Risky Bulletin
Regular cybersecurity news updates from the Risky Business team...
Episodes
Authorities dismantle the KillSec hacking group, South Africa thwarts a ransomware attack against air traffic control systems, the US sanctions Venezuelan ATM hackers and a Chinese APT targets AI experts.
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Amberleigh Jack and James Wilson chat about OpenAI agents’ recent escapades into Australian government websites. OpenAI has promised to “rebuild trust with Australians” but we’re likely getting a glimpse into the new normal, here.
They also discuss how the ShinyHunters hacking group has found itself on law enforcement’s target list after breaching FBI systems. The group played some stupid games and th...
A ShinyHunters suspect has been arrested in the Netherlands, Apple fixes an iOS zero-day found by Meta, recent Citrix zero-days see mass exploitation within hours and NVIDIA launches an AI sandboxing platform.
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In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about the rise of fully automated LLM-driven hacking campaigns among criminals and even state hacking groups. For those with the right risk appetite, a move fast and break things hacking approach using AI can pay off.
This episode is also available on YouTube.
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...Intel removes cash rewards from its bug bounty program, OpenAI agents probed dozens of organizations, Fraudsters scam €95 million from an Italian bank and Bitget is hacked for $350 million.
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In this Risky Business sponsored interview James Wilson chats to Kieron Hughes and Andrzej Matykiewicz from PortSwigger about the company’s latest AI pen-testing product, Burp AT. The model has different levels of autonomy modes and is natively integrated with Burp Suite so once it finds vulnerabilities it can spin up intruder attacks, configure everything and brute-force the code.
The three also chat about the experiences o...
A major vulnerability has been found in the ancient TACACS+ networking protocol, Australia’s Prime Minister claims an OpenAI agent hacked the country’s Medicare website, OpenAI gives Ukraine access to its Daybreak cyber-defense program and the UK will establish an anti-disinformation center.
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Tom Uren and Patrick Gray talk about US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ruling out liability exemptions for AI companies. Its a good move. Leaving the companies on the hook keeps the pressure on them to do better with their cyber security and testing controls.
They also discuss a Russian AI-powered cyberespionage campaign run by a group known as Midnight Blizzard. It used AI workflows to run the entire campaign so they got a lot ...
A network of 10,000 AI servers is masking malicious Chinese AI activity, Ukrainian hackers leak Russia’s naval secrets, ShinyHunters hacks the FBI, and the EvilTokens phishing service is disrupted by tech companies.
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In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about whether there is such a thing as real-time cyber defence. Will agentic AI save us from hacking AI?
This episode is also available on YouTube.
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Google’s Gemini hacked three companies, hackers claim a breach of Russia’s election commission, OpenAI was behind RubyGems’ May incident, and the Coast Guard and FBI board two ships to investigate cyberattacks.
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In this Risky Business sponsored interview, Catalin Cimpanu talks with Justin Kohler, Chief Product Officer at SpecterOps. Justin explains how Entra Agent ID can introduce new identity relationships and potential attack paths.
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Anthropic agents went hacking again, South Korea increases its data breach fines, Apple notifies three Turkish ministers of mercenary spyware attacks, and CISA is ready to hire 250 staff.
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Tom Uren and James Wilson talk about how Chinese intelligence services will take advantage of a massive breach of 150 million American drivers licences.
They also discuss the steps the US military is taking to counter adtech device tracking. It’s too slow and not enough.
Finally, they talk about how often cryptocurrency hackers claim to be white hat hackers. Its ludicrous, but suprisingly often it is a successful strategy.
...Ukraine’s top prosecutor resigns amid a scam call center scandal, the US accuses Chinese AI companies of industrial-scale distillation, a cyberattack hits medical practices in Luxembourg, and the Liquid Network attacker returns some stolen Bitcoin, but keeps a $50 million bounty.
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In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about whether AI will help cyber defence in critical infrastructure and organisations that are below the cyber poverty line.
This episode is also available on YouTube.
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Hackers steal €35 million euros from French notaries, OpenAI agents hacked a German wiki, a new bill will allow the Pentagon to use cyber contractors, and the Five Eyes members tell hacked companies to drop PR spin.
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In this Risky Business sponsored interview, James Wilson chats with Authentik Security CEO Fletcher Heisler about how AI is driving a need for privileged access management to adapt.
Fletcher explains Authentik’s approach: each agent has its own identity, begins with no permissions and is tied to a human.
They also discuss transferring ownership when employees leave, mitigating risks of agents creating identities for each ot...
Russia tells data centers to deploy drone defenses, Dropbox discloses a security breach, a new spyware wave hits Serbia, and CISA scraps six free cybersecurity assessment programs.
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Tom Uren and James Wilson talk about China’s long-term shift to getting private companies to build botnets for cyberespionage. A disruption effort from the US this week is good news, but China has been using these networks for a surprisingly long time and will rebuild.
They also discuss a hack at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). It looks like the Qilin ransomware group might have stolen data fro...
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