Risky Bulletin: France says Russia's influence operations are achieving results
France says Russia’s influence operations are achieving results, Crowdstrike lays off 5% of its staff, a hacker dumps LockBit’s ransomware database, and a ransomware attack slows production at a major US medical device maker.
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Srsly Risky Biz: US Cyber Command to be unleashed
Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about how the US is planning to take the gloves off in cyberspace and conduct much more aggressive offensive cyber operations. US responses to cyber espionage have not been very aggressive to date, but Tom is not convinced that cyber punches are required, so much as blows that really hurt.
The pair also discuss TeleMessage, the Signal clone the Trump cabinet has been using. The app managed to sidestep certification and assessment processes and ended up being used by various agencies in the US government. And the White House. It’s a mystery how this happened.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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Risky Bulletin: NSO ordered to pay Meta $167 million in WhatsApp lawsuit
NSO Group ordered to pay Meta $167 million dollars, the White House tells N-S-A to cut 8% of its civilian staff, the US sanctions a Myanmar militia group leader for cyber scams, and one of the Nomad Bridge hackers gets arrested in Israel.
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Between Two Nerds: How tools evolve
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about an in-depth report on a Ukrainian hacking control panel. The panel shows how the Ukrainian group thinks about hacking operations and the pair discuss why the report exists and what it achieves.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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Bulldog backdoor web panel analysis
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Risky Bulletin: Trump admin's Signal clone gets hacked, messages exposed
The Trump admin’s Signal clone gets hacked, a six-year-old backdoor comes to life to hijack online stores, a Phishing kingpin identified as a 24-year-old Chinese man, and Ireland fines TikTok for transferring EU user data to China.
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