On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
Australia expels Iranian ambassadorHackers sabotage Iranian shipping satcomsAPT hacker got doxxed in Phrack. Kind of. They’re probably Chinese, not DPRK?Trail of Bits uses image-downscaling to sneak prompts into Google GeminiThe Com’s King Bob gets ten years in the slammerIt’s a day that ends in -y, so of course there’s a new Citrix Netscaler RCE being used in the wild.This week’s episode is brought to you by Corelight. Chief Strategy Officer Greg Bell talks through how they’ve been implementing AI for sifting through your network data. A model-context-protocol server that can rummage in all those packet logs for you while you keep investigating? Yes please.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
Embassy staff flee Canberra in dead of night | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlinesSwedish security service says Iran uses criminal networks in Sweden | ReutersRisky Bulletin: Hackers sabotage Iranian ships at sea, again - Risky Business MediaMicrosoft scales back Chinese access to cyber early warning system | ReutersMicrosoft Didn’t Disclose Key Details to U.S. Officials of China-Based Engineers, Record Shows — ProPublica.:: Phrack Magazine ::.Uncovering the Chinese Proxy Service Used in APT CampaignsWeaponizing image scaling against production AI systems -The Trail of Bits BlogFBI, Cisco warn of Russia-linked hackers targeting critical infrastructure organizations | Cybersecurity DiveCrowdStrike warns of uptick in Silk Typhoon attacks this summer | CyberScoopKevin Beaumont: "There’s a bunch of new Netscal…" - CyberplaceUS charges Oregon man in vast botnet-for-hire operation | Cybersecurity DiveSouth Korea arrests suspected Chinese hacker accused of targeting BTS singer and other celebrities | The Record from Recorded Future NewsSIM-Swapper, Scattered Spider Hacker Gets 10 Years – Krebs on SecurityChinese national who sabotaged Ohio company’s systems handed four-year jail stint | The Record from Recorded Future NewsNevada state offices close after wide-ranging 'network security incident' | ReutersDSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’ – Krebs on SecurityRussia weighs Google Meet ban as part of foreign tech crackdown | The Record from Recorded Future NewsKremlin-Mandated Messaging App Max Is Designed To Spy On UsersИеромонах РПЦ Макарий призвал помолиться за мессенджер MAX