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Risky Business #797 -- Stuxnet vs Massive Ordnance Penetrators
Manage episode 490691442 series 3234705
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news:
- We roll our eyes over the “16 billion credentials” leak hitting mainstream news
- Some interesting cyber angles emerge from the conflict in Iran
- Opensource maintainer of libxml2 is fed up with this hacker crap
- Shockingly, there are yet more ways to trick people into pasting commands into Windows
- Veeam “patches” its backup software RCE like it’s 2002 … by breaking the public PoC
This week’s episode is sponsored by Internet-wide honeypot reconnaissance platform, Greynoise. Founder Andrew Morris joins to talk about their journey spotting Chinese ORB-builders hacking thousands of ASUS routers, and why they’re destined for the woodchipper.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
- No, the 16 billion credentials leak is not a new data breach
- Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group - Ars Technica
- Telecom giant Viasat breached by China's Salt Typhoon hackers
- WarTranslated on X: "Iran’s jamming GPS in the Strait of Hormuz, messing with ~970 ships, per Windward. UKMTO confirms the interference. Faulty AIS coordinates are screwing up navigation in the Persian Gulf. The IRGC threatens to shut the strait down in hours. https://t.co/kdMJvshOGC" / X
- Dmitri Alperovitch on X: "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine says @US_CYBERCOM supported this strike mission" / X
- Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House - POLITICO
- DHS warns of heightened cyber threat as US enters Iran conflict | Cybersecurity Dive
- Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
- U.S. braces for Iran's response after overnight strikes on nuclear sites
- Assessing the Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program
- Iran Hacks Tirana Municipality in Retaliation Over MEK - Tirana Times
- Iran's government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks | TechCrunch
- Aflac discloses cyber intrusion linked to wider crime spree targeting insurance industry | Cybersecurity Dive
- Tonga Ministry of Health hit with cyberattack affecting website, IT systems | The Record from Recorded Future News
- Alleged Ryuk ransomware gang member arrested in Ukraine and extradited to US | The Record from Recorded Future News
- Russia releases REvil members after convictions for payment card fraud | The Record from Recorded Future News
- OneLogin, Many Issues: How I Pivoted from a Trial Tenant to Compromising Customer Signing Keys - SpecterOps
- Triaging security issues reported by third parties (#913) · Issue · GNOME/libxml2
- README: Set expectations straight (35d04a08) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab
- What’s in an ASP? Creative Phishing Attack on Prominent Academics and Critics of Russia | Google Cloud Blog
- FileFix - A ClickFix Alternative | mr.d0x
- Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway. - Ars Technica
- Researchers urge vigilance as Veeam releases patch to address critical flaw | Cybersecurity Dive
- ASUSpicious Flaw - Millions of Users’ Information Exposed Since 2022 | MrBruh's Epic Blog
- Perth dad who created ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi did so to access pictures of women
- GreyNoise Discovers Stealthy Backdoor Campaign Affecting Thousands of ASUS Routers
130 episodes
Manage episode 490691442 series 3234705
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news:
- We roll our eyes over the “16 billion credentials” leak hitting mainstream news
- Some interesting cyber angles emerge from the conflict in Iran
- Opensource maintainer of libxml2 is fed up with this hacker crap
- Shockingly, there are yet more ways to trick people into pasting commands into Windows
- Veeam “patches” its backup software RCE like it’s 2002 … by breaking the public PoC
This week’s episode is sponsored by Internet-wide honeypot reconnaissance platform, Greynoise. Founder Andrew Morris joins to talk about their journey spotting Chinese ORB-builders hacking thousands of ASUS routers, and why they’re destined for the woodchipper.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
- No, the 16 billion credentials leak is not a new data breach
- Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group - Ars Technica
- Telecom giant Viasat breached by China's Salt Typhoon hackers
- WarTranslated on X: "Iran’s jamming GPS in the Strait of Hormuz, messing with ~970 ships, per Windward. UKMTO confirms the interference. Faulty AIS coordinates are screwing up navigation in the Persian Gulf. The IRGC threatens to shut the strait down in hours. https://t.co/kdMJvshOGC" / X
- Dmitri Alperovitch on X: "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine says @US_CYBERCOM supported this strike mission" / X
- Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House - POLITICO
- DHS warns of heightened cyber threat as US enters Iran conflict | Cybersecurity Dive
- Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
- U.S. braces for Iran's response after overnight strikes on nuclear sites
- Assessing the Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program
- Iran Hacks Tirana Municipality in Retaliation Over MEK - Tirana Times
- Iran's government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks | TechCrunch
- Aflac discloses cyber intrusion linked to wider crime spree targeting insurance industry | Cybersecurity Dive
- Tonga Ministry of Health hit with cyberattack affecting website, IT systems | The Record from Recorded Future News
- Alleged Ryuk ransomware gang member arrested in Ukraine and extradited to US | The Record from Recorded Future News
- Russia releases REvil members after convictions for payment card fraud | The Record from Recorded Future News
- OneLogin, Many Issues: How I Pivoted from a Trial Tenant to Compromising Customer Signing Keys - SpecterOps
- Triaging security issues reported by third parties (#913) · Issue · GNOME/libxml2
- README: Set expectations straight (35d04a08) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab
- What’s in an ASP? Creative Phishing Attack on Prominent Academics and Critics of Russia | Google Cloud Blog
- FileFix - A ClickFix Alternative | mr.d0x
- Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway. - Ars Technica
- Researchers urge vigilance as Veeam releases patch to address critical flaw | Cybersecurity Dive
- ASUSpicious Flaw - Millions of Users’ Information Exposed Since 2022 | MrBruh's Epic Blog
- Perth dad who created ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi did so to access pictures of women
- GreyNoise Discovers Stealthy Backdoor Campaign Affecting Thousands of ASUS Routers
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