Risky Business

Patrick Gray
Risky Business

Risky Business is a weekly information security podcast featuring news and in-depth interviews with industry luminaries. Launched in February 2007, Risky Business is a must-listen digest for information security pros. With a running time of approximately 50-60 minutes, Risky Business is pacy; a security podcast without the waffle.

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    Risky Business #790 -- Bye bye Signal-gate, hello TeleMessage-gate

    On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: White House’s off-brand Israeli Signal fork logs cleartext messages with hard coded creds while getting hacked (twice). Just … Wow. Ransomware attacks on UK retailers are linked, and Marks & Spencer has it extra bad After six years dormant, a Magento eCommerce platform backdoor comes to life The North Korean IT worker scam is truly webscale NSO group owes Meta $168m for hacking WhatsApp This week’s episode is sponsored by vulnerability management wranglers, Nucleus Security. Aaron Unterberger joins to talk through the complexities of tracking vulnerabilities in cloud components - left to the source, right to the deployments, and …sideways into the sidecars? This week’s show also features an excerpt from Pat’s interview with Senator Mark Warner - Scoot back one in your podcast feed to check out the full chat, or find it on Youtube. This episode is available on Youtube too. Show notes Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked App used by Mike Waltz suspends services after hacking claims Senator Demands Investigation into Trump Admin Signal Clone After 404 Media Investigation MG on X: "Looks like TeleMessage was probably procured and rolled out under Biden. There are public records for it. https://t.co/XCuZpi8PL3" / X Harrods becomes latest retailer to announce attempted cyberattack | The Record from Recorded Future News Co-op DragonForce cyber attack includes customer data, firm admits Co-op cyber attack: Staff told to keep cameras on in meetings Hundreds of e-commerce sites hacked in supply-chain attack - Ars Technica Microsoft’s new “passwordless by default” is great but comes at a cost - Ars Technica Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that. - Ars Technica North Korean operatives have infiltrated hundreds of Fortune 500 companies | CyberScoop US wants to cut off key player in Southeast Asian cybercrime industry | The Record from Recorded Future News Myanmar militia leader sanctioned by US over cyber scam connections | The Record from Recorded Future News Trump proposes major cut to CISA’s budget, citing false ‘censorship’ claims | Cybersecurity Dive NSA to cut up to 2,000 civilian roles as part of intel community downsizing | The Record from Recorded Future News NSO Group owes $168M in damages to WhatsApp over spyware infections, jury says | CyberScoop

    56 min
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    Risky Business #789 -- Apple's AirPlay vulns are surprisingly awful

    On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: British retail stalwart Marks & Spencer gets cybered South Korean telco sets out to replace all its subscriber SIMs after (we assume) it lost the keymat It’s a good exploit week! Bugs in Apple Airplay, SAP webservers, Erlang SSH and CommVault backups Juice jacking! No, really! Some researchers actually did it (so still not in the wild, then) Anti-DOGE whistleblower sure sounds like he has a point This week’s episode is sponsored by Knocknoc, who let you glue your firewalls to your single sign on. Knocknoc’s CEO Adam Pointon talks about the joy that having end-to-end IPv6 would bring for zero-trust access control. He also touches on people using Knocknoc inside their network to isolate critical systems. Editors Note : Pat also gives Adam (Boileau) stick in the sponsor interview about the Risky Biz webserver not having IPv6 enabled, which fact-checking during the edit says is FAKE NEWS. Just uh, don’t look at how fresh that AAAA record in the DNS is, friends 😉 This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes British retailer M&S confirms being hit by ‘cyber incident’ amid store delays | The Record from Recorded Future News M&S cyber-attack linked to hacking group Scattered Spider | Marks & Spencer | The Guardian Bina Puri shares, Warrant B close sharply lower day after hacking Bina Puri, Pos Malaysia tumble following hacking incident | FMT Japan warns of hundreds of millions of dollars in unauthorized trades from hacked accounts | The Record from Recorded Future News US conducts cyberattacks against major Chinese commercial encryption provider: report - Global Times Iran says major cyberattack on infrastructure repelled | Iran International Spain rules out cyber attack - but what could have caused power cut? South Korea's SK Telecom begins SIM card replacement after data breach AirBorne: Wormable Zero-Click RCE in Apple AirPlay Puts Billions of Devices at Risk | Oligo Security | Oligo Security iOS and Android juice jacking defenses have been trivial to bypass for years - Ars Technica How Android 16's new security mode will stop USB-based attacks - Android Authority Researchers warn of critical flaw found in Erlang OTP SSH | Cybersecurity Dive Critical vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver under threat of active exploitation | Cybersecurity Dive CVE-2025-31324: Critical SAP Flaw Explained | Strobes Fire In The Hole, We’re Breaching The Vault - Commvault Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-34028) Risky Bulletin: NFC card malware keeps evolving in Russia, a bad omen for the future - Risky Business Media Hegseth had unsecured internet line in Pentagon for Signal, sources say | AP News Whistleblower: DOGE Siphoned NLRB Case Data – Krebs on Security 2025_0414_Berulis-Disclosure-with-Exhibits.s.pdf CISA gets a deputy director as it braces for major layoffs | Cybersecurity Dive Two top cyber officials resign from CISA | The Record from Recorded Future News Ex-CISA chief Chris Krebs leaving SentinelOne following Trump pressure | Reuters Former cyber official targeted by Trump speaks out after cuts to digital defense Top Tier Target | What It Takes to Defend a Cybersecurity Company from Today's Adversaries | SentinelOne ZachXBT on X: "Nine hours ago a suspicious transfer was made from a potential victim for 3520 BTC ($330.7M)"

