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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