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Snake Oilers: Truffle Security, KSOC and Snyk
Snake Oilers isn’t our regular weekly podcast, it’s a wholly sponsored series we do at Risky.Biz where vendors come on to the show to pitch their products to you, the Risky Business listener. To be clear – everyone you hear in one of these editions, paid to be here. We’ll hear from three vendors in this edition of Snake Oilers: Truffle Security talks secrets discovery KSOC builds Kubernetes security tools Snyk has a new product to better secure Infrastructure as Code Show notes Unearth Your Secrets - Truffle Security KSOC: Kubernetes Security Operations Center Cloud Security across the SDLC with Policy as Code | Snyk
Snake Oilers: Truffle Security, KSOC and Snyk
Snake Oilers isn’t our regular weekly podcast, it’s a wholly sponsored series we do at Risky.Biz where vendors come on to the show to pitch their products to you, the Risky Business listener. To be clear – everyone you hear in one of these editions, paid to be here. We’ll hear from three vendors in this edition of Snake Oilers: Truffle Security talks secrets discovery KSOC builds Kubernetes security tools Snyk has a new product to better secure Infrastructure as Code Show notes Unearth Your Secrets - Truffle Security KSOC: Kubernetes Security Operations Center Cloud Security across the SDLC with Policy as Code | Snyk
Snake Oilers: Tines, Code42 and Kroll
Snake Oilers isn’t our regular weekly podcast, it’s a wholly sponsored series we do at Risky.Biz where vendors come on to the show to pitch their products to you, the Risky Business listener. To be clear – everyone you hear in one of these editions, paid to be here. We’ll hear from three vendors in this edition of Snake Oilers: Tines, the no code security automation solution that people are going absolutely nuts over Code42, the insider threat detection solution maker Kroll talks about its MDR offering
Snake Oilers: Tines, Code42 and Kroll
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Risky Business #682 -- Starlink goes dark on Ukraine's front line
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Why former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan’s guilty verdict shouldn’t worry you United States puts chipmaking restrictions on China, APT activity is coming Elon blinks and Starlink goes dark on Ukraine’s front line Master cyber criminal arrested in Australia Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by runZero, the asset inventory and network visibility solution. runZero’s founding CTO and industry legend HD Moore is this week’s sponsor guest. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Risky Biz News: Good news for the Capital One hacker, bad news for the former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan guilty in Uber hacking case - The Washington Post Security chiefs fear ‘CISO scapegoating’ following Uber-Sullivan verdict - The Record by Recorded Future U.S. imposes foreign direct product rule on China for AI and supercomputing - The Washington Post Popular censorship circumvention tools face fresh blockade by China | TechCrunch 'Fear' driving Chinese state to manipulate tech ecosystem... - GCHQ.GOV.UK Risky Biz News: China blocks several protocols used to bypass the Great Firewall Joint_CSA_Top_CVEs_Exploited_by_PRC_cyber_actors_TLPWHITE - DocumentCloud Starlink goes dark Coverage of Killnet DDoS attacks plays into attackers' hands, experts say - The Record by Recorded Future Ukrainian cybersecurity officer killed by Russian missile strike - The Record by Recorded Future Biden signs new US-EU privacy framework, setting up surveillance safeguards - The Record by Recorded Future White House to unveil ambitious cybersecurity labeling effort modeled after Energy Star Australian teen charged with using leaked Optus data to blackmail customers - The Record by Recorded Future Report: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims – Krebs on Security Hackers steal at least $100 million from Binance-linked blockchain - The Record by Recorded Future Someone is clogging up the Zcash blockchain with a spam attack Alberto Rodriguez, and Erik Hunstad - Stop writing malware! The Blue team has done it for you - YouTube CVE-2022-34689 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability Get root on macOS 12.3.1: proof-of-concepts for Linus Henze’s CoreTrust and DriverKit bugs (CVE-2022-26766, CVE-2022-26763) | Worth Doing Badly Risky Biz News: LofyGang runs amok in the npm ecosystem with minimal gains
Risky Business #682 -- Starlink goes dark on Ukraine's front line
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Why former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan’s guilty verdict shouldn’t worry you United States puts chipmaking restrictions on China, APT activity is coming Elon blinks and Starlink goes dark on Ukraine’s front line Master cyber criminal arrested in Australia Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by runZero, the asset inventory and network visibility solution. runZero’s founding CTO and industry legend HD Moore is this week’s sponsor guest. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Risky Biz News: Good news for the Capital One hacker, bad news for the former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan guilty in Uber hacking case - The Washington Post Security chiefs fear ‘CISO scapegoating’ following Uber-Sullivan verdict - The Record by Recorded Future U.S. imposes foreign direct product rule on China for AI and supercomputing - The Washington Post Popular censorship circumvention tools face fresh blockade by China | TechCrunch 'Fear' driving Chinese state to manipulate tech ecosystem... - GCHQ.GOV.UK Risky Biz News: China blocks several protocols used to bypass the Great Firewall Joint_CSA_Top_CVEs_Exploited_by_PRC_cyber_actors_TLPWHITE - DocumentCloud Starlink goes dark Coverage of Killnet DDoS attacks plays into attackers' hands, experts say - The Record by Recorded Future Ukrainian cybersecurity officer killed by Russian missile strike - The Record by Recorded Future Biden signs new US-EU privacy framework, setting up surveillance safeguards - The Record by Recorded Future White House to unveil ambitious cybersecurity labeling effort modeled after Energy Star Australian teen charged with using leaked Optus data to blackmail customers - The Record by Recorded Future Report: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims – Krebs on Security Hackers steal at least $100 million from Binance-linked blockchain - The Record by Recorded Future Someone is clogging up the Zcash blockchain with a spam attack Alberto Rodriguez, and Erik Hunstad - Stop writing malware! The Blue team has done it for you - YouTube CVE-2022-34689 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability Get root on macOS 12.3.1: proof-of-concepts for Linus Henze’s CoreTrust and DriverKit bugs (CVE-2022-26766, CVE-2022-26763) | Worth Doing Badly Risky Biz News: LofyGang runs amok in the npm ecosystem with minimal gains
Risky Business #681 -- It's Exchangehog Day
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: More Exchange 0days cause more havoc A look at some earlier Exchange hack incidents How the CIA got its agents killed with its truly awful online opsec Ex NSA staffer arrested for espionage Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Proofpoint. Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s EVP of cybersecurity strategy, joins the show this week to talk about some overlooked detection opportunities – some simple stuff you can look for in your environment that should raise gigantic flashing red flags. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Microsoft confirms two Exchange Server zero days are being used in cyberattacks - The Record by Recorded Future CISA: Multiple government hacking groups had ‘long-term’ access to defense company - The Record by Recorded Future Mexican president confirms ‘Guacamaya’ hack targeting regional militaries - The Record by Recorded Future Mexican journalists targeted by zero-click spyware infections - The Record by Recorded Future Ex-NSA employee charged with violating Espionage Act, selling U.S. cyber secrets Putin grants citizenship to Edward Snowden, who disclosed US eavesdropping - The Washington Post U.S. fails in bid to extradite Brit for helping North Korea evade sanctions with cryptocurrency - The Record by Recorded Future Bill Marczak on Twitter: "NEW REPORT today from @Reuters @JoelSchectman providing more detail about fatal flaws in the CIA's defunct communications network. Iran and China compromised the network in 2011, and killed dozens of CIA assets