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Regular cybersecurity news updates from the Risky Business team...

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A change in iOS is deleting-clues of old spyware infections, Starlink disables 2,500 terminals at scam compounds, a Caribbean hospital is still down 5 months after a ransomware attack, and officials are charged in Poland’s Pegasus spyware scandal.

 
 
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 Risky Bulletin: iOS 26 change deletes clues of old spyware infections

Risky Bulletin: iOS 26 change deletes clues of old spyware infections

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about how America can better use its private sector to scale up offensive cyber activities, including espionage and disruption operations. Involving it to tackle ransomware and cryptocurrency scammers makes a lot of sense.

They also talk about how the ransomware ecosystem is splintering, and one operator’s relatively quick journey from being an affiliate to a platform operator.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

 
 
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 From Chaos to Capability: Building the US Market for Offensive Cyber
 
 Devman's RaaS Launch

Srsly Risky Biz: Hacking for Godot

A worm hits VS Code users, F5 was breached via its own devices back in 2023, Korea Telecom’s CEO says he’ll resign following a recent security breach, and the Boy Scouts will award cybersecurity merit badges.

 
 
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 Risky Bulletin: Clever worm hits the DevOps scene

Risky Bulletin: Clever worm hits the VS Code scene

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk to Joe Devanny, senior lecturer from King’s College London, all about India’s missing cyber power. It has all the ingredients to become a cyber superpower, but so far, hasn’t shown the motivation.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

 
 
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 Interpreting India's Cyber Statecraft by Joe Devanny and Arthur Laudrain
 
 Dr Joeseph Devanny
 
 Sponsor interview: How AI turbocharges SOC analysts h

Between Three Nerds: India, the sleeping cyber superpower

A Romanian inmate hacks his prison’s IT system, hackers leak the data of DHS and DOJ employees, classified material was stolen from John Bolton’s AOL account and authorities seize a SIM farm in Latvia.

 
 
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 Risky Bulletin: Prisoner hacks prison IT system, goes wild!

Risky Bulletin: Prisoner hacks his prison IT system, goes wild!

In this sponsor interview, Edward Wu, CEO and founder of Dropzone AI talks to Tom Uren about a study that measured how AI practically helps SOC analysts triage real-world problems. Analysts were faster, more accurate and got less tired with AI assistance. Edward thinks the technology won’t replace human analysts, but will speed their skill development.

 
 
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 The Cloud Security Alliance AI SOC study

Risky Bulletin: F5 says an APT stole source code, vulnerability reports

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about First Wap, a Jakarta-based company that is selling surveillance-as-a-service. The good news is that it appears that government and media attention has had an impact on high-profile spyware vendors like NSO Group. The bad news is that these smaller players are flying under the radar and aren’t afraid of selling to sketchy customers.

They also talk about how the Chinese government has harnessed the power of its exploit development community with hacking contests.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

 
 
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Srsly Risky Biz: Small beer surveillance firms escape crackdown, for now

Windows 10 reaches End-of-Life, CISA cyber personnel avoided last week’s layoffs, the US seizes $15 billion dollars from a cyber-scam-compound operator, and a Secure Boot bypass impacts 200,000 Framework computers.

 
 
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 Risky Bulletin: Windows 10 reaches End-of-Life

Risky Bulletin: Windows 10 reaches End-of-Life

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about how different cybercriminal groups are after insiders to provide network access.

This episode is available on Youtube.

 
 
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 Nebulock sponsor episode
 
 Scattered Spider insiders tweet
 
 BBC's Joe Tidy approached by ransomware gang

Between Two Nerds: The Keyser Soze of Scattered Spider

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq take a look at the hackers of Unit 29155, Russian military intelligence’s sabotage and assassination group.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

 
 
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 The Insider 'Hidden Bear' investigation
 
 Japanese Tokuryū
 
 Ukraine SSSCIP report H1 2023

Between Two Nerds: How Russia's sabotage team got into hacking

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