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    Risky Business #788 -- Trump targets Chris Krebs, SentinelOne

    On this week’s show Patrick Gray talks to former NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce about Donald Trump’s unprecedented, unwarranted and completely bonkers political persecution of Chris Krebs and his employer SentinelOne. They also talk through the week’s cybersecurity news, covering: Mitre’s stewardship of the CVE database gets its funding DOGE’d The US signs on to the Pall Mall anti-spyware agreement China tries to play the nationstate cyber-attribution game, but comedically badly Hackers run their malware inside the Windows sandbox, for security against EDR This week’s episode is sponsored by open source identity provider Authentik. CEO Fletcher Heisler joins to talk through the increasing sprawl of the identity ecosystem. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Cybersecurity industry falls silent as Trump turns ire on SentinelOne | Reuters U.S. cyber defenders shaken by Trump's attack on their former boss Trump Revenge Tour Targets Cyber Leaders, Elections – Krebs on Security Wyden to block Trump's CISA nominee until agency releases report on telecoms’ ‘negligent cybersecurity’ | The Record from Recorded Future News Gabbard sets up DOGE-style team to cut costs, uncover intel ‘weaponization’ MITRE Warns CVE Program Faces Disruption Amid US Funding Uncertainty US to sign Pall Mall pact aimed at countering spyware abuses | The Record from Recorded Future News Court document reveals locations of WhatsApp victims targeted by NSO spyware | TechCrunch Spyware Maker NSO Group Is Paving a Path Back Into Trump’s America | WIRED NCSC shares technical details of spyware targeting Uyghur, Tibetan and Taiwanese groups | The Record from Recorded Future News Risky Bulletin: Chinese APT abuses Windows Sandbox to go invisible on infected hosts China escalates cyber fight with U.S., names alleged NSA hackers Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs - Ars Technica China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks – Krebs on Security Risky Bulletin: CA/B Forum approves 47-days TLS certs Ransomware in het mkb: Cybercriminelen verhogen losgeld bij cyberverzekering 4chan Is Down Following What Looks to Be a Major Hack Spurred By Meme War

    54 min
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    Risky Business #787 -- Trump fires NSA director, CISA cuts inbound

    On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news: Oracle quietly cops to being hacked, but immediately pivots into pretending it didn’t matter NSA and CyberCom leaders fired for not being MAGA enough US Treasury had some dusty corners it hadn’t found China in yet, looked, found China in them …which is a great time to discuss slashing CISA’s staffing Ransomware crews and bullet proof hosting providers are getting rekt, and we love it And Microsoft patches yet another logging 0-day being used in the wild. This episode is sponsored by Yubico, makers of Yubikey hardware authentication tokens. Yubico’s Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Alliances Derek Hanson joins to discuss how the consumer-centric passkey ecosystem has become a real challenge for enterprises. One that Yubico is actually ideally positioned to solve. This episode is also available on Youtube. Show notes Oracle privately confirms Cloud breach to customers Oracle have finally issued a written notification to customers about their cybersecurity incident. Head of NSA and US Cyber Command reportedly fired | Cybersecurity Dive Trump fires numerous National Security Council staff - The Washington Post Trump administration under scrutiny as it puts major round of CISA cuts on the table | Cybersecurity Dive Hackers Spied on US Bank Regulators’ Emails for Over a Year - Bloomberg This is how Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the Signal chat Cybercriminals are trying to loot Australian pension accounts in new campaign | The Record from Recorded Future News $500,000 stolen in Australian super fund data breach | Superannuation | The Guardian Australian regulator pulls licenses of 95 companies in effort to crack down on investment scams | The Record from Recorded Future News Everest ransomware group’s darknet site offline following defacement | The Record from Recorded Future News On March 28, 2025, a threat actor leaked internal data from Medialand, a major bulletproof hosting (BPH) provider long linked to Yalishanda (LARVA-34). There's a ransomware group named DragonForce going around hacking its rivals. After Mamona and BlackLock, the group has now hacked RansomHub The DragonForce ransomware group hacked two rivals this month CISA, experts warn of Crush file transfer attacks as ransomware gang makes threats | The Record from Recorded Future News Kill Security Campaign Targets CrushFTP Servers National Vulnerability Database | NIST Microsoft patches zero-day actively exploited in string of ransomware attacks | CyberScoop Exploitation of CLFS zero-day leads to ransomware activity | Microsoft Security Blog Is The Sofistication In The Room With Us? - X-Forwarded-For and Ivanti Connect Secure (CVE-2025-22457)

    53 min

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Risky Business is a weekly information security podcast featuring news and in-depth interviews with industry luminaries. Launched in February 2007, Risky Business is a must-listen digest for information security pros. With a running time of approximately 50-60 minutes, Risky Business is pacy; a security podcast without the waffle.

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