https://t.co/AwN8pQtWL2" / Twitter Numerous orgs hacked after installing weaponized open source apps | Ars Technica 'Poisoned' Tor Browser tracks Chinese users' online history, location Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying | WIRED A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws | WIRED LA officials confirm ransomware group leaked students’ personal data - The Record by Recorded Future Nearly 700 ransomware incidents traced back to wholesale access markets: report - The Record by Recorded Future Semiconductor industry faced 8 attacks from ransomware groups, extortion gangs in 2022 - The Record by Recorded Future CISA directs federal agencies to track software and vulnerabilities - The Record by Recorded Future Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s – Krebs on Security House Democrats debut new bill to limit US police use of facial recognition | TechCrunch EP000: Operation Aurora | HACKING GOOGLE - YouTube
Risky Business #681 -- It's Exchangehog Day
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: More Exchange 0days cause more havoc A look at some earlier Exchange hack incidents How the CIA got its agents killed with its truly awful online opsec Ex NSA staffer arrested for espionage Much, much more This week’s show is brought to you by Proofpoint. Ryan Kalember, Proofpoint’s EVP of cybersecurity strategy, joins the show this week to talk about some overlooked detection opportunities – some simple stuff you can look for in your environment that should raise gigantic flashing red flags. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Microsoft confirms two Exchange Server zero days are being used in cyberattacks - The Record by Recorded Future CISA: Multiple government hacking groups had ‘long-term’ access to defense company - The Record by Recorded Future Mexican president confirms ‘Guacamaya’ hack targeting regional militaries - The Record by Recorded Future Mexican journalists targeted by zero-click spyware infections - The Record by Recorded Future Ex-NSA employee charged with violating Espionage Act, selling U.S. cyber secrets Putin grants citizenship to Edward Snowden, who disclosed US eavesdropping - The Washington Post U.S. fails in bid to extradite Brit for helping North Korea evade sanctions with cryptocurrency - The Record by Recorded Future Bill Marczak on Twitter: "NEW REPORT today from @Reuters @JoelSchectman providing more detail about fatal flaws in the CIA's defunct communications network. Iran and China compromised the network in 2011, and killed dozens of CIA assets https://t.co/AwN8pQtWL2" / Twitter Numerous orgs hacked after installing weaponized open source apps | Ars Technica 'Poisoned' Tor Browser tracks Chinese users' online history, location Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying | WIRED A Matrix Update Patches Serious End-to-End Encryption Flaws | WIRED LA officials confirm ransomware group leaked students’ personal data - The Record by Recorded Future Nearly 700 ransomware incidents traced back to wholesale access markets: report - The Record by Recorded Future Semiconductor industry faced 8 attacks from ransomware groups, extortion gangs in 2022 - The Record by Recorded Future CISA directs federal agencies to track software and vulnerabilities - The Record by Recorded Future Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s – Krebs on Security House Democrats debut new bill to limit US police use of facial recognition | TechCrunch EP000: Operation Aurora | HACKING GOOGLE - YouTube
Risky Biz Soap Box: Why Microsoft's Smart Application Control is very strange
In this Soap Box podcast Patrick Gray interviews Airlock Digital CTO Daniel Schell and CEO David Cottingham about Microsoft’s new Smart Application Control feature, why controlling browser extensions via endpoint instrumentation is really hard and why PAM solutions don’t actually do allowlisting, even if they claim they do.
Risky Biz Soap Box: Why Microsoft's Smart Application Control is very strange
In this Soap Box podcast Patrick Gray interviews Airlock Digital CTO Daniel Schell and CEO David Cottingham about Microsoft’s new Smart Application Control feature, why controlling browser extensions via endpoint instrumentation is really hard and why PAM solutions don’t actually do allowlisting, even if they claim they do.
