Risky Business #746 – Microsoft takes your security seriously*
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Exploring recent nation-state attacks on Cisco ASA devices by Russian hackers, highlighting vulnerabilities in VPN authentication certificates. The importance of micro segmentation adoption and the need to heed pen test reports to counter ransomware threats are also discussed.
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On this week’s show Patrick and Adam discuss the week’s security news, including:
- Microsoft reassures* us that they take security very seriously*
- Cisco ASA firewalls get sneakily backdoored, but no one’s quite sure how
- Change Healthcare was 1FA Citrix all along
- The FTC, FCC and other government sticks get waved at tech
- Lizard Squad Finn who hacked the Vastaamo therapy chain gets sentenced
- And much, much more.
This week’s sponsor is Zero Networks, who make a network micro-segmentation product that is actually usable. Zero Networks CEO Benny Lakunishok joins us to talk through why firewalling everything everywhere is finally workable.
* You’ll forgive us for being… a tad sceptical.
Show notes
- 'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks | WIRED
- Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO | TechCrunch
- Microsoft CEO says security is its No. 1 priority | Cybersecurity Dive
- TrustedSec | Full Disclosure: A Look at a Recently Patched Microsoft…
- Vintage Microsoft flaw resurfaces, threat actors attack with golden GooseEgg | Cybersecurity Dive
- FTC commercial surveillance rules could arrive within months, sources say
- FCC takes $200 million bite out of wireless carriers for sharing location data | CyberScoop
- Know-your-customer executive order facing stiff opposition from cloud industry
- Tech companies must help the fight aganst extremists using encryption: ASIO boss
- Josh Taylor on X: "Yess, excellent question from @Paul_Karp on why AFP et al aren't using the powers they already have. They say one technical assistance or capability notice has recently been issued. https://t.co/pEXrvjK5Q4" / X
- (720) IN FULL: ASIO and AFP respond to X chairman Elon Musk, issues social media warnings | ABC News - YouTube
- China-linked PlugX malware infections found in more than 170 countries
- Belarus secret service website still down after hackers claim to breach it
- Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years – Krebs on Security
- Sweden's liquor shelves to run empty this week due to ransomware attack
- Congress picked a direct fight with ByteDance and TikTok. The privacy implications are less clear.
- Telegram blocks, then unblocks, chatbots used by Ukraine’s intelligence services
- Elon Musk’s X takeover crushed Twitter’s profit to just $4804 in Australia
- Australian court orders Elon Musk’s X to hide Sydney church stabbing posts from users globally | Australia news | The Guardian
- After the Christchurch attacks, Twitter made a deal with Jacinda Ardern over violent content. Elon Musk changed everything - ABC News
- World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century - Kindle edition by Alperovitch, Dmitri, Graff, Garrett M.. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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