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Risky Business #778 -- Musk's child soldiers seize control of FedGov IT systems

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

  • DeepSeek leaves an unauthed database on the internet
  • Russia hacked UK prime minister’s personal mail
  • Australia sanctions a Telegram group… which is more sensible than it sounds
  • Medical device backdoor turns out to be just poorly thought out upgrade feature
  • Google abuses weak hashing to patch AMD CPU microcode
  • And much, much more.

    • This week’s episode is sponsored by email security boffins Sublime. Their co-founder and CEO Josh Kamdjou joins to talk about how attackers’ abuse of legitimate services like Docusign is a challenge for email security vendors.

    This episode is also available on Youtube.

    Show notes
    • Exclusive: Musk aides lock workers out of OPM computer systems | Reuters
    • Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History | Wiz Blog
    • Криптостилер SparkCat в магазинах Google Play и App Store | Securelist
    • Russian hackers suspected of compromising British PM’s personal email account | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • PowerSchool hack: missed basic security step resulted in data breach
    • Australia sanctions ‘Terrorgram’ white supremacist online group | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • ‘Paid actors’ could be behind some antisemitic attacks, Albanese says | Australian security and counter-terrorism | The Guardian
    • Interview with James Glenday, ABC News Breakfast | Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
    • WhatsApp says spyware company Paragon Solutions targeted journalists
    • Spyware maker Paragon confirms US government is a customer | TechCrunch
    • Former Polish justice minister arrested in sprawling spyware probe | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • Sweden releases suspected ship, says cable break ‘clearly’ not sabotage | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • Backdoor found in two healthcare patient monitors, linked to IP in China
    • Attackers exploit zero-day vulnerability in Zyxel CPE devices | Cybersecurity Dive
    • AMD: Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability · Advisory · google/security-research · GitHub
    • 22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M - Ars Technica
    • A method to assess 'forgivable' vs 'unforgivable'... - NCSC.GOV.UK
    • Living Off the Land: Credential Phishing via Docusign abuse
    • Living Off the Land: Callback Phishing via Docusign comment
    • B2B freight-forwarding scams on the rise to evade financial fraud crackdowns
    • Callback phishing via invoice abuse and distribution list relays
    • Enhanced message groups: Improving efficiency in email incident response
      • ...more
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