On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
The Salesloft breach and why OAuth soup is a problem
The Salt Typhoon telco hackers turn out to be Chinese private sector, but state-directed
Google says it will stand up a “disruption unit”
Microsoft writes up a ransomware gang that’s all-in on the cloud future
Aussie firm hot-mics its work-from-home employees’ laptops
Youtube scam baiters help the feds take down a fraud ringThis episode is sponsored by Dropzone.AI. Founder and CEO Edward Wu joins the show to talk about how AI driven SOC tools can help smaller organisations claw their way above the “security poverty line”. A dedicated monitoring team, threat hunting and alert triage, in a company that only has a couple of part time infosec people? Yes please!
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Ongoing Fallout from a Breach at AI Chatbot Maker Salesloft – Krebs on Security
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Salesloft: The Leading AI Revenue Orchestration Platform
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler customers impacted by supply chain attacks | Cybersecurity Dive
" rel="noopener noreferrer">The impact of the Salesloft Drift breach on Cloudflare and our customers
" rel="noopener noreferrer">China used three private companies to hack global telecoms, U.S. says
" rel="noopener noreferrer">CSA_COUNTERING_CHINA_STATE_ACTORS_COMPROMISE_OF_NETWORKS.PDF
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google previews cyber ‘disruption unit’ as U.S. government, industry weigh going heavier on offense | CyberScoop
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ransomware gang takedowns causing explosion of new, smaller groups | The Record from Recorded Future News
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hundreds of Swedish municipalities impacted by suspected ransomware attack on IT supplier | The Record from Recorded Future News
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Storm-0501’s evolving techniques lead to cloud-based ransomware | Microsoft Security Blog
" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Era of AI-Generated Ransomware Has Arrived | WIRED
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Between Two Nerds: How threat actors are using AI to run wild - YouTube
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Affiliates Flock to ‘Soulless’ Scam Gambling Machine – Krebs on Security
" rel="noopener noreferrer">UK sought broad access to Apple customers’ data, court filing suggests
" rel="noopener noreferrer">ICE reactivates contract with spyware maker Paragon | TechCrunch
" rel="noopener noreferrer">WhatsApp fixes 'zero-click' bug used to hack Apple users with spyware | TechCrunch
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Safetrac turned staff laptops into covert recording devices to monitor WFH
" rel="noopener noreferrer">Risky Bulletin: YouTubers unmask and help dismantle giant Chinese scam ring - Risky Business Media