Risky Business

Risky Business #814 -- It's a bad time to be a scam compound operator


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

  • The KK Park scam compound in Myanmar gets blasted with actual dynamite
  • China sentences more scammers TO DEATH
  • While Singapore is opting to lash them with the cane
  • Chinese security firm KnownSec leaks a bunch of documents
  • Necromancy continues on NSO Group, with a Trump associate in charge
  • OWASP freshens up the Top 10, you won’t believe what’s number three!
  • This week’s episode is sponsored by Thinkst Canary. Big bird Haroon Meer joins and, as usual, makes a good point. If you’re going to trust a vendor to do something risky like put a box on your network, they have an obligation to explain how they make that safe. Thinkst has a /security page that does exactly that. So why do we let Palo Alto and Fortinet get away with “trust me, bro”?

    This episode is also available on Youtube.

    Show notes
    • Myanmar Junta Dynamites Scam Hub in PR Move as Global Pressure Grows
    • China sentences 5 Myanmar scam kingpins to death | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • Law passed for scammers, mules to be caned after victims in Singapore lose almost $4b since 2020 | The Straits Times
    • KnownSec breach: What we know so far. - NetAskari
    • Risky Bulletin: Another Chinese security firm has its data leaked
    • Inside Congress Live
    • The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb | WIRED
    • Former Trump official named NSO Group executive chairman | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • Jaguar Land Rover hack hurt the U.K.'s GDP, Bank of England says
    • Monetary Policy Report - November 2025 | Bank of England
    • SonicWall says state-linked actor behind attacks against cloud backup service | Cybersecurity Dive
    • Japanese media giant Nikkei reports Slack breach exposing employee and partner records | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • "Intel sues former employee for allegedly stealing confidential data" Post by @campuscodi.risky.biz — Bluesky
    • Introduction - OWASP Top 10:2025 RC1
    • ...more
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