Risky Business News Podcast

Analysis and news podcasts published weekly

Risky Biz News: Google will delete inactive accounts

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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 click here.

Risky Biz News: Google will delete inactive accounts
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Srsly Risky Biz: Crimephones are a cop's best friend

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

In this edition of the Seriously Risky Biz podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about the trajectory of crimephones from criminals’ best friend to greatest liability.

These devices were bad for police at the beginning, but they’ve become a net positive for law enforcement efforts, leading to hundreds of arrests, tonnes of seized drugs and deeper insight into criminal operations.

Srsly Risky Biz: Crimephones are a cop's best friend
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Risky Biz News: US charges, sanctions WazaWaka

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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 click here.

Risky Biz News: US charges, sanctions WazaWaka
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Between Two Nerds: The Culture of the Snake

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

The Grugq
The Grugq

Independent Security Researcher

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at last week’s Snake malware joint cybersecurity advisory and dive into what it tells us about the FSB.

Between Two Nerds: The Culture of the Snake
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Selena Larson on how cybercriminals use threat intelligence

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview Tom Uren asks Proofpoint’s Selena Larson about how threat actors reacted en masse after Microsoft blocked various types of macros.

Cyber criminals used a variety of different techniques to evade these blocks. In part this happened quickly because of knowledge sharing by the cyber threat intelligence community.

Selena Larson on how cybercriminals use threat intelligence
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Risky Biz News: The VMProtect source code leaks. Again.

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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

Risky Biz News: The VMProtect source code leaks. Again.
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Risky Biz News: Gmail to warn users on dark web password exposures

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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 click here.

Risky Biz News: Gmail to warn users on dark web password exposures
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Risky Biz News: FBI takes down Turla's Snake malware

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

Risky Biz News: FBI takes down Turla's Snake malware
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Between Two Nerds: Why cyber insurance is great in theory but not in practice

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

The Grugq
The Grugq

Independent Security Researcher

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at how cyber insurance should theoretically improve security and examine what actually happens in practice.

Between Two Nerds: Why cyber insurance is great in theory but not in practice
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Risky Biz News: DEFCON attendees will target AI models

Presented by

Catalin Cimpanu
Catalin Cimpanu

News Editor

Claire Aird
Claire Aird

Newsreader

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 click here.

Risky Biz News: DEFCON attendees will target AI models
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