Risky Business #680 -- Uber, Rockstar Games hacker arrested
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Lapsus$’s Teapot arrested by UK police Optus hacker issues grovelling apology after feeling AFP and ASD heat Ukraine claims Russia is planning massive attacks on its infrastructure RSOCKS bot herder begs for extradition to USA Russians scammed when seeking military service exemptions Much, much more This week’s show is sponsored by Votiro. Ravi Srinivasan, Votiro’s CEO, joins the show this week to talk about how people are using content disarm and reconstruction. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes British teen arrested in hacking case Australian cybersecurity minister lambasts Optus for ‘unprecedented' hack - The Record by Recorded Future CISA: Iranian hackers spent 14 months in Albanian gov’t network before launching ransomware - The Record by Recorded Future Iran shutters mobile networks, Instagram, WhatsApp amid protests - The Record by Recorded Future US Treasury carves out Iran sanctions exceptions for internet providers - The Record by Recorded Future Signal Is Asking People Around the World to Help Iranians Access the Encrypted App Shadowy Russian Cell Phone Companies Are Cropping Up in Ukraine | WIRED Risky Biz News: XakNet "hacktivists" linked to APT28 and Russia's GRU intelligence service Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns | Ars Technica Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S. – Krebs on Security Сбербанк предупредил о мошенничестве с продажей якобы "белых" военников - РИА Новости, 26.09.2022 SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom – Krebs on Security How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders $235,000 | Ars Technica The record-setting DDoSes keep coming, with no end in sight | Ars Technica International conflicts driving increased strength of DDoS attacks: report - The Record by Recorded Future Tarfile path traversal bug from 2007 still present in 350k open source repos | The Daily Swig
Risky Business #680 -- Uber, Rockstar Games hacker arrested
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Lapsus$’s Teapot arrested by UK police Optus hacker issues grovelling apology after feeling AFP and ASD heat Ukraine claims Russia is planning massive attacks on its infrastructure RSOCKS bot herder begs for extradition to USA Russians scammed when seeking military service exemptions Much, much more This week’s show is sponsored by Votiro. Ravi Srinivasan, Votiro’s CEO, joins the show this week to talk about how people are using content disarm and reconstruction. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes British teen arrested in hacking case Australian cybersecurity minister lambasts Optus for ‘unprecedented' hack - The Record by Recorded Future CISA: Iranian hackers spent 14 months in Albanian gov’t network before launching ransomware - The Record by Recorded Future Iran shutters mobile networks, Instagram, WhatsApp amid protests - The Record by Recorded Future US Treasury carves out Iran sanctions exceptions for internet providers - The Record by Recorded Future Signal Is Asking People Around the World to Help Iranians Access the Encrypted App Shadowy Russian Cell Phone Companies Are Cropping Up in Ukraine | WIRED Risky Biz News: XakNet "hacktivists" linked to APT28 and Russia's GRU intelligence service Russia plans “massive cyberattacks” on critical infrastructure, Ukraine warns | Ars Technica Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S. – Krebs on Security Сбербанк предупредил о мошенничестве с продажей якобы "белых" военников - РИА Новости, 26.09.2022 SIM Swapper Abducted, Beaten, Held for $200k Ransom – Krebs on Security How 3 hours of inaction from Amazon cost cryptocurrency holders $235,000 | Ars Technica The record-setting DDoSes keep coming, with no end in sight | Ars Technica International conflicts driving increased strength of DDoS attacks: report - The Record by Recorded Future Tarfile path traversal bug from 2007 still present in 350k open source repos | The Daily Swig
Risky Business #679 -- A look at Uber's very bad week
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: A look at how Uber got owned so hard Why cleartext cookie storage in Microsoft Teams’ Electron-based app is actually a big deal Russian official: Starlink is a legitimate military target Wagner mercs get doxxed Kiwi Farms having a bad time Much, much more In this week’s sponsor interview we’ll be chatting to Nucleus’s CEO Steve Carter about CISA’s KEV list. He has feelings about the KEV list – they’re mostly positive, but he also has a few reasonable gripes and he joins me to talk about them. