Risky Business #674 -- "Free money" exploit spawns $150m blockchain feeding frenzy
Podcast: Risky BusinessPublished On: Wed Aug 03 2022
Description: On this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s security news, including: Taiwan tensions fail to conjure the cyber apocalypse Crypto bridge exploit results in $150m feeding frenzy Chainalysis evidence to be challenged in court Post-quantum NIST candidate algorithm gets smoked DSIRF’s Russia links Much, much more This week’s sponsor interview is with Jerrod Chong from Yubico. He’s joining the show to talk about why consumer-focussed implementations of Webauthn like Apple’s Passkeys aren’t a great enterprise solution. Links to everything that we discussed are below and you can follow Patrick or Adam on Twitter if that’s your thing. Show notes Taiwanese websites hit with DDoS attacks as Pelosi begins visit 'Frenzied mob' steals more than $156 million from crypto platform Nomad - The Record by Recorded Future Bitcoin Fog Case Could Put Cryptocurrency Tracing on Trial | WIRED Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour | Ars Technica Federal court system suffered previously undisclosed breach, congressional committee says Australian police charge man with developing spyware used by more than 14,500 people - The Record by Recorded Future Risky Biz News: Microsoft puts the limelight on another spyware maker—DSIRF from Austria Eavesdropping probe finds Israeli police exceeded authority | AP News Hacker use of Microsoft macros plummeted after default block: report - The Record by Recorded Future On security researcher's newsletter, exposing cybercriminals behind ransomware Luxembourg energy companies struggling with alleged ransomware attack, data breach - The Record by Recorded Future At least 34 healthcare orgs affected by alleged ransomware attack on OneTouchPoint - The Record by Recorded Future American Dental Association says April cyberattack involved ransomware - The Record by Recorded Future Ransomware group demands £500,000 from British schools, citing cyber insurance policy - The Record by Recorded Future Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals | TechCrunch Experts warn of hacker claiming access to 50 U.S. companies through breached MSP - The Record by Recorded Future German prosecutors issue warrant for Russian government hacker over energy sector attacks - The Record by Recorded Future The commercial satellite boom is leaving space vulnerable to hackers - The Record by Recorded Future Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission - U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission - Google Books Spanish police arrest two accused of hacking radioactivity alert system - The Record by Recorded Future
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