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

The FTC decides its time to take another look at Microsoft
Exxon’s opponents targeted by hackers
Russian hackers keep getting sentenced and it confuses us
The Feds recommend Signal, because throwing hackers out of telcos ain’t gonna happen
A South Korean set-top-box manufacturer shipped a DDoS client for corpo-combat
And much, much more.

This week’s sponsor interview with Vijit Nair from Corelight. We talk to him about doing detection in cloud environments, and how the varied nature of cloud systems makes the old ways - network monitoring - useful in new and interesting ways.

If you’re in Sydney, Pat is recording a live episode of the Wide World of Cyber with Chris Krebs on 5 December. There might still be tickets left!

This episode is also available on Youtube.

Show notes

SentinelOne: Risky Business LIVE
FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation | AP News
Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say | Reuters
Costa Rica state energy company calls in US experts to help with ransomware attack | The Record from Recorded Future News
Blue Yonder Security Rating, Vendor Risk Report, and Data Breaches
ENGlobal IT systems impacted by ransomware attack | Cybersecurity Dive
Ransomware suspect Wazawaka reportedly arrested by Russia | The Record from Recorded Future News
Russia delivers historic life sentence to suspected founder of darknet marketplace | The Record from Recorded Future News
Vodka maker Stoli says August ransomware attack contributed to bankruptcy filing | The Record from Recorded Future News
Hacker in Snowflake Extortions May Be a U.S. Soldier – Krebs on Security
Uganda confirms cyberattack on central bank but minimizes extent of breach | The Record from Recorded Future News
Press Release: HOME > Announcements/News > Announcements > Press Release
U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack
With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’ | WIRED
Japanese crypto service shuts down after theft of bitcoin worth $308 million | The Record from Recorded Future News
He Got Banned From X. Now He Wants to Help You Escape, Too | WIRED
cyberundergroundfeed on X: "🚨 Pro-Russian Group Allegedly Hacks #Australia #Melbourne Sewage System 🚨 Hackers claim to have compromised the Riversdale sewage pumping station in #Melbourne, #Australia, switching it to manual control and placing it in emergency mode."
Pump station fears rebuffed - New Zealand News - NZ Herald
NZ Navy ship runs aground off Samoa, catches fire and sinks

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