGINT EO Doesn't Change Much » 13 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: White House working on cybersecurity labels for IoT products » 12 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: LofyGang runs amok in the npm ecosystem with minimal gains » 10 Oct 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Using Offensive Capabilities Against Criminals » 10 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: Good news for the Capital One hacker, bad news for the former Uber CSO » 07 Oct 2022
- Seriously Risky Biz: The CIA is too stupid to know it's stupid » 06 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: China blocks several protocols used to bypass the Great Firewall » 05 Oct 2022
- Risky Biz News: Interpol arrests scammers linked to Nigerian "Air Lords" crime syndicate » 03 Oct 2022
- Between Two Nerds: How cyber agencies are constrained » 02 Oct 2022
- Seriously Risky Biz #12 -- Why Huawei is Germany's next Nordstream » 30 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Twitch limits browser logins as it deals with massive bot attack » 30 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Facebook takes down large network of (low quality) fake news sites pushing Russian propaganda » 28 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: XakNet "hacktivists" linked to APT28 and Russia's GRU intelligence service » 26 Sep 2022
- Between Two Nerds: How Ukraine Could Actually Use Its "IT Army" » 25 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: EU data supervisor sues the EU and Europol for skirting data protection rules » 23 Sep 2022
- Seriously Risky Biz: Chaos Is the New Normal » 22 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: US Ransomware Task Force to go after ransomware top dogs » 21 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: KiwiFarms discloses security breach, says user data may have been stolen » 19 Sep 2022
- Between Two Nerds: On culture and SIGINT agencies » 19 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Poland refuses to cooperate with the EU in spyware scandal » 16 Sep 2022
- Seriously Risky Biz: Why Twitter is a magnet for foreign infiltrators » 15 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Breached forum has already replaced the now-defunct RAIDforums » 14 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Albania-Iran cyber drama far from over » 12 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Former Conti members are now targeting Ukraine » 09 Sep 2022
- Seriously Risky Biz #9 -- Albania suspends diplomatic ties with Iran over hack » 08 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: China does its best US APT attribution effort but falls short of the mark » 07 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Encryption and privacy pioneer Peter Eckersley has died » 05 Sep 2022
- Between Two Nerds: How OSINT makes clandestine HUMINT difficult » 05 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Academics find a tiny crack in Apple's Private Relay » 02 Sep 2022
- Seriously Risky Biz #8 -- Why Western propaganda is good, actually » 01 Sep 2022
- Risky Biz News: Greece tries to downplay its spyware scandal » 31 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: Cybercrime groups got bored of RU/UA hacktivism » 29 Aug 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Why we hate the term "cyberwar" » 28 Aug 2022
- Seriously Risky Biz: What the Lloyd's of London decision means for governments » 26 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: Rare pro-Western influence operation caught and exposed » 26 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: Explosive whistleblower report exposes Twitter's shoddy security » 24 Aug 2022
- RBTALKS3: Vitali Kremez on the impending downfall of the RaaS ecosystem » 23 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: Bitcoin ATMs hacked » 22 Aug 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Predatory Sparrow, the "hacktivist crew" obsessed with norms » 22 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: CyberCom faces staffing issues » 19 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: Programmers will need to learn to love MFA, even if they like it or not » 17 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: Is ransomware going after the Global South? Sure looks like it! » 15 Aug 2022
- Between Two Nerds: Why some APT crews don't care about OPSEC » 07 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: FIRST releases TLP v2.0 » 05 Aug 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz #6 -- On Spyware, More Sanctions Please » 04 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: Would a tax relief for SMBs improve cybersecurity postures and ransomware defenses? » 03 Aug 2022
- Risky Biz News: Confluence servers under attack due to hardcoded password » 01 Aug 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz #5 -- US DNI will monitor the commercial spyware industry » 29 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft puts the limelight on another spyware maker—DSIRF from Austria » 29 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft mitigates PPL exploit after four years » 27 Jul 2022
- RBTALKS2: How the Belarusian Cyber Partisans learned from real spies » 25 Jul 2022
- RBTALKS1: Yuriy Ackermann on securing Ukraine with security keys » 22 Jul 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz #4 -- The Global Internet is Dead » 21 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: Google removes app permissions from the Play Store » 18 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: Chinese APT targeted White House reporters ahead of Jan. 6 insurrection » 15 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: New side-channel attack disclosed in Intel and AMD processors » 13 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: Thousands of Yubikeys have been deployed in Ukraine, more to come » 11 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: Apple debuts Lockdown Mode to protect users against high-end spyware » 08 Jul 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz #3 — China Gonna China » 07 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: China faces its first truly mega-leak » 06 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: HackerOne discloses malicious insider incident, and nobody's surprised » 04 Jul 2022
- Risky Biz News: Half of 2022's zero-days are variants of older vulnerabilities » 01 Jul 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz #2 — Israel's Implausible Deniability » 30 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Hackers hit Iranian steel industry » 29 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: US critical infrastructure needs better cyber insurance coverage » 27 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Google TAG says it tracks 30 surveillance vendors » 24 Jun 2022
- Srsly Risky Biz #1 — TikTok can't unscramble it's data omelette » 23 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Hackers blamed for false air raid sirens in Israel » 22 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Germany indicts GRU hacker for NATO think tank breach » 20 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Top websites have sucky password policies » 17 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft accused of concealing Azure vulnerabilities » 15 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Google shuts down YouTube Russian propaganda channels » 13 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: BPF malware is now a thing » 10 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: LockBit-Mandiant drama, explained » 08 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft disrupts Bohrium APT infrastructure » 06 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Website defacements and CCTV hacks in Iran » 03 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Russia orders Google to remove Tor Browser from Russian Play Store » 01 Jun 2022
- Risky Biz News: Threat actor stole data for 100,000 npm users » 30 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft will enable better security defaults for all Azure AD tenants next month » 27 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: Python and PHP libraries hijacked to steal AWS keys » 25 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: STAR Labs wins Pwn2Own 2022 » 23 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: FSB-linked DDoS tool could also be used for disinformation campaigns » 20 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: New Bluetooth relay attack bypasses current defenses » 18 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: Zyxel firewalls and VPN devices come under attack » 16 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: Musk says Russia has ramped up efforts to hack Starlink » 13 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: EU, Five Eyes condemn Russia's Viasat hack » 11 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: Costa Rica declares national emergency after ransomware attack » 09 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: Apple, Google, and Microsoft commit to passwordless logins » 06 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: SEC expands crypto cyber fraud team » 04 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: Side-channel attacks discovered in Apple CPUs; new twist in Kronos ransomware attack fallout » 02 May 2022
- Risky Biz News: Microsoft saw Russia pre-position a year before invasion » 29 Apr 2022
- Risky Biz News: VirusTotal denies vulnerability report; and some NFT apes got stolen... again » 27 Apr 2022
