Risky Business #771 -- Palo Alto's firewall 0days are very, very stupid
Risky Business
Intro
The hosts kick off the episode with a news segment focused on notable security incidents and advancements in technology. They highlight an interview with the founder of Gray Noise, discussing rising threats to edge devices and Microsoft's new security features for improved recovery and EDR solutions.
On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including:
- Microsoft introduces some sensible sounding post-Crowdstrike changes
- Palo Alto patches hella-stupid bugs in its firewall management webapp
- CISA head Jen Easterly to depart as Trump arrives
- AI grandma tarpits phone scammers in family-tech-support hell
- Academic research supports your gut-reaction; phishing training doesn’t work
- And much, much more.
This week’s episode is sponsored by Greynoise. The always excitable Andrew Morris joins to remind us that the edge-device vulnerabilities Pat and Adam complain about on the show are in fact actually even worse than we make them out to be. Andrew also tells us about a zero-day Greynoise’ AI system truffle-pigged out of their data set.
This episode is also available on Youtube.
Show notes
- Windows security and resiliency: Protecting your business | Windows Experience Blog
- Microsoft revamps how it will disclose vulnerabilities | Cybersecurity Dive
- NIST says exploited vulnerability backlog cleared but end-of-year goal for full list unlikely
- Pots and Pans, AKA an SSLVPN - Palo Alto PAN-OS CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474
- Palo Alto Networks customers grapple with another actively exploited zero-day | Cybersecurity Dive
- Unpatched zero-days in Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks software
- Palo Alto Networks’ customer migration tool hit by trio of CVE exploits | Cybersecurity Dive
- Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China | The White House
- Easterly to step down from CISA director role on Inauguration Day | Cybersecurity Dive
- Top White House cyber official urges Trump to focus on ransomware, China
- Ransomware gang Akira leaks unprecedented number of victims’ data in one day
- Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz
- 1,400 Pegasus spyware infections detailed in WhatsApp’s lawsuit filings
- NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents | TechCrunch
- Ransomware gang Akira leaks unprecedented number of victims’ data in one day
- Ohio man behind Helix cryptocurrency mixer gets 3-year sentence
- O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time - Virgin Media O2
- Understanding the Efficacy of Phishing Training in Practice
- Bunnings facial recognition cameras breach Privacy Act, retailer to challenge ruling | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
- Nudity, punches in newly released Bunnings CCTV as company found to breach Privacy Act | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
- Bitfinex Hack Launderer Heather 'Razzlekhan' Morgan Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
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