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Uber attributes hack to Lapsus$, working with FBI and DOJ on investigation - The Record by Recorded Future Uber confirms it is investigating cybersecurity incident - The Record by Recorded Future Microsoft Teams stores cleartext auth tokens, won’t be quickly patched | Ars Technica SharpTongue Deploys Clever Mail-Stealing Browser Extension "SHARPEXT" | Volexity Hacking group focused on Central America dumps 10 terabytes of military emails, files Securing the Supply Chain of Nothing | Kelly Shortridge Russia Makes Veiled Threat to Destroy SpaceX's Starlink Pro-Ukraine Hacktivists Claim to Have Hacked Notorious Russian Mercenary Group Fears grow of Russian spies turning to industrial espionage - The Record by Recorded Future Congressional inquiry reveals secret Customs and Border Protection database of U.S. phone records Alternative payment apps such as AliPay a boon for cybercriminals, experts tell Congress CISA floats plan to partner with local universities for '311' cyberattack triage service - The Record by Recorded Future Breach of software maker used to backdoor ecommerce servers | Ars Technica Kiwi Farms has been breached; assume passwords and emails have been leaked | Ars Technica (8) Kevin Beaumont on Twitter: "The saga continues - there was (also?) a script injected for a month on Kiwi Farms called Troonshine, gathering information and credentials from user’s systems, posting it to “https://t.co/XnrUu4t3sd”. They look very, very owned. https://t.co/kxdR8kxtC1" / Twitter Pentagon reviews psychological operations amid Facebook, Twitter complaints - The Washington Post Bosnia and Herzegovina investigating alleged ransomware attack on parliament - The Record by Recorded Future Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail – Krebs on Security Cryptocurrency company Wintermute says hackers stole $160 million - The Record by Recorded Future Anonymous hacker, who bragged about exploits on TikTok, says he was raided by Canadian police
Risky Business #679 -- A look at Uber's very bad week
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: A look at how Uber got owned so hard Why cleartext cookie storage in Microsoft Teams’ Electron-based app is actually a big deal Russian official: Starlink is a legitimate military target Wagner mercs get doxxed Kiwi Farms having a bad time Much, much more In this week’s sponsor interview we’ll be chatting to Nucleus’s CEO Steve Carter about CISA’s KEV list. He has feelings about the KEV list – they’re mostly positive, but he also has a few reasonable gripes and he joins me to talk about them. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Uber attributes hack to Lapsus$, working with FBI and DOJ on investigation - The Record by Recorded Future Uber confirms it is investigating cybersecurity incident - The Record by Recorded Future Microsoft Teams stores cleartext auth tokens, won’t be quickly patched | Ars Technica SharpTongue Deploys Clever Mail-Stealing Browser Extension "SHARPEXT" | Volexity Hacking group focused on Central America dumps 10 terabytes of military emails, files Securing the Supply Chain of Nothing | Kelly Shortridge Russia Makes Veiled Threat to Destroy SpaceX's Starlink Pro-Ukraine Hacktivists Claim to Have Hacked Notorious Russian Mercenary Group Fears grow of Russian spies turning to industrial espionage - The Record by Recorded Future Congressional inquiry reveals secret Customs and Border Protection database of U.S. phone records Alternative payment apps such as AliPay a boon for cybercriminals, experts tell Congress CISA floats plan to partner with local universities for '311' cyberattack triage service - The Record by Recorded Future Breach of software maker used to backdoor ecommerce servers | Ars Technica Kiwi Farms has been breached; assume passwords and emails have been leaked | Ars Technica (8) Kevin Beaumont on Twitter: "The saga continues - there was (also?) a script injected for a month on Kiwi Farms called Troonshine, gathering information and credentials from user’s systems, posting it to “https://t.co/XnrUu4t3sd”. They look very, very owned. https://t.co/kxdR8kxtC1" / Twitter Pentagon reviews psychological operations amid Facebook, Twitter complaints - The Washington Post Bosnia and Herzegovina investigating alleged ransomware attack on parliament - The Record by Recorded Future Botched Crypto Mugging Lands Three U.K. Men in Jail – Krebs on Security Cryptocurrency company Wintermute says hackers stole $160 million - The Record by Recorded Future Anonymous hacker, who bragged about exploits on TikTok, says he was raided by Canadian police
Risky Biz Soap Box: Haroon Meer on "sensitive command tokens"
In this edition of the Soap Box podcast Patrick Gray talks to Haroon Meer about Thinkst Canary’s new sensitive command token. It’s a great way to detect intruders on your Windows systems. Haroon also talks about how to use canaries strategically. Show notes Canaries as Network Motion Sensors Sensitive Command Token - So much offense in my defense