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Risky Business #731 -- SEC Twitter hack moves Bitcoin price


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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news. They cover:

  • SEC Twitter account hack moves bitcoin price
  • Kaspersky admires Triangulation hackers’ fine work
  • Telcos hacked all over
  • Israel hacks Iranian gasoline pumps again
  • Iran up in Albania, Sudan, Egypt and Tanzania
  • and much, much more…
  • This week’s show is brought to you by Nucleus Security. Co-founder Scott Kuffer joins us to talk about why patch management is more nuanced than just “patch fast!”

    Show notes
    • U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on X: "The @SECGov X account was compromised, and an unauthorized post was posted. The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products." / X
    • Mandiant, the security firm Google bought for $5.4 billion, gets its X account hacked | Ars Technica
    • 4-year campaign backdoored iPhones using possibly the most advanced exploit ever | Ars Technica
    • Spyware attack chain used previously unknown iPhone hardware feature, report says
    • "Dutch engineer carried out Iranian nuclear sabotage": VK - DutchNews.nl
    • Russian hackers infiltrated Ukrainian telecom giant months before cyberattack
    • Ukraine telecom cyberattack one of ‘highest-impact’ hacks of the war
    • Pro-Ukraine hackers claim breach of Russian internet provider
    • Ukraine says Russia hacked web cameras to spy on targets in Kyiv
    • Optus outage: Banks, telcos to be quizzed at Senate hearing
    • A “ridiculously weak” password causes disaster for Spain’s No. 2 mobile carrier | Ars Technica
    • Albanian parliament, telecom company hit by cyberattacks
    • Paraguay military warns of ‘significant impact’ of ransomware after attack on internet provider
    • Iran confirms nationwide cyberattack on gas stations
    • Hackers disrupt Beirut airport with anti-Hezbollah message
    • Telecom organizations in Africa targeted by Iran-linked hackers
    • Myanmar rebels take control of ‘pig butchering’ scam city amid Chinese pressure on junta
    • AlphV ransomware site is “seized” by the FBI. Then it’s “unseized.” And so on. | Ars Technica
    • BreachForums administrator detained after violating parole
    • Autistic teen behind spate of Lapsus$ hacks sentenced to indefinite hospital stay
    • Global law enforcement seizes $300 million, arrests 3,500 involved in transnational cybercrime operation
    • Toronto Zoo says it remains open after ransomware attack
    • Central Bank of Lesotho facing outages after cyberattack
    • Kansas City-area hospital transfers patients, reschedules appointments after cyberattack
    • Cyberattack on Massachusetts hospital disrupted records system, emergency services
    • LockBit claims November attack on New Jersey hospital that disrupted patient care
    • First American becomes latest real estate industry giant hit with cyberattack
    • Ivanti warns of critical vulnerability in its popular line of endpoint protection software | Ars Technica
    • US officials say Russian targeting JetBrains servers for potential SolarWinds-style operations | Reuters
    • SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker | Ars Technica
    • LastPass enforces 12-character master password lengths | Cybersecurity Dive
    • FTC soliciting contest submissions to help tackle voice cloning technology
    • Biden signs short-term FISA extension before year-end deadline
    • Foone: "The 37C3 talk on TEA1 encrypti…" - Infosec Exchange
    • Crypto hedge fund CEO may not exist; probe finds no record of identity | Ars Technica
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