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Payment service provider executives arrested over a credit card fraud ring, Meta makes a fortune showing scam ads, South Korean telco KT tried to hide a second breach and five more scammers are sentenced to death in China.

 
 
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 Risky Bulletin: Europol arrests payment service executives for role in credit card fraud ring

Risky Bulletin: Europol arrests massive credit card fraud ring

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about aggressive US cyber operations targeting the Venezuelan government in President Trump’s first term. These were narrowly successful in that they achieved their immediate operational goals, but they didn’t achieve Trump’s broader policy goal of ousting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

They also talk about why the adtech ecosystem is a national security problem all round the world and how cybercriminals are collaborating with organised crime to steal cargo from logistics companies.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

 
 
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Srsly Risky Biz: The cyber regime change pipe dream

The US indicts two cybersecurity employees over ransomware attacks, hackers extort customers of South Korean massage parlors, another crypto firm gets hacked for $128 million dollars, and cargo thieves collab with hackers to target freight companies.

 
 
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 Risky Bulletin: US indicts two rogue cybersecurity employees for ransomware attacks

Risky Bulletin: US indicts two rogue cybersecurity employees for ransomware attacks

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq discuss the futility of using aggressive cyber operations to send messages between states.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

 
 
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 The Record, Volt Typhoon was not successful
 
 Sand in the gears: Sabotage in world politics by Joshua Rovner, Rory Cormac and Lennart Maschmeyer

Between Two Nerds: Lost in transmission

Norway finds remote control features in its Chinese electric buses, the US CyberCorps program may saddle students with debt, Edge and Chrome get AI-based scareware blockers, and a Conti member has been extradited to the US.

 
 
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 Risky Bulletin: Norway skittish of its Chinese electric buses

Risky Bulletin: Norway skittish of its Chinese electric buses

In this sponsored interview, Casey Ellis chats to Sublime Security CEO and founder, Josh Kamdjou about how Sublime is seeing a massive surge in ICS or calendar invite phishing and how the email security platform can help.

 
 
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Risky Bulletin: Russia arrests Meduza Stealer group

Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about Peter Williams, the general manager of vulnerability research firm Trenchant, who has pleaded guilty to selling exploits to the Russian 0day broker Operation Zero. It’s a terrible look, but it doesn’t mean the private sector can’t be trusted to develop exploits.

They also discuss a new report’s recommendations to empower the Office of the National Cyber Director. It’s a good idea, but it won’t make up for the cuts in funding and personnel across the Trump administration’s cyber portfolio.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

 
 
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Srsly Risky Biz: Peter Williams, Ex-ASD, Pleads Guilty to Selling Eight Exploits to Russia

HackingTeam’s successor is targeting Russia and Belarus, X users must re-enroll their security keys, Chrome will put HTTP behind a warning dialogue, and 15 people are expected to plead guilty in an Italian hacking scandal.

 
 
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 Risky Bulletin: HackingTeam successor linked to recent Chrome zero-days

Risky Bulletin: HackingTeam is back!

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq dissect a recent Chinese CERT report that the NSA had hacked China’s national time keeping service.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

 
 
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 MSS Weixin post 
 
 CN-CERT technical analysis
 
 Global Times on X
 
 BTN110: The NSA's nine to five hacking campaign

Between Two Nerds: NSA gets its mojo back!

In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about the trend toward outrageously complicated exploits and what it means for hacking and cyber espionage.

This episode is also available on YouTube

 
 
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Between Two Nerds: The death of the exploit

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