September 18, 2024

Risky Business #764 -- Mossad expands into telecommunications services

1 hour 2 minutes

On this week’s show, Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the weeks security news, including:

Hezbollah’s attempts to avoid SIGINT with pagers ends in explosions

The US shines many bright lights on RT’s disinfo role

Australia counters Chinese bullying in the Pacific

Valid accounts are the most prevalent entry point, says CISA’s data

Ivanti and Fortinet vie for worst vendor of the week

Krebs writes up the shift towards charging The Com with terrorism

And much, much more…

This week’s episode is sponsored by Push Security, who bring security visibility to where it needs to be these days – the browser. Luke Jennings joins this week’s show to discuss how phish-kit crews are driving the arms race forward, and how detection has to adapt and go where the users are.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Show notes

Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, sources say | Reuters

How Hezbollah used pagers and couriers to counter Israel's high tech surveillance | Reuters

Biden administration unveils new evidence of RT’s key role in Russian intelligence operations globally | CNN Politics

Meta bans RT days after U.S. accused Russian outlet of disinformation

U.S. to file charges in Trump campaign hacking case, officials say

China suspected of hacking diplomatic body for Pacific islands region

Chinese-made port cranes in US included 'backdoor' modems, House report says

Stolen account info still chief risk for federal agencies, annual CISA audit finds

Notice of Recent Security Incident | Fortinet Blog

WordPress.org to require two-factor authentication for plugin developers | CyberScoop

Multiple attacks force CISA to order agencies to upgrade or remove end-of-life Ivanti appliance

Ivanti Endpoint Manager and Ivanti Endpoint Manager Security Suite and Ivanti Cloud Service Application (CSA) - End Of Life (EOL)

The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’ – Krebs on Security

Feds sentence 12 crypto thieves behind SIM swaps, home invasions

Ex-CrowdStrike employees detail rising technical errors before July outage | Semafor

Post-CrowdStrike Fallout: Microsoft Redesigning EDR Vendor Access to Windows Kernel - SecurityWeek

Apple seeks dismissal of its NSO Group lawsuit, citing risk of exposing ‘vital security information’

US hits Intellexa spyware maker with more sanctions

(1) BolivarCucuta on X: "Encuentran muerto al ciudadano israelí Yariv Bokor en Medellín En un apartamento de El Poblado, Medellín, fue encontrado sin vida el ciudadano israelí Yariv Bokor, con aparentes signos de violencia. Bokor estaba vinculado a la empresa Sandvine, la cual tiene relación con NSO https://t.co/EeY1os1omW" / X

Instagram to bolster privacy and safety features for millions of teen users

Mastercard buys Recorded Future for $2.65 billion | CyberScoop

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