On this week’s show Patrick Gray is on holiday so Amberleigh Jack and Adam Boileau hijack the studio to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
Hackers learn that trying to coerce a journalist just makes for … a great story?A man in his 40s gets arrested over the European airport chaos. Yep, we’re surprised, too.Adam fanboys over Watchtowr Labs while bemoaning Fortra.Academics pick apart Tile trackers and find them lackingCISA tells agencies to patch their damn Cisco gearThis episode is also available on YouTube.
Show notes
'You'll never need to work again': Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBCGovernment to guarantee £1.5bn Jaguar Land Rover loan after cyber shutdownFeds Tie ‘Scattered Spider’ Duo to $115M in Ransoms – Krebs on SecurityUK authorities arrest man in connection with cyberattack against aviation vendor | Cybersecurity DiveChinese scammer pleads guilty after UK seizes nearly $7 billion in bitcoinCyberattack on Japanese beer giant Asahi limits shipping, call center operations | The Record from Recorded Future NewsAfghanistan plunged into nationwide internet blackout, disrupting air travel, medical care | The Record from Recorded Future NewsTile trackers are a stalker's dream, say Georgia Tech researchersIntel and AMD trusted enclaves, the backbone of network security, fall to physical attacks - Ars TechnicaSupermicro server motherboards can be infected with unremovable malware - Ars TechnicaChina-linked hackers use ‘BRICKSTORM’ backdoor to steal IP | The Record from Recorded Future NewsAnother BRICKSTORM: Stealthy Backdoor Enabling Espionage into Tech and Legal SectorsFederal agencies given one day to patch exploited Cisco firewall bugs | The Record from Recorded Future NewsCisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityIs This Bad? This Feels Bad. (Fortra GoAnywhere CVE-2025-10035)It Is Bad (Exploitation of Fortra GoAnywhere MFT CVE-2025-10035) - Part 2