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Risky Business #818 -- React2Shell is a fun one

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

  • There’s a CVSS 10/10 remote code exec in the React javascript server. JS server? U wot mate?
  • China is out popping shells with it
  • Linux adds support for PCIe bus encryption
  • Amnesty International says Intellexa can just TeamViewer into its customers’ surveillance systems
  • …and a Belgian murder suspect complains that GrapheneOS’s duress wipe feature failed him?

    • This week’s episode is sponsored by Kroll Cyber. Simon Onyons is Managing Director at Kroll’s Cyber and Data Resilience arm, and he discusses a problem near to many of our hearts. Just how do you explain cyber risk to the board?

    This episode is also available on Youtube.

    Show notes
    • Risky Bulletin: APTs go after the React2Shell vulnerability within hours - Risky Business Media
    • Guillermo Rauch on X: "React2Shell" / X
    • React2Shell-CVE-2025-55182-original-poc/README.md at main · lachlan2k/React2Shell-CVE-2025-55182-original-poc · GitHub
    • Hydrogen: Shopify’s headless commerce framework
    • Researchers track dozens of organizations affected by React2Shell compromises tied to China’s MSS | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • Unveiling WARP PANDA: A New Sophisticated China-Nexus Adversary
    • Three hacking groups, two vulnerabilities and all eyes on China | The Record from Recorded Future News
    • Risky Bulletin: Linux adds PCIe encryption to help secure cloud servers
    • Sean Plankey nomination to lead CISA appears to be over after Thursday vote | CyberScoop
    • 🕳 on X: "This guy is complaining that GrapheneOS “failed him”. Showing a Belgian 🇧🇪 police request for an interrogation regarding premeditated murder (as a suspect)." / X
    • Sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa had direct access to government espionage victims, researchers say | TechCrunch
    • To Catch a Predator: Leak exposes the internal operations of Intellexa’s mercenary spyware - Amnesty International Security Lab
    • Is ransomware finally on the decline? Treasury data offers cautious hope | CyberScoop
    • UK cyber agency warns LLMs will always be vulnerable to prompt injection | CyberScoop
    • In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool - Ars Technica
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