Podcast Episodes

Srsly Risky Biz: America wants to hack the planet

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about proposed legislation that would allow the President to license private sector hackers to go after cybercrime groups. The bill won’t pass, but letting hackers l…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Risky Bulletin: FCC removes 1,200 voice providers from US phone network

The FCC removes 1,200 voice providers from the US phone network, a cyberattack shuts down Nevada’s state government services; hackers breach Salesloft and pivot into Salesforce accounts, and Citrix p…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Between Two Nerds: Teenage hackers are like goldfish

In this edition of Between Two Nerds, Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about how the teenage hacking groups Scattered Spider, Lapsus$ and Shiny Hunters are collaborating. They examine whether this is bad …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Risky Bulletin: Hackers sabotage Iranian ships at sea, again

Hackers sabotage Iranian ships for a second time this year, mass cybercrime arrests across Africa, South Korea extradites a Chinese man behind celebrity hacks, and a French supermarket chain disclose…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Sponsored: Why threat actors hate Okta FastPass

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview Tom Uren talks to Brett Winterford, Okta’s VP of Threat Intelligence about FastPass. Brett explains what it is, how Okta uses it and why threat actors av…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Risky Bulletin: Microsoft restricts Chinese firms’ access to MAPP

Microsoft restricts Chinese firms’ access to its MAPP program, Apple patches a zero-day used in the wild, a Scattered Spider member gets 10 years in prison, and a new exploit broker pops up in the UA…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Srsly Risky Biz: Russian cyber security picked a side

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about a new report that looks at how Russian cyber security firms have adapted since the country’s invasion of Ukraine. These firms are doing surprisingly well finan…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Risky Bulletin: Child sextortion cases linked to scam compounds

Almost 500 child sextortion cases have been linked to scam compounds, Oracle’s CSO departs after 37 years, Europol offers a reward for the Qilin ransomware group, and the UK drops its demand for an A…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Between Two Nerds: Cyber myopia

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about whether the cyber industry and intelligence agencies focus too much on technical details and ignore the bigger picture.

This epi…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Risky Bulletin: Academics pull off novel 5G attack

Academics develop a 5G downgrade attack, ransomware hits car salvage yards across North America, multiple VPN apps share the same hardcoded password, and Bangladesh spent $190 million on hacking and …

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago