Risky Business #808 -- Insane megabug in Entra left all tenants exposed
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and special guest Rob Joyce discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
Secret Service raids a SIM farm in New York
MI6 launches a dark web portal
Are the 2023 Scattered Spider kids finally getting their comeuppance?
Production halt continues for Jaguar Land Rover
GitHub tightens its security after Shai-Hulud worm
This week’s episode is sponsored by Sublime Security. In this week’s sponsor interview, Sublime founder and CEO Josh Kamdjou joins host Patrick Gray to chat about the pros and cons of using agentic AI in an email security platform.
This episode is also available on YouTube
Show notes
U.S. Secret Service disrupts telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly
MI6 launches darkweb portal to recruit foreign spies | The Record from Recorded Future News
One Token to rule them all - obtaining Global Admin in every Entra ID tenant via Actor tokens | dirkjanm.io
Github npm changes
Flights across Europe delayed after cyberattack targets third-party vendor | Cybersecurity Dive
Major European airports work to restore services after cyberattack on check-in systems | The Record from Recorded Future News
When “Goodbye” isn’t the end: Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters hack on | DataBreaches.Net
UK arrests 2 more alleged Scattered Spider hackers over London transit system breach | Cybersecurity Dive
Alleged Scattered Spider member turns self in to Las Vegas police | The Record from Recorded Future News
Las Vegas police arrest minor accused of high-profile 2023 casino attacks | CyberScoop
DOJ: Scattered Spider took $115 million in ransoms, breached a US court system | The Record from Recorded Future News
vx-underground on X: "Scattered Spider ransoms company for 964BTC - wtf_thats_alot.jpeg - Document says "Cost of BTC at time was $36M" - $36M / 964BTC = $37.5K - BTC value was $37.5K in November, 2023 - Google "Ransomware, November, 2023" - omfg.exe https://t.co/uv2EzbL5HT" | X
JLR ‘cyber shockwave ripping through UK industry’ as supplier share price plummets by 55% | The Record from Recorded Future News
Jaguar Land Rover to extend production pause into October following cyberattack | Cybersecurity Dive
New plan would give Congress another 18 months to revisit Section 702 surveillance powers | The Record from Recorded Future News
AI-powered vulnerability detection will make things worse, not better, former US cyber official warns | Cybersecurity Dive
Soap Box: Why AI can't fix bad security products
In this Soap Box edition of the show Patrick Gray chats with the CEO of email security company Sublime Security, Josh Kamdjou. They talk about where AI is useful, where it isn’t, and why AI can’t save vendors from their bad product design choices.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
Risky Business #778 -- Musk's child soldiers seize control of FedGov IT systems
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
DeepSeek leaves an unauthed database on the internet
Russia hacked UK prime minister’s personal mail
Australia sanctions a Telegram group… which is more sensible than it sounds
Medical device backdoor turns out to be just poorly thought out upgrade feature
Google abuses weak hashing to patch AMD CPU microcode
And much, much more.
This week’s episode is sponsored by email security boffins Sublime. Their co-founder and CEO Josh Kamdjou joins to talk about how attackers’ abuse of legitimate services like Docusign is a challenge for email security vendors.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems | Reuters
Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History | Wiz Blog
Криптостилер SparkCat в магазинах Google Play и App Store | Securelist
Russian hackers suspected of compromising British PM’s personal email account | The Record from Recorded Future News
PowerSchool hack: missed basic security step resulted in data breach
Australia sanctions ‘Terrorgram’ white supremacist online group | The Record from Recorded Future News
‘Paid actors’ could be behind some antisemitic attacks, Albanese says | Australian security and counter-terrorism | The Guardian
Interview with James Glenday, ABC News Breakfast | Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
WhatsApp says spyware company Paragon Solutions targeted journalists
Spyware maker Paragon confirms US government is a customer | TechCrunch
Former Polish justice minister arrested in sprawling spyware probe | The Record from Recorded Future News
Sweden releases suspected ship, says cable break ‘clearly’ not sabotage | The Record from Recorded Future News
Backdoor found in two healthcare patient monitors, linked to IP in China
Attackers exploit zero-day vulnerability in Zyxel CPE devices | Cybersecurity Dive
AMD: Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability · Advisory · google/security-research · GitHub
22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M - Ars Technica
A method to assess 'forgivable' vs 'unforgivable'... - NCSC.GOV.UK
Living Off the Land: Credential Phishing via Docusign abuse
Living Off the Land: Callback Phishing via Docusign comment
B2B freight-forwarding scams on the rise to evade financial fraud crackdowns
Callback phishing via invoice abuse and distribution list relays
Enhanced message groups: Improving efficiency in email incident response