On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news:

We roll our eyes over the “16 billion credentials” leak hitting mainstream news
Some interesting cyber angles emerge from the conflict in Iran
Opensource maintainer of libxml2 is fed up with this hacker crap
Shockingly, there are yet more ways to trick people into pasting commands into Windows
Veeam “patches” its backup software RCE like it’s 2002 … by breaking the public PoC

This week’s episode is sponsored by Internet-wide honeypot reconnaissance platform, Greynoise. Founder Andrew Morris joins to talk about their journey spotting Chinese ORB-builders hacking thousands of ASUS routers, and why they’re destined for the woodchipper.

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Show notes

No, the 16 billion credentials leak is not a new data breach
Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group - Ars Technica
Telecom giant Viasat breached by China's Salt Typhoon hackers
WarTranslated on X: "Iran’s jamming GPS in the Strait of Hormuz, messing with ~970 ships, per Windward. UKMTO confirms the interference. Faulty AIS coordinates are screwing up navigation in the Persian Gulf. The IRGC threatens to shut the strait down in hours. https://t.co/kdMJvshOGC" / X
Dmitri Alperovitch on X: "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine says @US_CYBERCOM supported this strike mission" / X
Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House - POLITICO
DHS warns of heightened cyber threat as US enters Iran conflict | Cybersecurity Dive
Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say
U.S. braces for Iran's response after overnight strikes on nuclear sites
Assessing the Damage to Iran’s Nuclear Program
Iran Hacks Tirana Municipality in Retaliation Over MEK - Tirana Times
Iran's government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks | TechCrunch
Aflac discloses cyber intrusion linked to wider crime spree targeting insurance industry | Cybersecurity Dive
Tonga Ministry of Health hit with cyberattack affecting website, IT systems | The Record from Recorded Future News
Alleged Ryuk ransomware gang member arrested in Ukraine and extradited to US | The Record from Recorded Future News
Russia releases REvil members after convictions for payment card fraud | The Record from Recorded Future News
OneLogin, Many Issues: How I Pivoted from a Trial Tenant to Compromising Customer Signing Keys - SpecterOps
Triaging security issues reported by third parties (#913) · Issue · GNOME/libxml2
README: Set expectations straight (35d04a08) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab
What’s in an ASP? Creative Phishing Attack on Prominent Academics and Critics of Russia | Google Cloud Blog
FileFix - A ClickFix Alternative | mr.d0x
Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway. - Ars Technica
Researchers urge vigilance as Veeam releases patch to address critical flaw | Cybersecurity Dive
ASUSpicious Flaw - Millions of Users’ Information Exposed Since 2022 | MrBruh's Epic Blog
Perth dad who created ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi did so to access pictures of women
GreyNoise Discovers Stealthy Backdoor Campaign Affecting Thousands of ASUS Routers

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