Risky Business News Podcast

Analysis and news podcasts published weekly

Risky Bulletin: Hackers sabotage Iranian ships at sea, again

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Hackers sabotage Iranian ships for a second time this year, mass cybercrime arrests across Africa, South Korea extradites a Chinese man behind celebrity hacks, and a French supermarket chain discloses a data breach.

Risky Bulletin: Hackers sabotage Iranian ships at sea, again
0:00 / 6:12

Sponsored: Why threat actors hate Okta FastPass

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview Tom Uren talks to Brett Winterford, Okta’s VP of Threat Intelligence about FastPass. Brett explains what it is, how Okta uses it and why threat actors avoid it.

Sponsored: Why threat actors hate Okta FastPass
0:00 / 14:26

Risky Bulletin: Microsoft restricts Chinese firms’ access to MAPP

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Microsoft restricts Chinese firms’ access to its MAPP program, Apple patches a zero-day used in the wild, a Scattered Spider member gets 10 years in prison, and a new exploit broker pops up in the UAE.

Risky Bulletin: Microsoft restricts Chinese firms’ access to MAPP
0:00 / 8:04

Srsly Risky Biz: Russian cyber security picked a side

Presented by

Amberleigh Jack
Amberleigh Jack

Producer and Editor

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about a new report that looks at how Russian cyber security firms have adapted since the country’s invasion of Ukraine. These firms are doing surprisingly well financially. It turns out that in an era of great power competition, picking sides is not just necessary, it is also a winning strategy.

They also discuss Russia effectively killing foreign messenger services to promote its own WeChat-like service and claims that the UK has backed down on its Apple encryption order.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Srsly Risky Biz: Russian cyber security picked a side
0:00 / 19:17

Risky Bulletin: Child sextortion cases linked to scam compounds

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Almost 500 child sextortion cases have been linked to scam compounds, Oracle’s CSO departs after 37 years, Europol offers a reward for the Qilin ransomware group, and the UK drops its demand for an Apple backdoor.

Risky Bulletin: Child sextortion cases linked to scam compounds
0:00 / 7:16

Between Two Nerds: Cyber myopia

Presented by

The Grugq
The Grugq

Independent Security Researcher

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about whether the cyber industry and intelligence agencies focus too much on technical details and ignore the bigger picture.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Between Two Nerds: Cyber myopia
0:00 / 26:21

Risky Bulletin: Academics pull off novel 5G attack

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Academics develop a 5G downgrade attack, ransomware hits car salvage yards across North America, multiple VPN apps share the same hardcoded password, and Bangladesh spent $190 million on hacking and surveillance tools.

Risky Bulletin: Academics pull off novel 5G attack
0:00 / 7:36

Risky Bulletin: HTTP2 flaw enables massive DDoS attacks

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

An HTTP-2 vulnerability enables DDoS attacks, Russia blocks Telegram and WhatsApp voice calls, attackers abuse a zero-day in N-able servers, and the US government is adding trackers to chip shipments.

Risky Bulletin: HTTP2 flaw enables massive DDoS attacks
0:00 / 8:03

Srsly Risky Biz: Drug cartels are the new APTs

Presented by

Amberleigh Jack
Amberleigh Jack

Producer and Editor

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about a recent hack of the US courts document management system. It’s about as bad as can be, with multiple threat actors including states and possibly even drug cartels rummaging around in there, possibly for years.

They also discuss Microsoft’s involvement in an Israeli surveillance system and the head of Australia’s security organisation’s blunt warning about espionage.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Srsly Risky Biz: Drug cartels are the new APTs
0:00 / 16:41

Risky Bulletin: Russia suspected of US Courts hack

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Russia suspected of hacking a US Court system, researchers break the DarkBit ransomware’s encryption, a new attack can leak sensitive data from AMD processors, and a brute-force campaign targets Fortinet devices.

Risky Bulletin: Russia suspected of US Courts hack
0:00 / 8:18