Risky Business News Podcast

Analysis and news podcasts published weekly

Srsly Risky Biz: We Need a More Conscious Decoupling

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

In this podcast Patrick Gray talks to Tom Uren about US-China technological decoupling and the lack of an observable strategy so far. They also find that the use of geofence warrants in the Capital riot seems perfectly reasonable, and examine how Chinese twitter uses trying to find news about recent Covid protests are being deluged with spam. You can read the newsletter this podcast is based on here.

Srsly Risky Biz: We Need a More Conscious Decoupling
0:00 / 22:12

Risky Biz News: Australia passes new privacy bill with huge data breach fines

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 presented by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Risky Biz News: Australia passes new privacy bill with huge data breach fines
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Between Two Nerds: Good News, Bad News

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 have some good news for a change — ransomware has peaked and they examine why criminals will look for different sources of income. Of course, every silver lining has a cloud, and ransomware will be replaced by other types of cyber crime.

Between Two Nerds: Good News, Bad News
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Risky Biz News: US and UK ban Chinese equipment on national security grounds

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 presented by Claire Aird. You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Risky Biz News: US and UK ban Chinese equipment on national security grounds
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Risky Biz News: Authorities seize iSpoof in major blow to fraudsters and cybercrime groups

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 presented by Claire Aird.You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Risky Biz News: Authorities seize iSpoof in major blow to fraudsters and cybercrime groups
0:00 / 9:52

Srsly Risky Biz: Why TikTok is a genuine risk, inside the NSPM-13 changes

Presented by

Tom Uren
Tom Uren

Policy & Intelligence

Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray

CEO and Publisher

In this podcast Patrick Gray talks to Tom Uren about which national security concerns around TikTok are actually the “real ones” in light of Christopher Wray’s congressional testimony last week. They also talk about changes to NSPM-13, the rules governing Cyber Command operations and the looming Executive Order on commercial spyware. You can read the newsletter this podcast is based on here.

Srsly Risky Biz: Why TikTok is a genuine risk, inside the NSPM-13 changes
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Risky Biz News: Meta formally links pro-Western influence operation to US military

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 presented by Claire Aird.You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Risky Biz News: Meta formally links pro-Western influence operation to US military
0:00 / 9:51

Risky Biz News: Cyber Partisans hack and disrupt Kremlin censor

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 presented by Claire Aird.You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Risky Biz News: Cyber Partisans hack and disrupt Kremlin censor
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Between Two Nerds: Why regulating the 0day market won't stop mercenary spyware

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 examine some recommendations in a recent draft report from a European Parliament inquiry into the use of Pegasus and similar spyware. The report contains an interesting overview of the European spyware market but makes some recommendations that are not just ineffective but positively counterproductive — they’ll actually make the world a less safe place.

Between Two Nerds: Why regulating the 0day market won't stop mercenary spyware
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Risky Biz News: Iranian state hackers breached US government, deployed a cryptominer

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 presented by Claire Aird.You can find the newsletter version of this podcast here.

Risky Biz News: Iranian state hackers breached US government, deployed a cryptominer
0:00 / 11:04