In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at the concept of cyber “pinch points”, a place of vulnerability that can be targeted to bring an opponent to their knees. These points of vulnerability must surely but Tom and The Grugq wonder how easy they are to identify beforehand.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Kaitlyn Sawrey.

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In this Risky Business News sponsor interview Tom Uren asks Thinkst Canary’s Haroon Meer about Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia’s seven tips for cyber defenders. Honeypots appear at position number three, but Tom wonders what they actually achieve and how mature your security program needs to be before they it can take advantage of them.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

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In this edition of the Seriously Risky Biz podcast Patrick Gray and Tom Uren talk about the trajectory of crimephones from criminals’ best friend to greatest liability.

These devices were bad for police at the beginning, but they’ve become a net positive for law enforcement efforts, leading to hundreds of arrests, tonnes of seized drugs and deeper insight into criminal operations.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

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In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq look at last week’s Snake malware joint cybersecurity advisory and dive into what it tells us about the FSB.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview Tom Uren asks Proofpoint’s Selena Larson about how threat actors reacted en masse after Microsoft blocked various types of macros.

Cyber criminals used a variety of different techniques to evade these blocks. In part this happened quickly because of knowledge sharing by the cyber threat intelligence community.

A short podcast updating listeners on the security news of the last few days, as prepared by Catalin Cimpanu and read by Claire Aird.

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