Risky Bulletin: Hunters International ransomware shuts down, releases decryption keys
A ransomware operation shuts down and releases free decryption keys, the FBI investigates a ransomware negotiator for taking kickbacks, Spain arrests two over government hacks, and hackers steal $185 million from Brazilian financial institutions.
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Srsly Risky Biz: Why Iran is a scaredy cat cyber chicken
Tom Uren and Patrick Gray discuss warnings about Iranian cyber attacks on US critical infrastructure. Despite many many warnings, there have been no actual attacks and they discuss the reasons why Iran would want to avoid escalatory cyber attacks.
They also talk about how the FBI is struggling to deal with the democratisation of surveillance and data analysis, what the agency calls Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance (UTS). A Department of Justice audit of the FBI’s response finds the threat from UTS is real and that sources have been murdered. But it seems that the FBI just doesn’t care.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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Risky Bulletin: The US sanctions another Russian bulletproof hosting provider
The US sanctions another Russian bulletproof hosting provider, the International Criminal Court discloses a security breach, the US dismantles 29 North Korean laptop farms, and a Chinese student gets jailed in the UK for SMS blasting.
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Between Two Nerds: Microsoft embraces digital sovereignty
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about how Microsoft has embraced digital sovereignty and is bending over backwards to satisfy European tech supply chain concerns.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
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The New York Times on the ICC
Microsoft's 30 April Brad Smith post
Microsoft's 4 June Brad Smith post
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Risky Bulletin: Scattered Spider targets the aviation sector
The Scattered Spider group targets the aviation sector, Russia throttles traffic from Cloudflare, a Mexican cartel hired hackers to track an FBI official, and Canada tells Hikvision to cease operations.
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New Zealand